Coronary heart disease
- Created by: Hannah B
- Created on: 08-05-14 07:06
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- Coronary Heart Disease
- What is it?
- When the hearts blood supply is blocked off or interrupted by a build-up of fatty substances in the coronary arteries
- Symptoms
- angina
- heart attacks
- light headedness
- breathlessness
- Causes
- smoking
- high blood pressure
- high cholesterol
- diabetes
- no regular exercise
- Treatment
- improving lifestyle factors (quitting smoking, improve diet and exercise)
- medication e.g. antiplatelets (blood thinners)
- surgery e.g. angioplasty (small balloon inserted to push the fatty tissue in the artery outwards)
- Impacts on the patient
- Physical
- difficulty carrying out some tasks due to breathlessness
- Intellectual
- lack of concentration when working
- increased knowledge of the condition
- Emotional
- fear
- embarrassment
- denial
- Social
- isolating themselves
- friends may be worried
- Financial
- wages decreased due to time taken off work
- Physical
- What is it?
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