Lecture 10- CVD

Question 1

What is CVD

Question 2

what conditions are included in CVD

Question 3

Is CVD inherited

Question 4

what do age standardised rates allow to be assessed

Question 5

what is increasing and declining in terms of CVD

Question 6

How have mortality rates been reduced in 30 years

Question 7

what are 5 facts about CVD

Question 8

What are premature death rates

Question 9

what do death rates take into account

Question 10

what are the trends in death rates in NI

Question 11

What conditions are included in heart disease

Question 12

What conditions are included in CVD

Question 13

What 2 processes do heart disease and CVD come from

Question 14

what is atherosclerosis

Question 15

what is thrombosis

Question 16

how are heart attacks caused

Question 17

how is a stroke caused

Question 18

what is deep vein thrombosis

Question 19

what are the warning signs of heart attacks

Question 20

what is endothelial dysfunction

Question 21

what is NO

Question 22

what occurs in the progression of atherosclerosis

Question 23

what is the function of coronary arteries

Question 24

what are the treatment options for thrombosis

Question 25

what are the treatment options for atherosclosis

Question 26

what are the treatment options for acute heart attacks

Question 27

what has been done to research heart disease

Question 28

explain the table relating to research into heart disease

Question 29

what are risk factors

Question 30

what are unmodifiable risk factors

Question 31

what are modifiable risk factors

Question 32

what are examples of false associations

Question 33

what are the values of risk factors

Answer 33

CUS

Question 34

what are facts about hypertension

Question 35

what is a major risk factor

Question 36

what are the measures other than drugs for the treatment of hypertension