What is the result is the cuspid and semilunar valves become weak or damaged?
This allows blood to flow backwards and reduces blood pressure
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What is the result if the coronary arteries become blocked with fat and chloestrol?
This reduces blood flow to the hear and can cause coronary heart attacks and coronary heart disease
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What is the result of a hole in the heart?
Blood can move from the right side to the left, so oxygenated and deoxygenated blood can mix, resulting in less oxygen in the blood
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Name some advantages of pacemakers and heart valves...
Less risk of rejection, less traumatic operation, human donor isn't needed, shorter waiting time and they must take anticoagulants for the rest of their life
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What are the disadvantages of a pacemaker and heart vavles?
They may need replacing
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The advantages of heart transplants are...
Organ will last a lifetim, feel better immediately and lead a full life
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The disadvantages of heart transplant are...
Major, expensive operation, replacement will need to be found, long waiting time and patient will need to take immunosuppressants for the ret of their life
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What are the point of blood clots?
To stop you bleeding to death
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What do you use if blood clots form inside blood vessels?
Anticoagulant drugs
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What are the 4 different blood groups?
A, B, AB and O
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What blood groups can blood group A accept blood from?
A or O
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Card 2
Front
What is the result is the cuspid and semilunar valves become weak or damaged?
Back
This allows blood to flow backwards and reduces blood pressure
Card 3
Front
What is the result if the coronary arteries become blocked with fat and chloestrol?
Back
Card 4
Front
What is the result of a hole in the heart?
Back
Card 5
Front
Name some advantages of pacemakers and heart valves...
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