Topic 2 C

Question 1

What happens when a person has coronary heart desease

Answer 1

The arteries become narrow so blood flow is restricted

Question 2

What are stents for

Answer 2

opening arteries so blood can pass through

Question 3

What happens when you have to much cholesterol

Answer 3

Coronary heart desease

Question 4

What do statins do

Answer 4

Reduce cholesterol in blood

Question 5

Advantages of statins

Answer 5

Reducing cholesterol means it reduces risk of strokes, coronary heart desease and heart attacks

Can increase amount of beneficial cholesterol

Question 6

Disadvantages of statins

Answer 6

Long term drug to be taken regularly. You could forget them

Negative side effects like kidney failure

Effect isn’t instant

Question 7

Advantage of artifical heart

Answer 7

Less likely to be rejected by body as donor heart

Question 8

Disadvantage of artifical heart

Answer 8

Surgery can lead to bleeding and infection

Don’t work as well as natural ones
Blood clotes and stokes

Question 9

What is a less drastic procedure than heart transplant

Answer 9

Valve transplant