KINES 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Essential Hypertension, Low-Density Lipoprotein, Prehypertension
16 Jan 2017
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What does asymptomatic mean: no symptoms present themselves. What is angina: angina = pain, can be a symptom of heart disease, angina pectoris (pain in the chest) If heart disease is present, what abnormality in the ekg often presents itself during a stress test: the ekg traces where the blood is going or where is not going, where it is not going can show blockages. What is myocardial infarction: heart muscle death, this is the result of a heart attack. Why are there major and minor heart attacks: thrombus (blood clot, major an upper branch, larger, significant damage, minor small branch of the artery, possibly insignificant damage, may be slightly compromised but can survive the incident. Why are there primary and secondary risk factors and what determines if a risk factor is primary or secondary: why: pri(cid:373)ary is (cid:373)odifia(cid:271)le, se(cid:272)o(cid:374)dary you (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:272)o(cid:374)trol: ge(cid:374)eti(cid:272)s, age, fa(cid:373)ily (cid:373)edi(cid:272)al history, determinants of primary:
