Vocabulary
A disease that cannot be transmitted from person to person
What is a Noncommunicable disease
Age is a Risk Factor you can control. True or False
What is False
Irregular Heartbeats
What is Arrhythmia
Test using electrodes to produce a graph of your hearts rhythm
What is Electrocardiogram
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What is Normal
A disease that effects the heart and blood vessels
The 2 upper chambers of the heart
What are Atriums
Chest Pain
Angina Pectoris
Test that generates an image of your heart.
What is Echocardiogram
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What is Elevated
Fatty substance that builds up in the artery walls
What is plaque
Upper number of a blood pressure reading showing the pressure of blood in your arteries when the heart beats.
Occurs when the heart weakens over time and can no longer pump blood at its usual rate or force
What is Congestive Heart Failure
Test that uses magnetic energy to produce an image.
What is an MRI
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What is High blood Pressure (Hypertension stage 1)
An acute injury which the blood flow to the brain is interrupted. Warning signs – drooping of the face, slurred speech, muscle weakness on one side of the body
What is a stroke
The 2 lower chambers of the heart
What are ventricles
life-threatening arrhythmia
What is Ventricular fibrillation
A small battery operated device surgically implanted in the chest to regulate a person’s heartbeat.
What is a Pacemaker
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What is Elevated
A disease characterized by the accumulation of plaque on the artery walls
What is Atherosclerosis
This is known as the "Silent Killer"
What is High Blood Pressure
Hardened arteries with reduced elasticity.
What is arteriosclerosis
Procedure where an artificial / real veins are used to form a detour around a clot to improve blood flow.
What is Coronary bypass surgery
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What is Normal