PHAR1101 Cardiovascular Disease Questions and
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"What are the main classes "Ischaemic heart disease/coronary artery disease
of cardiovascular disease (heart attacks), cerebrovascular disease (strokes),
(CVD) due to diseases of the aorta and arteries including
atherosclerosis?" hypertension and peripheral vascular disease."
"What are other types of "Congenital heart disease, rheumatic heart disease,
CVD?" cardiomyopathies, cardiac arrhythmias."
"5.2% or 1.3 million people had heart, stroke, and
vascular disease; increased from 4.1% in 2001; similar
"What was the prevalence
to 5.3% in 2007-08; slightly higher in males (5.9%) than
of CVD in Australia in
females (4.6%); prevalence rises strongly with age;
2022?"
highest in low socioeconomic and regional
populations."
"Spasmodic bouts of intense discomfort in upper
chest; pain often radiates to left arm; sense of
suffocation and impending death; can be stable
"What is angina?"
(predictable, provoked by exercise or excitement) or
unstable (unpredictable without provocation); can
precede a heart attack ('preinfarction')."
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Terms in this set (23)
"What are the main classes "Ischaemic heart disease/coronary artery disease
of cardiovascular disease (heart attacks), cerebrovascular disease (strokes),
(CVD) due to diseases of the aorta and arteries including
atherosclerosis?" hypertension and peripheral vascular disease."
"What are other types of "Congenital heart disease, rheumatic heart disease,
CVD?" cardiomyopathies, cardiac arrhythmias."
"5.2% or 1.3 million people had heart, stroke, and
vascular disease; increased from 4.1% in 2001; similar
"What was the prevalence
to 5.3% in 2007-08; slightly higher in males (5.9%) than
of CVD in Australia in
females (4.6%); prevalence rises strongly with age;
2022?"
highest in low socioeconomic and regional
populations."
"Spasmodic bouts of intense discomfort in upper
chest; pain often radiates to left arm; sense of
suffocation and impending death; can be stable
"What is angina?"
(predictable, provoked by exercise or excitement) or
unstable (unpredictable without provocation); can
precede a heart attack ('preinfarction')."
