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200 + QUESTIONS AND WELL
ANSWERED SOLUTIONS 2025/2026
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,1. What is Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)? ✓✓ correct answer Used to describe the diseases of the heart and the blood vessels caused by a build up o
waxy fatty-like build up in the blood flow
2. What disease is known as the #1 killer in the United States today? ✓✓ correct answer CVD (Cardio- vascular disease)
3. Across all age groups among the Americans how many people have some form of CVD? ✓✓ correct answer
1/3
4. How does CVD affect the body? ✓✓ correct answer It attects the heart and blood vessels
5. What are the concerns of CVD affecting the heart and blood vessels? ✓✓ correct answer Diminishes the cardiovascula
system's ability to deliver oxygen, nutrients and energy to cells and remove carbon dioxide and other wastes from cells
6. What is a major factor in many forms of CVD? ✓✓ correct answer Atherosclerosis
7. What is atherosclerosis? ✓✓ correct answer Hardening or stittening of the arteries due to abnormal waxy fatty accumula- tions
8. What are seven most common forms of CVD? ✓✓ correct answer Hypertension, Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), Angina Pectoris,
Arrhythmias, Congestive Heart Failure (CHF), Congenital Heart Disease, and Stroke
9. What is hypertension? ✓✓ correct answer Technical and medical term for High blood pressure
10. What are some common forms hypertension? ✓✓ correct answer Sleep apnea, stress, family history, athero- sclerosis, and too much
sodium
11. What is the most common form of CVD? ✓✓ correct answer Hypertension
12. What is systolic pressure? ✓✓ correct answer Pressure against the heart when it contracts
13. What is diastolic pressure? ✓✓ correct answer Pressure against the heart when it relaxes
14. What is the recommended blood pressure? ✓✓ correct answer 120/80
15. What is the cut-off for blood pressure? ✓✓ correct answer 140/90
16. What is the greatest killer of all forms of CVD? ✓✓ correct answer Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) and (CAD)
17. What is Coronary heart disease (CHD) and (CAD)? ✓✓ correct answer When atherosclerosis builds up in the coronary arteries or its
branches
18. What is a coronary by-pass? ✓✓ correct answer A doctor takes a vein from the patients forearm or leg and they sew a new strip of vessel where that
block artery is and reroute blood flow
19. What is Angina Pectoris? ✓✓ correct answer Technical term for chest pain
20. What is ischemia? ✓✓ correct answer reduced and lack of blood flow
, 21. The pain of Angina Pectoris ranges from what to what? ✓✓ correct answer from slight indigestion to feeling like your chest is
being crushed
22. What is arrhythmias? ✓✓ correct answer Irregular heart beat
23. What is fibrillation? ✓✓ correct answer The heart muscle is quivering and in the chest
24. What do you do to help someone with Arrhythmias? ✓✓ correct answer You are going to shock the individual to get the beat back on track
if you don't they will die
25. What is congestive heart failure (CHF)? ✓✓ correct answer Condition where the heart muscle is damaged or over worked, it is too weak to keep
up with blood circulation
26. What are the affects of congestive heart failure? ✓✓ correct answer Causes congestion, fluid build up in your tissues, and makes it hard to
breathe
27. What is congenital heart disease? ✓✓ correct answer A heart disease present at birth
28. What are some causes of Congenital heart disease? ✓✓ correct answer If the mother was exposed to certain infection or drank during
pregnancy
29. What is a stroke? ✓✓ correct answer Sudden loss of function in a certain region of the brain because there is either a blockage or a rupture in the vessel
30. What is a hemorrhagic? ✓✓ correct answer A vessel in the brain ruptures or burst, which causes the blood supply to not go where it needs to go
31. What depends on how a person recovers from a stroke? ✓✓ correct answer The type of stroke and its location
32. What are some of the main risk factors for CVD? ✓✓ correct answer Tobacco use, hypertension, high levels of fats in your blood, being
overweight, physical inactivity, diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome
33. Because of tobacco use, we have approximately deaths a year ✓✓ correct answe
50,000
34. Cigarette smokers are up to times as likely to develop a cardiovascular diseases than a
nonsmoker ✓✓ correct answer 4 times
35. What is hyperlipidemia? ✓✓ correct answer Elevated fats in the blood
36. What causes LDL to be elevated? ✓✓ correct answer A diet high in saturated fats and trans fats
37. LDL, Low-density lipoproteins (Good/Bad)? ✓✓ correct answer Bad
38. HDL, High-density lipoproteins (Good/Bad)? ✓✓ correct answer Good
39. Approximately percent of all diabetics will die from some form of
. ✓✓ correct answer 60%, Cardiovascular Disease
200 + QUESTIONS AND WELL
ANSWERED SOLUTIONS 2025/2026
LATEST STUDY GUIDE BEST FOR
REVISION!!!
