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Heart Disease assignment

Heart Disease assignment

Q Purpose: • Explain the terms related to heart disease. • Identify the risk factors that contribute to heart disease. • Describe the relationship between diet and lifestyle and blood lipid levels. Task: 1. Download or print the Heart Disease Assignment Actions 2. Submit completed worksheet via Canvas by due date. 3. Estimated time for completion: 1 hour Grading Criteria: • Did you answer the questions thoroughly in complete sentences? • Did you cite your source if you looked up an answer in your book or on the internet? • Is the assignment submitted on time via Canvas? • Assignment submission in Canvas worth 10 points in the Assignment group. PreviousNext

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1. Cardiovascular disease has several disorders that can affect the heart, and blood vessels. This later on can cause more issues involving problems with heart valves, heartbeat irregularities, infections, and the blood vessels serving the brain, and the abdominal organs. Coronary heart disease is the main form and most common type of cardiovascular disease. This disease can lead to heart attack or sudden cardiac arrest due to the impact it has on a person's blood vessels. There are also heart attacks and strokes. A stroke is when an artery gives blood to the brain. When the body forms a possibility for a blood clot, it can get caught and block a vessel. This can lead to a heart attack.