Made up of the heart, blood vessels, and blood
What is the Circulatory System?
These carry oxygen from the lugs to all parts of the body.
What are red blood cells?
Elevated blood pressure
When one of both sides of the heart stop pumping blood properly.
What is Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)?
This drug class can cause high potassium levels, dry cough, low blood pressure and kidney injury as well as angioedema.
What are Angiotensin-converting Enzyme (ACE) Inhibitors?
Accidents may be dangerous in residents taking anticoagulants due to this.
What is increased bleeding?
These defend the body against against foreign substances, such as bacteria and viruses.
What are white blood cells?
This can cause a buildup inside the arteries causing atherosclerosis.
What is LDL Cholesterol?
A general term used to describe a heart rhythm that is too fast, too slow or does not have an even, regular beat.
What is Dysrhythmia (arrhythmia)?
This drug class can cause similar side effects as ACE inhibitors but less likely to cause cough or angioedema.
What are Angiotensin Receptor Blockers (ARBs)?
This carries food, oxygen, and other substances cells need to function properly.
What is blood?
This product interferes with several drugs used to treat cardiovascular conditions
What is grapefruit and grapefruit juice?
A fat-like substance in the blood.
What is Cholesterol?
One of the most common blood conditions in which the body has too little hemoglobin due to a low amount of a specific mineral.
What is Iron-deficiency Anemia?
This drug class work to block chemicals that increase blood pressure.
Along with supplying the body with infection-fighting blood cells, food, oxygen and hormones, the circulatory system does these two things.
What is removes waste and helps control body temperature?
This is the liquid part of the blood.
What is plasma?
This is a vitamin used to decrease triglycerides
What is Niacin?
A general medical term for the inflammation of a vein caused by a blood clot.
What is Thrombophlebitis?
This drug class reduces fluid in the body, making it easier for the heart to pump, and lowering blood pressure.
What are Diuretics?
This sign of a myocardial infarction should be reported immediately.
What is severe chest pain
Plasma caries many substances, including these three.
What are blood cells, nutrients and waste products?
Deep Vein Thrombosis is treated primarily with this.
What is anticoagulant medication?
A clot that forms in a vein deep inside the body
What is Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)?
This drug class reduces cholesterol levels.
What are Statins?