The disease
Occurs when blood flow to part of the heart stops or is below normal causing injury or death of the muscle
What is a myocardial infarction?
or
What is a heart attack?
A disease characterized by the atherosclerotic buildup in the arteries
What is coronary artery disease?
Procedure performed when a person has no pulse and isn't breathing
Quitting this habit can lower your chance of heart attack by 50% or more
What is smoking?
The sticky substance that can build up inside the arteries
What is plaque?
List two major symptoms of a heart attack
Chest pain
Shortness of breath
Trouble sleeping
Nausea
Heart palpitations
Anxiety
Lightheadedness
An external electric device used to administer a shock to the heart of a person having a heart attack
What is AED?
True or false; heart tissue can rapidly repair itself with no intervention following heart attack
What is false
Name at least one risk factor for a heart attack
higher age
males at greater risk than females
family history of heart disease
lifestyle choices
medical conditions
A simple and fast test to evaluate the heart that uses electrodes
What is electrocardiogram (ECG)?
A medication given in response to a heart attack to act as a blood thinner
What is Aspirin?
This insulin related disease is a high risk factor for secondary heart attacks
What is diabetes?
A condition that leads to symptoms of a heart attack with no damage to the heart.
What is unstable angina?
The chemical marker in the blood stream indicating myocardial damage
What is troponin?
The name for a class of drugs specializing in the dissolving of blockages within arteries
What are thrombolytics?
This type of stem cell is being used to attempt to regenerate heart tissue
What is Mesenchymal?
The type of heart attack that occurs with a complete blockage of the coronary artery
What is STEMI?
The percentage of heart attacks not related to a ruptured plaque
What is 5%?
Procedure done to help expand arteries affected by plaque formation, restoring blood flow following and MI
What is coronary angioplasty?
Cells can be loaded into this substance in hopes of repairing atrophied heart tissue
What is Hydrogel?