Cardiovascular Disease

• What is cardiovascular disease a general term for?

  Diseases of the cardiovascular system
• What is the main focus of the video on cardiovascular diseases?

  Treatments for cardiovascular diseases
• What are some treatments mentioned for cardiovascular diseases?

  Stents, statins, replacement valves, replacement hearts
• What happens in coronary heart disease?

  Coronary arteries get blocked by fatty buildup
• What is the effect of narrowed coronary arteries?

  Less blood and oxygen reach the heart muscle
• How does coronary heart disease potentially lead to a heart attack?

  It puts strain on the heart due to low oxygen
• What is a stent?

  An expandable tube placed in arteries
• What are the benefits of using stents?

  Quick surgery and long-term effectiveness
• What are the risks associated with stent surgery?

  Heart attack, infection, blood clot risk
• What is a statin?

  A medication that alters cholesterol balance
• What are the two types of cholesterol?

  Bad LDL and good HDL cholesterol
• How do statins affect cholesterol levels?

  Decrease bad cholesterol and increase good cholesterol
• What are the side effects of statins?

  Headaches and kidney failure
• What can cause damage to heart valves?

  Old age, heart attacks, infections
• What is the role of heart valves?

  Allow blood to flow in one direction only
• What are the two main problems with faulty heart valves?

  Stiff valves or valves that leak blood
• How can faulty heart valves be fixed?

  By replacing them with new valves
• What types of valves can be used for replacement?

  Biological valves or mechanical valves
• What is heart failure?

  When the heart can't pump blood properly
• What is the only proper treatment for severe heart failure?

  A new heart
• What types of hearts can be used for replacement?

  Biological hearts or artificial hearts
• Why are artificial hearts generally temporary fixes?

  They are not as effective as biological hearts
• Why can't pig or cow hearts be used for human transplants?

  We need a human donor heart
• What is a risk after a successful heart transplant?

  The heart could be rejected by the immune system
• What is an advantage of artificial hearts?

  They are not rejected by the immune system
• What additional transplant might be required if lungs are diseased?

  A heart and lung transplant
• What is a challenge in finding donor organs?

  It is hard to find both donor heart and lungs
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