Cardiovascular Heart
- Created by: rxeesa_x
- Created on: 02-12-17 17:19
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- Cardiovascular Disease
- Stents
- wire mesh that can be inserted inside the arteries
- Advantages
- lowers the risk of heart attack
- long term
- effective
- quick recovery time
- Disadvantages
- Risk of Complications
- Risk of infection from surgery
- blood clots
- Statins
- drug to reduce 'bad' cholesterol
- Advantages
- increase beneficial cholestrol
- reduce risk of strokes
- Disadvantages
- have to be taken long-term
- side effects
- not instant effect
- Artificial Hearts
- mechanical device that pumps blood
- Advantages
- less likely to be rejected by body
- Disadvantages
- infection
- bleeding
- blood doesn't flow smoothly
- Stents
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