Health Coach Notebook for Coronary Artery Disease Patients Concept Map

A heart attack
(also called myocardial infarction or MI,
is a blockage of blood flow which results from build up of plaque which results from risk factors some of which can be controlled by behavior
from Greek mus, muscle and kardi, heart
and from Latin infarcre, to cram) to the heart in the arteries

may be
may be
of the heart

reduces the heart muscle’s

may be indicated by

increases the risk of

can be relieved by

can be caused by
may disturb the

may disturb the

damage to the
is one kind of
can result in

begins with
may cause

(also called atherosclerosis, may be

from Greek athero, meaning gruel or paste,
and sclerosis, meaning hardness)
can help control
controllable healthy living uncontrollable

build up of
is arterial
risk factors risk factors
may disturb the
dead, scarred
heart tissue

1.
diabetes

1.
damages the
heart rhythm insufficiency stroke plaque innermost layer of the artery (also called diabetes mellitus, controls insulin such as taking prescribed contributes to the risk of heredity
of blood supply (deposit of (also called endothelium, from the Latin diabetes, siphon
from Greek endon, within and thele, nipple)
medications (including being

disturbed,

can also cause

fatty material) and melltus, honey-sweet)

can cause
(also called ischemia,
African-American)

may rupture, causing

contributes to the risk of

contributes to the risk of

from Greek iskhein, to keep back
HMG CoA reductase inhibitors (statins),

can induce
and haima, blood)
bile acid sequestrants,

2
2.
managed, controls such as lowering
nicotinic acid, cholesterol following dietary under age 55,

2
2. control

contributes to the liklihood of

the heart to stop and fibric acid such as lowering recommendations
blood clot that moves obesity managed, controls sodium being male

causes
(also called cardiac arrest)

sufferers usually have

until it lodges in a vessel
may reduce

increses risk of
contributes to

contributes to
(also called embolus,

contributes to the risk of

such as lowering
lead to

contributes
become a
managed, controls calories
can

from Greek embolos, plug)

can

to

burns
3
3.
the heart’s capacity death pain in the chest, blood clot that forms
(which may cause it
to work harder)
neck, jaw, back or arm
(also called angina,
in a vessel or cavity of the heart
(also called thrombus,
3
3.
physical
inactivity ACE* inhibitors,
reduces being more active over age 65,
being female

contributes to
contributes to

contributes to the risk of

from Greek anchone, a strangling) from Greek thrombos, clot)
angiotensin II receptor blockers,

liklihood of
increases

eases
is an indicator of vasodilators (such as
oxygen aspirin and nitroglycerin),

4
4.
damages the

4
4.
reduced, may cause reduces the
supply tobacco beta blockers, stopping smoking increasing age
may disturb the
exposure calcium antagonists,

contributes to the risk of

anti-hypertensives,

contributes
contributes to
control
and diuretics

to
(*angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor)

may speed
such as lowers
symptoms weakness, medication,

5.
nausea and vomiting, coronary bypass surgery, high cholesterol
(also called hypercholesterolemia,
sweating, and or angioplasty causes build up of from Greek huper, over,
(Angioplasty is a non-surgical procedure which khole, bile and stereos, solid)
shortness of breath enlarges the inner diameter of a blood vessel -
most commonly by flattening plaque with a balloon,
or vaporizing plaque with a laser.)

damages the
6.
high blood pressure
(also called hypertension,
from Greek huper, over,
and Latin tensis, stretching out)
lowers
5.
reducing stress