Heart Facts
This is the number of chambers in the heart.
What is four?
They are the right and left atria and the right and left ventricles.
This is an average blood pressure reading for a healthy adult.
What is 120/80?
This is the name of a lipid, or fat, that the body needs for energy.
What is cholesterol?
These foods are high in vitamins and nutrients, low in calories, and should make up a large portion of a healthy diet.
What are fruits and vegetables?
Chest pain that spreads to the shoulder, arm, or back can be a sign of this medical emergency.
What is a heart attack?
Other symptoms include shortness of breath, nausea, tiredness, abdominal pain, sweating, and dizziness.
These blood vessels carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to organs and tissues throughout the body.
What are arteries?
This tool is used to measure blood pressure.
What is a blood pressure cuff?
Fun fact: the medical term for this device is a sphygmomanometer
This type of cholesterol is considered "bad".
What is LDL?
This is the total amount of sodium recommended per day.
What is less than 2300 mg (1 tsp)?
Pain, swelling, and redness of the lower legs, especially when one-sided can be a sign of this.
What is a blood clot?
When a blood clot occurs in the veins of the legs, it is called a deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
These blood vessels carry unoxygenated blood from tissues and organs back to the heart.
What are veins?
These are things people can do to lower their blood pressure without using medications.
What is eating a healthy diet, maintaining a healthy body weight, exercising, and limiting sodium intake?
These are ways to lower cholesterol without using medications.
What is eating a "heart-healthy" diet, avoiding excess saturated fat, avoiding sugary and fried foods, maintaining a healthy weight, and exercising?
These foods are a good source of protein.
What are chicken, turkey, beef, fish, eggs, and beans?
Weakness on one side of the body, facial dropping, slurred speech, vision changes, and loss of balance can be signs of this medical emergency.
What is a stroke?
This is an average heart rate for a healthy adult.
These factors can increase one's risk of developing high blood pressure.
What is advancing age, obesity, family history, high-sodium diet, increased alcohol intake, reduced physical activity, and insufficient sleep?
These factors can increase one's risk of developing high cholesterol.
What is smoking, high blood pressure, family history of heart disease, unhealthy diet, and advancing age?
These foods are healthy sources of fat when eaten in moderation.
This condition can lead to shortness of breath, increased tiredness, and swelling in the lower legs.
What is heart failure?
These are ways that you can measure your heart rate.
What is checking your pulse, using a pulse oximeter, or using personal devices such as smart watches?
Having uncontrolled high blood pressure can increase the risk of these events.
What are heart attack, stroke, kidney damage, and eye damage?
Having high cholesterol levels over time can increase the risk of these events.
What are heart attack, stroke, and blood clots?
To keep our bodies and hearts healthy, these foods should be eaten in moderation or not at all.
What are processed snacks and sweets, baked goods, saturated fats, fast-food, and sweetened beverages?
Feelings of a fast and fluttering heartbeat, dizziness, lightheadedness, tiredness, and chest pain can be signs of this condition.