non-communicable diseases
- Created by: Muskaan Dhaliwal
- Created on: 07-08-19 18:26
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- non-communicable diseases
- faulty heart valves
- cause; valves don't open or close properly
- effect; blood can leak and flow in the wrong direction
- treatment; biological valve transplant
- treatment; mechanical valve can be inserted
- coronary heart disease (CHD)
- cause; build up of fatty substances in the coronary arteries (atherosclerosis)
- effect; oxygenated blood cant get to the cardiac muscle
- treatment; stents are inserted into the blocked artery to open it up
- treatment; statins help to lower harmful cholesterol
- heart failure can be treated with a transplant or an artificial heart
- faulty heart valves
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