BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Coenzyme Q10, Heart Failure, Snake Venom

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biopharmaceutical sciences
• Course: BPS 1101
• Professor: William Ogilvie

Document Summary

Heart pumps 2. 6 billion times during your life! Ex. tobacco, diet, obesity, alcohol, lack of exercise! Similarly, many deaths from heart problems are avoidable! Co sticks to hemoglobin better than o2 ! Lack of o2 damages the heart and blood vessels! Diet high in fruit and vegetables is bene cial! Heart attacks in young women are often mis-diagnosed! Because not 10x less common in young women! B vitamin supplements do not give an effect! Noradrenaline antagonist is what is needed (no heart acceleration if adrenaline binding is blocked! Rst number is the systolic pressure (when heart squeezes)! Second number is diastolic pressure (when heart relaxes) ! Each 5mm increase of diastolic pressure increases heart attack risk by 25%! Too much salt is linked to essential hypertension! Processed and fast foods contain lots of salt! Processing removes avour - salt puts it back! Venom blocks the formation of angiotensin ii ! Gap between the effective dose and the dangerous dose !