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Cardiovascular Disease IQ Answers



What disease is the number one killer of both men and women world wide?

Cancer 
 *  Cardiovascular Disease
AIDS
Tuberculosis

Cardiovascular Disease is the number one killer world wide

What causes 40% of the deaths in the US? 

 *  Cardiovascular Disease
Cancer
Car Crashes
AIDS

Cardiovascular Disease kills more U.S. citizens than all forms of cancer combined.

What is the medical term for “hardening of the arteries”?

Cardiomyopathy
Thrombolysis 
 *  Atherosclerosis
Coronary Artery Spasm

What is the most common cause of Cardiovascular Disease?

Cardiomyopathy
Thrombolysis 
 *  Atherosclerosis
Coronary Artery Spasm

While Cardiovascular Disease may encompass several conditions, atherosclerosis which causes damage to arteries and blood vessels is the condition most common cause.

What are the most common risk factors for atherosclerosis?

Diet high in saturated fat
Smoking
Lack of exercise
Being overweight 
 *  All of the above

Atherosclerosis, a thickening of the arteries and blood vessels, is primarily affected by diet and lifestyle.

Atherosclerosis is largely preventable. 

 * True
False

Atherosclerosis, while influence by hereditary factors, is largely preventable with modifications to lifestyle and diet.

What is the leading cause of heart attack? 

 * Coronary Artery Disease
Monday morning quarterbacking
Shoveling snow
Drug overdose

Coronary Artery Disease is a disease of the arteries which supply the heart with blood.  It is the most common cause of heart attack.


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