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II. Choose the correct prepositions. Treating Heart Diseases

Heart disease can be difficult to detect. A definite diagnosis can be made through/within blood tests and an electrocardiogram. A stress test shows how the heart performs in/under stress or work. Angiogra­phy is a process on/in which a special dye is injected into/to an artery. If a blocked coronary artery is detected, the balloon is inflated and the blockage is pushed against/from the artery wall. Coronary bypass sur­gery is done by using an artery from/out of the chest or a vein out of/from the leg. Blood flow to/into the heart is improved. The arteries may be bypassed over/during surgical operation. Heart transplants have been successful to/for some patients.

III. The table presents some common disorders and diseases. Use your dic­tionary to check the meaning and to practice the pronunciation of new items. Finally give English equivalents of the words given above the table.

недостатність, виснаження, звуження кровоносних судин, жар, жир, погіршення, постачання, серцевий м'яз, наркотична залеж­ність

Disorders and diseases

Causes

Medical terms

Other expressions

anemia

red cell destruction; improper diet

angina pectoris

angina

insufficiency of coronary ar­teries

atherosclerosis

hardening of arteries

impairment in fat metabolism

endocarditis

inflammation of heart membrane

bacterial infection

hypertension

high blood pressure

vasoconstriction

myocardial in­farction

coronary infarct

inadequate oxygen supply to cardiac muscle

bradycardia

slow heartbeat

exhaustion; cold, opium tak­ing; barbiturate poisoning

tachycardia

rapid heartbeat

emotion; fever; drug usage, etc.

IV. Fill in the words and word combinations from the list, then make sen­tences using the completed phrases.

heart, the strongest, elevated, cardiac, primary, severe, flushed, attacks of, the content of, to be cut off by

  1. muscle

  2. the diet

  3. hypertension

  4. face

  5. nausea and vomiting

  6. diseases

  7. a blood clot

  8. headache

  9. arrest

10. ________ blood pressure

V. Answer the following questions.

  1. What diseases are the greatest killers in the modern society?

  2. Are they always fatal?

  3. What cardiovascular diseases do you know?

  4. Explain what happens to a patient suffering from atherosclerosis.

  5. How can the risk of atherosclerosis be reduced?

  6. What is the medical name for a heart attack?

  7. What happens to the victim during such an attack?

  8. What is the cause of angina pectoris?

  9. What may a stroke result in?

  10. What are the most prominent symptoms of hypertension?

  11. What modern medical advances can help a heart victim?

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