treating CVD

Question 1

ways to treat CVD / prevent

Answer 1

• healthy lifestyle, no saturated fats
• drugs
• surgical procedures

Question 2

healthy lifestyle

Answer 2

• eat healthily
• quit smoking
• exercise regularly
• reduce alcohol consumption

Question 3

Drugs like

Answer 3

• statins
• antiplatelets
• beta blockers
• nitrates

Question 4

statins

Answer 4

• reduces cholesterol
• slows down rate of fatty deposits forming.
  may cause aching muscles, kidney failure, liver damage

Question 5

antiplatelets

Answer 5

• stops platelets from sticking together, needed in blood clots and high blood pressure

Question 6

surgical procedures

Answer 6

• stents, widen partially blocked arteries
• Catheter, used to insert
• balloon with wire mesh inflates, catheter leaves
• mesh allows blood flow
• heart surgery
• bypass surgery- for fully blocked vessels, take a vein from another part of the body, bypass around the blockage, normally takes the vein from a leg.