LSU KIN 2504 (Jacobsen) – Final
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1. Broadly encompasses a range of diseases of the heart and blood vessels: Car-
diovascular Disease
2. Can include other potentially devastating diseases, like heart attack or stroke-
: Cardiovascular Disease
3. A disease rough on by buildup of fatty, waxy accumulations that restrict or
block blood flow: Cardiovascular Disease
4. What % of women and men under the age of 40 have CVD?: 9-10%
5. What fraction of Americans have some form of CVD?: 1/3
6. What is the biggest cause of death in America and also the leading cause of
death amongst men and women?: Cardiovascular Disease
7. T or F:
CVD can start early in life: True
8. What two things does CVD affect?: Heart & Blood Vessels
9. How does CVD affect cells?: - Can't properly deliver oxygen & energy to cells
- Can't properly remove CO2 and waste from cells
,10. Hardening/stiffening and restriction of the arteries due to abnormal accu-
mulations inside the blood vessels: Atherosclerosis
11. What is a major factor in many forms of CVD?: Atherosclerosis
12. Fatty, waxy, yellowish, sludge like debris: Atheromas
13. Atherosclerosis causes to accumulate inside arteries and arteri-
oles: Atheromas
14. Hardened blockages of calcium salts, cholesterol, cellular waste, blood clot-
ting proteins, and white blood cells: Plaques
15. Sustained high blood pressure: Hypertension
16. What is the most common form of CVD?: Hypertension
17. Greatest killer of the CVD's: Coronary Heart Disease
18. Caused by atherosclerosis in the heart's main blood vessles: Coronary Heart Disease
19. What is it called when the symptoms of Coronary Heart Disease occurs in the feet,
ankles, calves, hands, forearms, etc.?: Peripheral Artery Disease
20. Chest pain cause by ischemia: Angina Pectoris
21. Reduction of the heart's blood and oxygen supply: Ischemia
, 22. Irregular heartbeat; relatively common; the disturbance of heartbeat
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23. Racing heart in absence of exercise or because of anxiety: Tachycardia
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24. What three things can cause arrhythmias?: 1. Fibrillation
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2. Tachycardia
3. Bradycardia
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27. Heart muscle is damaged or overworked; caused by defects, infection, heart
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attack, hypertension, or cancer treatments: CongestiveHeartFailure
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28. Heart disease present at birth, includes heart murmurs and other irregular-
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30. Strokes that are a result of plaque blocked vessels: Ischemic
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Questions With And 100% Correct
Answers Updated.
1. Broadly encompasses a range of diseases of the heart and blood vessels: Car-
diovascular Disease
2. Can include other potentially devastating diseases, like heart attack or stroke-
: Cardiovascular Disease
3. A disease rough on by buildup of fatty, waxy accumulations that restrict or
block blood flow: Cardiovascular Disease
4. What % of women and men under the age of 40 have CVD?: 9-10%
5. What fraction of Americans have some form of CVD?: 1/3
6. What is the biggest cause of death in America and also the leading cause of
death amongst men and women?: Cardiovascular Disease
7. T or F:
CVD can start early in life: True
8. What two things does CVD affect?: Heart & Blood Vessels
9. How does CVD affect cells?: - Can't properly deliver oxygen & energy to cells
- Can't properly remove CO2 and waste from cells
,10. Hardening/stiffening and restriction of the arteries due to abnormal accu-
mulations inside the blood vessels: Atherosclerosis
11. What is a major factor in many forms of CVD?: Atherosclerosis
12. Fatty, waxy, yellowish, sludge like debris: Atheromas
13. Atherosclerosis causes to accumulate inside arteries and arteri-
oles: Atheromas
14. Hardened blockages of calcium salts, cholesterol, cellular waste, blood clot-
ting proteins, and white blood cells: Plaques
15. Sustained high blood pressure: Hypertension
16. What is the most common form of CVD?: Hypertension
17. Greatest killer of the CVD's: Coronary Heart Disease
18. Caused by atherosclerosis in the heart's main blood vessles: Coronary Heart Disease
19. What is it called when the symptoms of Coronary Heart Disease occurs in the feet,
ankles, calves, hands, forearms, etc.?: Peripheral Artery Disease
20. Chest pain cause by ischemia: Angina Pectoris
21. Reduction of the heart's blood and oxygen supply: Ischemia
, 22. Irregular heartbeat; relatively common; the disturbance of heartbeat
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rrhythm: Arrhythmias r
23. Racing heart in absence of exercise or because of anxiety: Tachycardia
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24. What three things can cause arrhythmias?: 1. Fibrillation
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2. Tachycardia
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25. Sporadic, quivering patterns of the heart: Fibrillation
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26. Abnormally slow heartbeat: Bradycardia r r r
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27. Heart muscle is damaged or overworked; caused by defects, infection, heart
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attack, hypertension, or cancer treatments: CongestiveHeartFailure
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28. Heart disease present at birth, includes heart murmurs and other irregular-
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r ities: Congenital Heart Disease
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29. Sudden loss of function in a region of the brain due to a blockage or rupture of a
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blood vessel: Stroke
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30. Strokes that are a result of plaque blocked vessels: Ischemic
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