Please watch this presentation on Heart Disease and Heart Attacks (10:46 min)
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/health-and-medicine/circulatory-system-diseases/heart-disease-and-stroke/v/heart-disease-and-heart-attacks
Select one of the concepts or terms below, and explain what you learned about this concept from watching this video. If you feel your understanding of the concept is incomplete, please provide further explanation from your required readings or from other research.
Concepts/Terms
- coronary artery disease
- blood supply to the heart
- atherosclerosis
- plaque—formation and instability
- lipids
- white blood cells
- cardiac muscle
- left/right coronary artery and supply to cardiac muscle
- symptoms of coronary artery disease (angina pectoris)
- stable and unstable angina pectoris
- thrombosis (blood clots, plaque fragments)
- myocardial infarction (heart attack)
- heart attack versus cardiac arrest versus heart failure
Your post should include the following:
(1) Identify concept or term
(2) Explain what you learned about this concept or term from watching this video
(3) If you feel your understanding of the concept or term is incomplete, please provide further explanation from your required readings or from other research. Cite all sources in full Help write my thesis – APA format
