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Section 23.1 Cardiovascular Diseases
Objectives
List six types of cardiovascular disease.
Describe the ways in which cardiovascular disease is detected and treated.
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Identify risk factors for cardiovascular disease and ways to lower your risk.
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Predict how your behavior may affect your chances of developing cardiovascular disease.
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• In the United States today, the leading causes of death are chronic diseases, diseases that persist for a long period or recur throughout life. (NO. 1)
Types of Cardiovascular Disease
• The most common chronic diseases are cardiovascular diseases (KAHR dee oh VAS kyuh lur), which are diseases of the heart (cardio) and blood vessels (vascular).
• Cardiovascular diseases include hypertension, atherosclerosis, heart attack, arrhythmia, congestive heart failure, and stroke.
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• A person whose blood pressure consistently measures 140/90 or higher has hypertension, or high blood pressure.
Hypertension
• Over time, hypertension can lead to heart disease.• You can reduce your risk of developing
hypertension by• exercising regularly• maintaining a healthy weight• reducing stress• eating foods that are low in sodium
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• Atherosclerosis (ath uh roh skluh ROH sis) is a disease in which fatty substances, including cholesterol (kuh LES tur awl), build up on the inside walls of arteries.(NO. 2 C) These deposits, called plaque (plak), narrow or block the arteries.
Atherosclerosis
• Arteriosclerosis Arteriosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, develops when arteries lose their elasticity and become stiff.
• Coronary Heart Disease When atherosclerosis starts to develop in the arteries that supply blood to the heart, it can lead to coronary heart disease.
• (NO2 D: HYPERTENTION, ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, AND HEART DISEASE)
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Plaque
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• A heart attack occurs when some of the tissue in the heart doesn’t receive its normal blood supply and dies.(NO.2 E)
• (NO. 2 F: OFTEN FATAL)
Heart Attack
• Four major risk factors for heart attacks are high blood pressure, high levels of cholesterol in the blood, physical inactivity, and smoking.
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• Irregular heartbeats, or arrhythmias (uh RITH mee uhs), are another form of heart disease. The heart may beat too slowly or too quickly, or with an uneven rhythm.(NO. 2 G)
• (NO. 2 H: CAN BE LIFETHREATENING)
Arrhythmia
• Fibrillation (fib ruh LAY shun) is a life-threatening arrhythmia in which the heart twitches rapidly in an uncoordinated fashion.
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• Congestive Heart Failure is a condition in which the heart slowly weakens over time.(NO. 2 I)
Congestive Heart Failure
• Usually, years of atherosclerosis and high blood pressure can lead to congestive heart failure.
• As the heart weakens, it is unable to pump as much blood as it once did.(NO. 2 J)
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• A stroke is a sudden disruption of blood flow to part of the brain.(NO. 2 K) Strokes can occur when an artery that supplies blood to an area of the brain is blocked. (NO. 2 L: BRAIN DAMAGE, PARALYSIS, DEATH)
Stroke
• Strokes also can occur when a weakened artery in the brain bursts, flooding the area with blood. If the burst artery is located in the cerebrum, the main portion of the brain, the stroke is called a cerebral hemorrhage (suh REE brul HEM ur ij).
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Top View of Brain
Cerebral hemorrhage
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• Cardiovascular diseases cannot be cured, but they often can be controlled or prevented from getting worse.
Treating Cardiovascular Disease
• There are many medical technologies and surgical methods available for detecting and treating cardiovascular diseases.
• Certain drugs may lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol levels in the blood, or lessen the chance of blood clots forming.
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NO. 3 B, C, D
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
ECHOCARDIOGRAM
ARTERIOGRAPHY
NO. 3 F, G, H
CORONARY BYPASS
ARTIFICIAL PACEMAKER
HEART TRANSPLANT
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• Some risk factors for cardiovascular disease are out of your control.
Preventing Cardiovascular Disease
• Others are within your control. Choosing behaviors that lower your risk for cardiovascular disease is important for your health, both now and throughout your life.
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• Heredity Having a family history of certain cardiovascular diseases, such as hypertension, may increase your risk of developing those diseases.
Risks You Cannot Control (NO. 4 A, B, C, D)
• Ethnicity Some diseases strike people of certain ethnicities disproportionately.
• Gender Some cardiovascular diseases strike men and women at different rates.
• Age As people age, their risk of cardiovascular disease increases.
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• Maintain a healthy weight.
Risks You Can Control (NO. 5 A-F)
• Eat a healthy diet.• Be physically active.• Manage stress.• Monitor your blood pressure.• Avoid smoking and drinking.
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Vocabulary
chronic disease A disease that persists for a long period or recurs throughout life; usually caused by behavioral, environmental, or hereditary factors.
cardiovascular disease
A disease of the heart and blood vessels.
angina pectoris The chest pain that occurs when an area of the heart does not get enough oxygen-rich blood.
heart attack The condition that occurs when some of the tissue in the heart doesn’t receive its normal blood supply and dies.
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Vocabulary
fibrillation A life-threatening arrhythmia in which the heart twitches rapidly in an uncoordinated fashion.
stroke A sudden disruption of blood flow to part of the brain.
cerebral hemorrhage
A type of stroke that occurs when an artery located in the cerebrum, the main part of the brain, bursts.
aneurysm A blood-filled weak spot that balloons out from the artery wall.
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