treating CVD Flashcards

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ways to treat CVD / prevent

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  • healthy lifestyle, no saturated fats
  • drugs
  • surgical procedures
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healthy lifestyle

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  • eat healthily
  • quit smoking
  • exercise regularly
  • reduce alcohol consumption
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Drugs like

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  • statins
  • antiplatelets
  • beta blockers
  • nitrates
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statins

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  • reduces cholesterol
  • slows down rate of fatty deposits forming.
    may cause aching muscles, kidney failure, liver damage
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antiplatelets

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  • stops platelets from sticking together, needed in blood clots and high blood pressure
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surgical procedures

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  • stents, widen partially blocked arteries
  • Catheter, used to insert
  • balloon with wire mesh inflates, catheter leaves
  • mesh allows blood flow
  • heart surgery
  • bypass surgery- for fully blocked vessels, take a vein from another part of the body, bypass around the blockage, normally takes the vein from a leg.
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