,1. What is Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)? ✓✓ correct answer Used to describe the diseases of the heart and the blood vessels caused by a build up o
waxy fatty-like build up in the blood flow
2. What disease is known as the #1 killer in the United States today? ✓✓ correct answer CVD (Cardio- vascular disease)
3. Across all age groups among the Americans how many people have some form of CVD? ✓✓ correct answer
1/3
4. How does CVD affect the body? ✓✓ correct answer It attects the heart and blood vessels
5. What are the concerns of CVD affecting the heart and blood vessels? ✓✓ correct answer Diminishes the cardiovascula
system's ability to deliver oxygen, nutrients and energy to cells and remove carbon dioxide and other wastes from cells
6. What is a major factor in many forms of CVD? ✓✓ correct answer Atherosclerosis
7. What is atherosclerosis? ✓✓ correct answer Hardening or stittening of the arteries due to abnormal waxy fatty accumula- tions
8. What are seven most common forms of CVD? ✓✓ correct answer Hypertension, Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), Angina Pectoris,
Arrhythmias, Congestive Heart Failure (CHF), Congenital Heart Disease, and Stroke
9. What is hypertension? ✓✓ correct answer Technical and medical term for High blood pressure
10. What are some common forms hypertension? ✓✓ correct answer Sleep apnea, stress, family history, athero- sclerosis, and too much
sodium
11. What is the most common form of CVD? ✓✓ correct answer Hypertension
12. What is systolic pressure? ✓✓ correct answer Pressure against the heart when it contracts
13. What is diastolic pressure? ✓✓ correct answer Pressure against the heart when it relaxes
14. What is the recommended blood pressure? ✓✓ correct answer 120/80
15. What is the cut-off for blood pressure? ✓✓ correct answer 140/90
16. What is the greatest killer of all forms of CVD? ✓✓ correct answer Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) and (CAD)
17. What is Coronary heart disease (CHD) and (CAD)? ✓✓ correct answer When atherosclerosis builds up in the coronary arteries or its
branches
18. What is a coronary by-pass? ✓✓ correct answer A doctor takes a vein from the patients forearm or leg and they sew a new strip of vessel where that
block artery is and reroute blood flow
19. What is Angina Pectoris? ✓✓ correct answer Technical term for chest pain
20. What is ischemia? ✓✓ correct answer reduced and lack of blood flow
, 21. The pain of Angina Pectoris ranges from what to what? ✓✓ correct answer from slight indigestion to feeling like your chest is
being crushed
22. What is arrhythmias? ✓✓ correct answer Irregular heart beat
23. What is fibrillation? ✓✓ correct answer The heart muscle is quivering and in the chest
24. What do you do to help someone with Arrhythmias? ✓✓ correct answer You are going to shock the individual to get the beat back on track
if you don't they will die
25. What is congestive heart failure (CHF)? ✓✓ correct answer Condition where the heart muscle is damaged or over worked, it is too weak to keep
up with blood circulation
26. What are the affects of congestive heart failure? ✓✓ correct answer Causes congestion, fluid build up in your tissues, and makes it hard to
breathe
27. What is congenital heart disease? ✓✓ correct answer A heart disease present at birth
28. What are some causes of Congenital heart disease? ✓✓ correct answer If the mother was exposed to certain infection or drank during
pregnancy
29. What is a stroke? ✓✓ correct answer Sudden loss of function in a certain region of the brain because there is either a blockage or a rupture in the vessel
30. What is a hemorrhagic? ✓✓ correct answer A vessel in the brain ruptures or burst, which causes the blood supply to not go where it needs to go
31. What depends on how a person recovers from a stroke? ✓✓ correct answer The type of stroke and its location
32. What are some of the main risk factors for CVD? ✓✓ correct answer Tobacco use, hypertension, high levels of fats in your blood, being
overweight, physical inactivity, diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome
33. Because of tobacco use, we have approximately deaths a year ✓✓ correct answe
50,000
34. Cigarette smokers are up to times as likely to develop a cardiovascular diseases than a
nonsmoker ✓✓ correct answer 4 times
35. What is hyperlipidemia? ✓✓ correct answer Elevated fats in the blood
36. What causes LDL to be elevated? ✓✓ correct answer A diet high in saturated fats and trans fats
37. LDL, Low-density lipoproteins (Good/Bad)? ✓✓ correct answer Bad
38. HDL, High-density lipoproteins (Good/Bad)? ✓✓ correct answer Good
39. Approximately percent of all diabetics will die from some form of
. ✓✓ correct answer 60%, Cardiovascular Disease
