Exam 28: a Cardiovascular Disease

In terms of public health,the major lethal effect of smoking is ________.

Which of the following might be an indicator of atherosclerosis?

What are some ways that hypertension can kill?

Which of the following is caused by nicotine in cigarette smoke?

Viagra® works by dilating the arteries to the penis and other parts of the body.Why shouldn't a person use nitroglycerin at the same time that they are using Viagra®?

Which of the following lifestyle changes might be used to treat or prevent high blood pressure?

Heart attacks can be caused by a blood clot blocking a coronary artery; this condition is called a (an)________.

When a leg vein is grafted to provide an alternate route around a point of obstruction between the aorta and a clogged coronary artery,the procedure is called ________.

Gee Yee was jogging up the hill next to your house when he suddenly had terrible,suffocating pain in his chest.You called the EMTs (Emergency Medical Technicians)and he was rushed to the emergency room where they will most likely perform this test with an x-ray machine.

During the summer of 2010,there were very large forest fires in Western Russia.The cloud spread at some point over 1,000 miles (approximately 1600 km),enveloping a number of cities.The smoke was thicker than any you would see in a tobacco store! Based on the information in this chapter alone,why do you think the daily death rate due to heart disease in Moscow doubled during that time?

Ashante is having surgery for a blocked coronary artery.The physician is inserting a catheter with a tiny balloon to open the blocked vessel.What is this procedure called and what else might the physician do to keep the artery open in the long term?

In which of these patients might Dr.Singh most appropriately prescribe a diuretic? The numbers represent their blood pressures.

How could lipids lead to a myocardial infarction?