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Anticoagulants
Class of drug used to stop
blood
from forming clots used to treat
CVD
Antipertensives
Class of
drug
used as treatment for
high blood pressure
(hypertension)
Atherosclerosis
Disease caused by the buildup of
fatty
deposits within
arteries
which narrows them and restricts blood flow
Cardiovascular
disease (CVD)
Describes group of diseases related to the
heart
and its
blood vessels
Coagulation
Process of blood turning into
gel
and forming a clot often in response to a broken blood vessel to prevent
blood
loss
Statins
Class of drug that is used to lower
cholesterol
in blood