Coronary Heart Disease.
AQA A Level Physical Education.
For questions on CHD.
- This will aid with questions on the prevention of CHD and how it can be prevented through a healthy active lifestyle.
Maybe practise answering the following questions after you have revised.
- Describe the characteristics of CHD.
- Explain how an active healthy lifestyle can help to prevent CHD.
- Define CHD.
- How might a healthy diet prevent CHD?
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- Coronary Heart Disease
- Definition
- The failure of the coronary arteries to supply enough oxygen to myocardium
- Fatty materials deposited in coronary arteries
- What causes CHD?
- Smoking
- Increases carbon monoxide - more strain on the heart, increases damage of coronary arteries
- Obesity
- Inactive lifestyle
- Hypertension(High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- High amounts of LDL
- Diabetes
- Smoking
- Symptoms of CHD
- Angina
- Partial blockage of coronary artery
- Heart attacks
- complete blockage of oxygen supply to myocardium
- Arteriosclerosis
- Walls of coronary arteries become less elastic
- Atherosclerosis
- fatty deposits on walls of coronary arteries, leads to narrowing of lumen,
- leads to stroke or heart attack
- fatty deposits on walls of coronary arteries, leads to narrowing of lumen,
- Angina
- Prevention
- Healthy Active lifestyle
- Adults - aerobic activity, 30 mins, 3 times a week
- For example cycling, running or rowing.
- Increases HDLs, to carry away LDLs (cholesterol
- Lower risk of hypertension (high blood pressure)
- Lowers the risk of heart attack.
- Lower risk of angina
- Because coronary circulation is improved
- Adults - aerobic activity, 30 mins, 3 times a week
- Healthy diet
- Low fat / low cholesterol
- Prevent arteriosclerosis and atherosclerosis
- Increase HDLs in blood
- Stop smoking
- Reduce alcohol intake
- Lower salt intake
- Low fat / low cholesterol
- Healthy Active lifestyle
- Definition
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