LSU KIN 2504 (Jacobsen) – Final Exam
2025-2026 Updated with Actual
Verified Answers.
Broadly encompasses a range of diseases of the heart and blood vessels - Answer
Cardiovascular Disease
Can include other potentially devastating diseases, like heart attack or stroke - Answer
Cardiovascular Disease
A disease rough on by buildup of fatty, waxy accumulations that restrict or block blood flow -
Answer Cardiovascular Disease
What % of women and men under the age of 40 have CVD? - Answer 9-10%
What fraction of Americans has some form of CVD? - Answer 1/3
What is the biggest cause of death in America and also the leading cause of death amongst men
and women? - Answer Cardiovascular Disease
T or F:
CVD can start early in life - Answer True
What two things does CVD affect? - Answer Heart & Blood Vessels
How does CVD affect cells? - Answer - Can't properly deliver oxygen & energy to cells
- Can't properly remove CO2 and waste from cells
Hardening/stiffening and restriction of the arteries due to abnormal accumulations inside the
blood vessels - Answer Atherosclerosis
What is a major factor in many forms of CVD? - Answer Atherosclerosis
,Atherosclerosis causes __________ to accumulate inside arteries and arterioles - Answer
Atheroma’s
Hardened blockages of calcium salts, cholesterol, cellular waste, blood clotting proteins, and
white blood cells - Answer Plaques
Sustained high blood pressure - Answer Hypertension
What is the most common form of CVD? - Answer Hypertension
Greatest killer of the CVD's - Answer Coronary Heart Disease
Caused by atherosclerosis in the heart's main blood vessles - Answer Coronary Heart Disease
What is it called when the symptoms of Coronary Heart Disease occurs in the feet, ankles,
calves, hands, forearms, etc.? - Answer Peripheral Artery Disease
Chest pain cause by ischemia - Answer Angina Pectoris
Reduction of the heart's blood and oxygen supply - Answer Ischemia
Irregular heartbeat; relatively common; the disturbance of heartbeat rhythm - Answer
Arrhythmias
Racing heart in absence of exercise or because of anxiety - Answer Tachycardia
What three things can cause arrhythmias? - Answer 1. Fibrillation
2. Tachycardia
3. Bradycardia
*FTB*
, *B* for *B*ottom
Heart muscle is damaged or overworked; caused by defects, infection, heart attack,
hypertension, or cancer treatments - Answer Congestive Heart Failure
Heart disease present at birth, includes heart murmurs and other irregularities - Answer
Congenital Heart Disease
Sudden loss of function in a region of the brain due to a blockage or rupture of a blood vessel -
Answer Stroke
Strokes that are a result of plaque blocked vessels - Answer Ischemic
Strokes that are a result of a burst in a blood vessel - Answer Hemorrhagic
How many strokes are proceeded by transient ischemic attacks (TIAs)? - Answer 1 in 10
Brief interruptions of blood supply to the brain - Answer Transient Ischemic Attacks (TIAs)
What are the four risks of CVD that you can NOT control? - Answer 1. Heredity
2. Age
3. Gender
4. Race
*H**A**G**R*id from Harry Potter could not be controlled
Abnormal bulge in a vessel that can rupture - Answer Aneurysm
________ can lead to an aneurysm - Answer Hypertension
High levels of fat in your blood - Answer Hyperlipidemia
2025-2026 Updated with Actual
Verified Answers.
Broadly encompasses a range of diseases of the heart and blood vessels - Answer
Cardiovascular Disease
Can include other potentially devastating diseases, like heart attack or stroke - Answer
Cardiovascular Disease
A disease rough on by buildup of fatty, waxy accumulations that restrict or block blood flow -
Answer Cardiovascular Disease
What % of women and men under the age of 40 have CVD? - Answer 9-10%
What fraction of Americans has some form of CVD? - Answer 1/3
What is the biggest cause of death in America and also the leading cause of death amongst men
and women? - Answer Cardiovascular Disease
T or F:
CVD can start early in life - Answer True
What two things does CVD affect? - Answer Heart & Blood Vessels
How does CVD affect cells? - Answer - Can't properly deliver oxygen & energy to cells
- Can't properly remove CO2 and waste from cells
Hardening/stiffening and restriction of the arteries due to abnormal accumulations inside the
blood vessels - Answer Atherosclerosis
What is a major factor in many forms of CVD? - Answer Atherosclerosis
,Atherosclerosis causes __________ to accumulate inside arteries and arterioles - Answer
Atheroma’s
Hardened blockages of calcium salts, cholesterol, cellular waste, blood clotting proteins, and
white blood cells - Answer Plaques
Sustained high blood pressure - Answer Hypertension
What is the most common form of CVD? - Answer Hypertension
Greatest killer of the CVD's - Answer Coronary Heart Disease
Caused by atherosclerosis in the heart's main blood vessles - Answer Coronary Heart Disease
What is it called when the symptoms of Coronary Heart Disease occurs in the feet, ankles,
calves, hands, forearms, etc.? - Answer Peripheral Artery Disease
Chest pain cause by ischemia - Answer Angina Pectoris
Reduction of the heart's blood and oxygen supply - Answer Ischemia
Irregular heartbeat; relatively common; the disturbance of heartbeat rhythm - Answer
Arrhythmias
Racing heart in absence of exercise or because of anxiety - Answer Tachycardia
What three things can cause arrhythmias? - Answer 1. Fibrillation
2. Tachycardia
3. Bradycardia
*FTB*
, *B* for *B*ottom
Heart muscle is damaged or overworked; caused by defects, infection, heart attack,
hypertension, or cancer treatments - Answer Congestive Heart Failure
Heart disease present at birth, includes heart murmurs and other irregularities - Answer
Congenital Heart Disease
Sudden loss of function in a region of the brain due to a blockage or rupture of a blood vessel -
Answer Stroke
Strokes that are a result of plaque blocked vessels - Answer Ischemic
Strokes that are a result of a burst in a blood vessel - Answer Hemorrhagic
How many strokes are proceeded by transient ischemic attacks (TIAs)? - Answer 1 in 10
Brief interruptions of blood supply to the brain - Answer Transient Ischemic Attacks (TIAs)
What are the four risks of CVD that you can NOT control? - Answer 1. Heredity
2. Age
3. Gender
4. Race
*H**A**G**R*id from Harry Potter could not be controlled
Abnormal bulge in a vessel that can rupture - Answer Aneurysm
________ can lead to an aneurysm - Answer Hypertension
High levels of fat in your blood - Answer Hyperlipidemia
