CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
- Created by: Lauren M O'Shea
- Created on: 02-05-14 12:28
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- CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
- ATHEROSCLEROSIS
- Fatty deposits block the arteries
- Endothelial cells are damaged
- Inflammation of inner lining
- Cholesterol builds up (atheroma)
- Hard swelling from calcium salts (plaque)
- HDL's
- High-Density Lipoprotiens
- higher protein content - from UNSATURATED fat
- LDL's
- Low-Density Lipoproteins
- Low protein content - from SATURATED FAT
- REDUCING THE RISKS
- BLOOD PRESSURE DRUGS
- Antihypertensives
- ACE inhibitors
- Diuretics
- Calcium Channel Blockers
- CHOLESTEROL DRUGS
- statins
- Increase Excersize
- Stop Smoking
- Maintain low cholesterol and blood pressure
- Reduce alcohol intake
- BLOOD PRESSURE DRUGS
- FACTS
- main cause of death in UK
- 200 000 deaths per year
- STROKE
- Loss of blood to the brain
- Numbness, Paralysis of one side of the body, blurred speech
- CORONARY HEART DISEASE
- loss of blood to the heart
- Chest pains, pain in left shoulder, arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat), shortness of breath
- ATHEROSCLEROSIS
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