Blodd + Heart

Question 1

What is coronary heart disease, cause

Answer 1

Build up of fat in the arteries leading to the heart - less oxygen gets to heart muscle

Question 2

What are 3 treatment options of coronary heart disease

Answer 2

• statins
• bypass
• stent

Question 3

What is statins, what does it do?, what is it the treatment for?

Answer 3

Treatment for coronary heart disease
Drugs that reduce the cholesterol levels in the blood ( combined with a low fat diet)

Question 4

What is a bypass, what is it treatment for?

Answer 4

Treatment for coronary heart disease
Add extra capacity to deliver oxygen by taking part of a blood vessel in arms or legs and provide an alternative root to the heart by re connecting it

Question 5

What is stent, and what is it the treatment for.

Answer 5

Opens up and holds open the artery
Insert balloon into blood vessel fill with air, then deflate ballon , add metal brace to keep the blood vessel open

Question 6

Arrhythmia cause

Answer 6

Pacemaker cells in the right atrium don’t work properly. Decide when to contract and relax muscles in the heart

Question 7

Treatment to Arrhythmia

Answer 7

Fit electronic pacemaker that artificially regulates the heartbeat

Question 8

What are leaky valve

Answer 8

Valves can start to leak and not open properly

Question 9

Treatment options for leaky valves x2

Answer 9

Mechanical valves: lasts long time but can cause blood clots so patient has to take blood thinning drugs
Biological valves : no drugs but they only last 12- 15 years. They come from pig, cows or humans - this means some people have religious objective

Question 10

What is heart failure

Answer 10

Totally damaged and needs to be replace

Question 11

2 options for treatment for heart failure

Answer 11

Transplant - need to get a donor and these are in short supply, need to take immunosuppressant drugs for the rest of your life.

Artificial heart - short term fix. Machine outside the body pumping blood in and out of body