BPK 140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Transient Ischemic Attack, Coronary Circulation, Angina Pectoris

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Biomedical Physio & Kines
• Course: BPK 140
• Professor: Stephen Brown

Document Summary

Cvd includes heart disease, stroke, kidney disease. 2 of top 3 rank order causes of death. The one of leading cause of yll (years of life lost) E. g life expectancy 80, died at age 50 yll = 30. Mortality rate has declined a lot since 1960 due to better technology and medicine. Decline in mortality rate may have reversed. Includes heart, and vessels connecting to lungs and kidneys. Beats 50-100 times per minute, every minute of your life. Blood pumps from arteries arterioles capillaries. Blood returns to heart from venules veins. Coronary arteries: veins that supply the heart muscle itself with blood. Heart disease: more common in males and more common in elderly (over age 75) Stroke: much more common in people over 75 and women. Atherosclerosis (in coronary arteries called coronary artery/heart disease) Starts with lesion (injury) of inner wall of artery. Cholesterol begins to deposit between layers in artery wall.