Over 83 per cent of people who ………… of coronary heart disease are 65-year-old individuals or older.
At older ages, women who have heart attacks are more …………… than men to die of them within a few weeks.
Children of parents with heart disease are more likely to ……. it themselves.
Smokers' ………… of developing coronary heart disease is 2-4 times that of nonsmokers.
Cigarette smoking is a powerful independent risk factor for sudden cardiac death in patients with coronary heart disease; smokers have about ………….. the risk of non-smokers.
High blood pressure …………… the heart's workload, causing the heart to thicken and become stiffer. It also …………. your risk of stroke, heart attack, kidney failure and congestive heart failure.
People who have …………… body fat - especially if it is at the waist - are more likely to develop heart disease and stroke even if they have no other risk factors.
Diabetes seriously increases your risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Even when glucose (blood sugar) levels are under …………… , diabetes increases the risk of heart disease and stroke, but the risks are even higher if blood sugar is not well controlled.
Exercise 9. Choose the proper continuation: Coronary ischaemia…
Angina pectoris…
Atherosclerosis…
Myocardial infarction….
The diagnosis of ischaemia…
It is possible to prevent the ischaemic condition by….
Coronary bypass surgery….
The treatment of ischaemic conditions… ….is the most common cause of death in most Western countries and a major cause of hospital admissions.
…unlike the angina, is an irreversible condition.
….may be expressed by chest discomfort and associated symptoms precipitated by some activity (running, walking, etc.) with minimal or non-existent symptoms at rest.
…improves the chances of survival of patients who are at high risk.
…is a disease of large and medium-sized muscular arteries and is characterized by endothelial dysfunction, vascular inflammation, and the build-up of lipids, cholesterol, calcium, and cellular debris within the lining of the vessel wall.
….control of cholesterol levels in those with known high cholesterol, smoking cessation, and control of high blood pressure.
….includes addressing "modifiable" risk factors, like suppression of cholesterol.
