treating CVD Flashcards
1
Q
ways to treat CVD / prevent
A
- healthy lifestyle, no saturated fats
- drugs
- surgical procedures
2
Q
healthy lifestyle
A
- eat healthily
- quit smoking
- exercise regularly
- reduce alcohol consumption
3
Q
Drugs like
A
- statins
- antiplatelets
- beta blockers
- nitrates
4
Q
statins
A
- reduces cholesterol
- slows down rate of fatty deposits forming.
may cause aching muscles, kidney failure, liver damage
5
Q
antiplatelets
A
- stops platelets from sticking together, needed in blood clots and high blood pressure
6
Q
surgical procedures
A
- 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.