Medications
This medication is placed under the tongue during an episode of chest pain.
What is Nitroglycerin?
This form of exercise focuses on repetitive movements of the large muscle groups, which increases heart rate and blood pressure.
What is cardiovascular (aerobic) exercise.
This is the top number of your blood pressure reading
What is systolic?
(pressure exerted on the arteries as the left ventricle is pumping blood out to the body)
These are 3 modifiable risk factors for developing cardiovascular disease
What are high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol (sedentary lifestyle, stress, smoking, obesity, diet, alcohol consumption)
This is the number of mg of sodium we should limit ourselves to per day
What is 2000mg? (1500 if CHF hx)
These medications prevent platelets from clumping together, and are absolutely essential after coronary stent placement.
What is Aspirin and/or Plavix, Brilinta, or Effient
This is the preferred frequency and amount of time per cardiovascular exercise session
What is 30-60 minutes, 4-6 days per week.
This is the bottom number of your blood pressure reading?
What is diastolic? (The pressure exerted on your arteries when the left ventricle is resting and filling)
This modifiable (controllable) risk factor means your blood pressure is higher than recommended.
What is Hypertension?
These numbers are goals for your LDL (bad) and HDL (good) cholesterol
What are less than 70 (if diagnosed heart disease) or even as low as 55 for some pts for LDL, and >40 for HDL?
This medication, (class or name), is prescribed to lower heart rate and blood pressure, making it easier for the heart to pump blood
What is a beta blocker, or specific name (atenolol, metropolol, coreg, etc)
This is what you should AVOID if feeling ill, have a fever, significant muscle soreness, or if it's very hot/cold outside
What is cardiovascular (aerobic) exercise?
What kind of diet lowers your intake of saturated fat, cholesterol & sodium
What is heart healthy diet?
This is another controllable (modifiable) risk factor for cardiovascular dx, and we must learn to control how we react to it...
What is stress?
This is considered a textbook "normal" blood pressure
What is 120/80?
This class of medications removes excess fluid from the bloodstream, thus decreasing the workload on the heart.
What are diuretics, or "water pills" (lasix, HCTZ, Bumex etc.)
This number is used to rate how much you feel you are exerting yourself during cardiovascular exercise
What is Rate of Perceived Exertion
This is an ingredient/additive in our food that is closely related to the development of high blood pressure
What is sodium? (limit 2000 mg per day, less if congestive heart failure hx)
This cardiac risk factor means you have an issue with regulating blood glucose & insulin.
What is Diabetes? (measured by fasting glucose levels, hemoglobin a1c)
These are the goal numbers on our "Rate of Perceived Exertion" scale when exercising
What are 11-13? (Working, but still can carry on a conversation)
These medications assist the liver in breaking down cholesterol
What are statins?
These are 4 risk factors for heart disease that exercise can greatly improve
What are BP, chol levels, blood sugar, stress levels
(weight, HDL chol, energy levels)
These are adverse health effects of uncontrolled high blood pressure
What are cardiovascular dx, stroke, glaucoma, kidney dysfunction
These are 2 non-modifiable risk factors for developing cardiovascular disease
What are genetics and gender? (age, race)
This is the blood test done to determine blood sugar control over a 3 month period in pts with diabetes
What is a hemoglobin a1c? (less than 7)