Medications
Exercise
Nutrition
Risk Factors
Know Your Numbers
100
This medication dialates the arteries during an episode of chest pain.
What is Nitroglycerin?
100

Walking for regular activity can reduce your risk of these common health problems.

What is heart disease, obesity, diabetes, depression, and hypertension.

100
Between fats, carbohydrates, and protein, which carries the most calories per ounce of food.
What is fat?
100
These little puffers that contain nicotine, greatly increase your risk for heart disease.
What are cigarettes?
100
This the goal for your total cholesterol number.
What is <200?
200

This medication thins the blood and absolutely essential after stent placement.

What is a blood thinner/anti platelet medication such as aspirin or plavix.

200
This form of exercise should be performed three to four days per week on non consecutive days.
What is resistance training. Other acceptable answers include weight trining, weights, bands, squats, etc.
200
This type of fat is the one we tell you not to eat?
What are trans fats?
200
This medical condition means your blood pressure is higher than recommended.
What is Hypertension?
200

This is how many minutes of aerobic/cardio exercise you should be getting in a day?

What is 30?

300
Which medication, class or name, is prescribed to enhance the funtion of the heart, as well as slow the heart rate.
What is a beta blocker, or specific name (atenolol, metropolol, coreg, etc)
300

This is how many steps a day (or miles) you should walk.

What is 8,000-10,000 steps (4-5 miles) for 59 and younger, or 6,000-8,000 steps (3-4 miles) for 60 and older.

300
When you lower your intake of fat, cholesterol & salt. Along with limiting your caffeine intake. It is called what kind of diet?
What is heart healthy or cardiac diet?
300

This is the goal waist circumference to lower your risk for heart disease and DM II

What is 35 inches for women and 40 inches for men?

300
This range of numbers is what your pulse should be at rest.
What is 60-100?
400
This type of medication works with the liver to reduce the bodies LDL, Triglycerides, and oquite often, to raise the HDL.
What is a statin, or specific drug name (Lipitor, Simvastatin etc.)
400
This type of exercise strengthens the heart, improves the function of the arteries, and recent studies show it can also reduce all cause mortality, defined as death by any reason, by about 45% in those over 60.
What is aerobic/cardiovascular exercise?
400
Adding this to your diet will help reduce your cholesterol numbers.
What is fiber?
400

These are the cardiovascular risk factors that you cannot control.

What is age, gender, family history, and race?

400

This is how hard you should be working on the RPE scale?

What is 12-16.

500
This class of medications reduces the amount of fluid inside of the viens and arteries, thus decreasing the workload on the heart.
What are diuretics, water pills, or a specific drug name (lasix, HCTZ, etc.)
500
This number is set for you to let you know your heart is getting a good work out without putting a strain on your heart.
What is Target Heart Rate?
500

These food items are examples of plant based protein sources.

What are beans, chickpeas, lentils, nuts/seeds, peas, potatoes, quinoa, or tofu?

500
This condition means you have an issue with regulating glucose & insulin. It increases your risk for cardiovascular issues.
What is Diabetes Mellitus?
500
This is the standard dose of a Baby Aspirin that most cardiac patients take each day?
What is 81mg?
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