How it Works | Cardiovascular Diseases | Risk Factors | Maintaining Cardiovascular Health |
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Arteries
What carries blood away from the heart?
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CAD
What is the abbreviation of Coronary Artery Disease?
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True
True or False? Smoking Cigarettes significantly increases the risk of a heart attack or stroke.
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30
What is the BMI that means you are obese?
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Veins
What returns blood to the heart?
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Plaques
What are fatty deposits in artery walls?
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High - Density and Low - Density
What are the two major Lipo -proteins?
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30 MInutes
What is the appropriate amount of time to exercise a day?
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Capillaries
What are the small vessels that allow the passing of only one blood cell at a time?
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Thrombus
What is a stationary blood clot?
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Diabetes Mellitus
What is a group of diseases in which glucose is not metabolized properly?
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Asprin
What is a treatment to reduce the risk of Cardiovascular disease?
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Circulatory
What term refers to the circulation of the blood?
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embolus
What is a floating blood clot?
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Hypertension
What is persistently high arterial blood pressure |
at least every 2 years
How often should you ave your blood pressure checked?
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Blood
What is a fluid that is made of suspended cells?
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Atherectomy
What referees to methods that remove plaques from the interior of an artery?
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C- Reactive Protein
What is produced by the liver during acute inflammation?
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American Heart Association
What Does AHA stand for?
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