Heart Disease Basics
This is the leading cause of death worldwide for both men and women.
What is Heart Disease?
Overeating this type of food increases your risk for heart disease.
What is fast food?
This daily habit increases your risk of high blood pressure, lung disease, and heart disease.
What is smoking or vaping?
This common sign of heart disease happens when your heart beats too fast, too slow, or irregularly.
What is an irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia)?
This large blood vessel carries oxygen-rich blood away from the heart.
What is the aorta?
This vital organ pumps blood and oxygen throughout your body
What is the Heart?
This percentage of youth (ages 8-19) have high blood pressure or elevated levels.
What is 8.7%?
This daily activity helps your heart strong.
What is exercise?
Chest pain or discomfort could be a warning sign of this emergency condition.
What is a heart attack?
The number of chambers in the heart.
What is four?
A heart attack occurs when blood flow is blocked to this part of the heart.
What is the coronary artery?
Youth with this condition have a higher risk of developing heart disease as adults.
What is Obesity?
This condition is called "the silent killer."
Feeling dizzy or fainting, especially during exercise, could indicate this hidden heart condition.
What is a congenital heart defect or arrhythmia?
The heart is made of this type of muscle?
What is cardiac muscle?
The prefix Cardio- refers to what organ.
What is the heart?
Playing sports doesn't make you immune to heart disease. This condition is a leading cause of sudden cardiac arrest in young athletes.
What is Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
The minimum number of minutes kids should exercise daily.
What is 30 minutes?
Swelling in the legs and shortness of breath could indicate this condition.
What is heart failure?
The heart is about the size of this body part.
What is a fist?
The number of times a healthy heart beats per minute while resting is typically between __ and __.
What is 60-100 bpm?
The age at which heart disease can start developing in the arteries.
What is childhood or early teens?
This type of cholesterol is known as "bad cholesterol" and can build up in your arteries.
What is LDL (Low-Density Lipoprotein) cholesterol?
This type of heart problem in teens is often misdiagnosed as anxiety because it causes rapid heartbeat and dizziness.
What is postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)?
This number represents a healthy blood pressure reading.
What is 120/80 mmHg?