cardiology - heart attack tutorial 9 – heart attack risk factors - continued

HEART ATTACKHEART ATTACKTUTORIAL 9TUTORIAL 9

Risk FactorsRisk FactorsContinuedContinued

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Edited byEdited byDR. MAGDI SAMIDR. MAGDI SAMIMD, FRCP(C), FACC, FAHAMD, FRCP(C), FACC, FAHA

Professor of MedicineProfessor of Medicine

McGILL UNIVERSITYMcGILL UNIVERSITY

Senior Cardiologist MUHCSenior Cardiologist MUHC

Director PacemakerDirector Pacemaker

& Arrhythmia Unit& Arrhythmia Unit

ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITALROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL

HEART ATTACKHEART ATTACKILLUSTRATEDILLUSTRATED

PRESENTATIONSPRESENTATIONS

Risk FactorsRisk Factors8 to 178 to 17

RISK FACTOR 8 RISK FACTOR 8 CHOLESTEROLCHOLESTEROL

You have a high level You have a high level of of LDLLDL (bad) cholesterol. (bad) cholesterol.

What isWhat is

CHOLESTEROLCHOLESTEROL? ? ?? ??

CHOLESTEROL CHOLESTEROL is is

FAT FAT that is found in that is found in

YOUR BLOODYOUR BLOOD

LDLLDL

CHOLESTEROL CHOLESTEROL is is

BADBAD FATFAT

How canHow can

BAD FATBAD FAT

KILLKILL YOU?YOU?

By beingBy being

DEPOSITEDDEPOSITED

on on

ARTERY ARTERY WALLSWALLS

and ….and ….

CREATING CREATING

a a

BLOCKAGEBLOCKAGE

RISK FACTOR 9 RISK FACTOR 9 HIGH BLOOD PRESSUREHIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

HIGH BLOOD HIGH BLOOD

PRESSUREPRESSUREis also is also

known asknown as

HYPERTENSIONHYPERTENSION

HIGH BLOOD PRESSUREHIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

INCREASESINCREASESyour heart’s your heart’s

WORKLOADWORKLOAD

HIGH BLOOD HIGH BLOOD PRESSUREPRESSURE

HINDERSHINDERSyour heart’s your heart’s

PERFORMANCEPERFORMANCE

RISK FACTOR 10 RISK FACTOR 10 NO EXERCISENO EXERCISE

HUMAN BEINGSHUMAN BEINGSwere made to be were made to be

PHYSICALLYPHYSICALLY

ACTIVE!ACTIVE!

HUMAN BEINGSHUMAN BEINGSwere were

NOT NOT made to be made to be

SEDENTARYSEDENTARY

Are Are

YOUYOU

SEDENTARY?SEDENTARY?

RISK FACTOR 11 RISK FACTOR 11 STRESSSTRESS

RISK FACTOR 11 RISK FACTOR 11 Can’tCan’t

CONTROLCONTROLyouryour

STRESS?STRESS?

WHAT WHAT HAPPENS HAPPENS

NEXTNEXT??

YOUYOU EATEAT

POORLYPOORLY

YOUYOU NEGLECTNEGLECTPHYSICAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITYACTIVITY

YOUYOU SMOKESMOKE

MOREMORE

WHAT WHAT HAPPENS HAPPENS

NEXTNEXT??

You can You can

EXPECTEXPECT a a

HEART HEART ATTACKATTACK

RISK FACTOR 12 RISK FACTOR 12 AFTER MENOPAUSEAFTER MENOPAUSE

AFTER AFTER MENOPAUSEMENOPAUSE

what happens to what happens to women’s women’s

ESTROGENESTROGENPRODUCTIONPRODUCTION

??

ESTROGENESTROGENPRODUCTIONPRODUCTION

is is

REDUCEDREDUCED

ESTROGENSESTROGENSact asact as

PROTECTORSPROTECTORSof of

HEART & BLOOD VESSELSHEART & BLOOD VESSELS

RISK FACTOR 13 RISK FACTOR 13 EXCESSIVE DRINKINGEXCESSIVE DRINKING

What happens What happens when youwhen you

DRINK DRINK TOO MUCHTOO MUCH

??

IF YOU DRINKIF YOU DRINK TOO MUCH,TOO MUCH,

you you INCREASEINCREASE your your blood pressureblood pressure

HIGH BLOOD PRESSUREHIGH BLOOD PRESSURE is is BAD BAD for for

your your HEARTHEART

GOOD NEWS!GOOD NEWS! MODERATE DRINKINGMODERATE DRINKING

is is GOODGOOD

for your for your HEARTHEART

RISK FACTOR 14 RISK FACTOR 14 YOU EAT WRONG FOODSYOU EAT WRONG FOODS

YOU AREYOU ARE

WHAT WHAT YOU EATYOU EAT

EAT FATEAT FAT

GET FATGET FAT

EAT LEANEAT LEAN

GET LEANGET LEAN

RISK FACTOR 15 RISK FACTOR 15 BIRTH CONTROL PILLSBIRTH CONTROL PILLS

Ask Ask YOUR DOCTORYOUR DOCTOR

RISK FACTOR 16 RISK FACTOR 16 PHYSICAL EXERTIONPHYSICAL EXERTION

Are Are

YOUYOU in in

BADBAD shape?shape?

WORK WORK oror PLAY PLAY

ACTIVITY ACTIVITY can put can put

PRESSURE PRESSURE on on

YOURYOUR HEARTHEART

FOR EXAMPLEFOR EXAMPLE

SHOVELLING SHOVELLING SNOW SNOW can put can put

PRESSURE PRESSURE on on

YOURYOUR HEARTHEART

EVERY WINTEREVERY WINTER

THOUSANDS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLEOF PEOPLE

suffersufferHEART ATTACKSHEART ATTACKS

as a result as a result SHOVELLING SNOWSHOVELLING SNOW

RISK FACTOR 17 RISK FACTOR 17 EMOTIONS EMOTIONS

A A

SHOCKSHOCK can can

KILLKILL you!you!

What What

33 EMOTIONSEMOTIONS

can have an can have an

IMPACT IMPACT on your on your

CARDIOVASCULAR CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMSYSTEM

??

EXCITEMENTEXCITEMENT

ANXIETYANXIETY

DEPRESSIONDEPRESSION

Are Are YOUYOU

atatRISKRISK

??

What What SHOULD SHOULD

YOU YOU DODO??

ASK YOUR ASK YOUR DOCTOR!DOCTOR!

NOW!NOW!DON’TDON’TWAITWAITuntiluntilit isit isTOOTOO

LATE!LATE!

SUMMARYSUMMARYCholesterol Cholesterol

is a is a major risk factor.major risk factor.

SUMMARYSUMMARYSo are So are

lack of exerciselack of exercise and and

stressstress. .

SUMMARYSUMMARYAsk your doctor about Ask your doctor about

ways to reduce ways to reduce your heart attack your heart attack

risk factors. risk factors.

TRUE OR FALSE?TRUE OR FALSE? The leading cause of death The leading cause of death among men and women isamong men and women is

cancer.cancer.

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