Cardio 101
Another name for Heart Doctor
What is a Cardiologist?
Limit this type of meat to keep your heart healthy.
What is red meat?
The main heart muscle
What is myocardium?
not a disease in itself, but can lead to an increased risk of developing serious conditions such as coronary heart disease, heart attacks and strokes.
What is Hypertension/High blood pressure?
The largest Artery in the Body
What is the Aorta?
The number one cause of death globally
What is Heart Disease?
Exercising for at least this long each day will help keep your heart healthy
What is 30 minutes?
These prevent backflow of blood in the heart
What are valves?
pain or discomfort in your chest, arm, neck, stomach or jaw that happens when the blood supply to your heart becomes restricted because of your arteries becoming narrowed.
*Is a symptom of coronary heart disease, not an illness in itself*
What is Angina?
Largest Vein in the Body
What is the Vena Cava?
Chest pain, radiating pain, shortness of breath, squeezing or pressure on chest, sweating, nausea, lightheadedness.
What are signs and symptoms of a heart attack?
______ ______ while taking hormonal birth control can increase the risk of cardiovascular conditions
what is smoking cigarettes?
The muscular wall that seperates the heart into two parts
What is the septum?
Occurs when the heart muscle doesn't pump blood as well as it should. Left untreated, it can be life-threatening.
What is CHF?
The smallest vessels in the body
What are capillaries?
The measurement of Oxygen carried by the blood
What is O2 Saturation?
Eating plan that follows heart healthy guidelines to limit saturated fat and cholesterol. It focuses on increasing intake of foods rich in nutrients that are expected to lower blood pressure
What is the DASH diet?
The layers of the heart wall in order from out to in
What is the epicardium, myocardium, and endocardium?
when the electrical signals within your heart are interrupted or disturbed, your heart can beat too quickly (tachycardia), too slowly (bradycardia) and/or in an irregular way
What is Arrythmia?
Takes blood to the abdominal region
What is the gastric artery?
The 4 chambers of the heart
What are the Right and Left Atria and the Right and Left Ventricles?
Who is the quarterback on the Kansas City Chiefs?
Who is Patrick Mahomes?
What are the fibers that open and close the valves
What is the chordae tendineae?
Multifocal atrial tachycardia is often caused by this underlying condition
COPD
Which blood vessel has blood flowing at the lowest pressure?
What are veins?