Pump head syndrome

The Heart

Valves

1. What is the function of the

heart?

To pump blood around the body so

the cells can receive oxygen and

food and remove carbon dioxide.

2. Why does the heart have valves?

To help blood flow in one direction.

3. Symptoms of heart valve disease

may include: breathlessness and

tiredness. Why do these

symptoms happen?

There is not enough oxygen and

food being pumped to the cells in

the body for respiration.

The Circulatory system

Left sideRight side

Arteries, veins and capillariesArteries carry high pressure blood away from the heart.

They have smaller lumen and no valves.

Veins carry low pressure blood back to the heart. They have thinner, less elastic walls

and have valves to prevent backflow of blood.

Capillaries have thin walls (one cell thick) to

allow glucose and oxygen to pass through.

Also used to connect arteries to veins.

Muscle and elastic fibres

The heart pumps blood carrying …………………. and ……………….. to all

parts of the body. …………………… carry blood away from the heart.

They have ………………… walls to carry the pulse of blood pushed through

them at every heartbeat.

Blood is carried back to the heart in ………………… .

They have …………………… to stop blood flowing backwards.

Arteries - veins - food - valves - oxygen - thick

4. Use these words to complete the sentences.

oxygen food

Arteries

thick

veins

valves

Coronary Arteries

5. Why do heart muscle cells need their own blood supply?

Heart Attack

6.

D A E C

Name the Top 5 Risk Factors for Heart Disease

1

2

3

4

5 Genetics

Gender

Diabetes

Age Over 65yrs make up 83% all heart disease deaths.

Lifestyle Smoking, excessive alcohol, stress, poor diet and lack of exercise can effect arteries

Arteries harden, the walls of hearts get thicker, and overall heart function decreases with age.

As organs (kidneys etc) lose full function, the heart is forced to work harder.

Women tend to develop coronary heart disease about 10 years later than men do.

Genes may make some people more susceptible to heart disease.

7.

Lifestyle

1. High-fat diet

2. High-salt diet

3. Smoking

4. Being overweight

5. Too much alcohol

6. Stress

a) Blood carries less oxygen

b) Heart has to work harder

c) Weight increases and less active

d) Blood cholesterol increases

e) Eat, smoke and drink more

f) Blood pressure increases

9. Which factor not shown above can help to reduce the risk of heart disease?

8. Draw lines to match each lifestyle factor with the main reason that it is bad for your heart

Exercise

10. Why is heart disease more common in the UK than

in non-industrialised countries?

…………………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………………….

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Heart disease is more common in the UK

than in non-industrialised countries because

many people have a high fat diet and

exercise less.

Correlation

As the body-mass index ………………………… the number of heart attacks

……………………….. . There is a …………………………… between these two

factors. But this does not prove that a high body-mass index is the ……………..

of the heart attack.

11. Complete the sentences.

increases

increases correlation

cause

Part A12.Many scientists thought there was a link between the heart-lung

machine and “pump head” syndrome: what was their evidence?

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13. Why were the results adjusted for age?

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14. Further studies supported this data. What does this suggest?

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15. Explain why it is good to have separate studies?

…………………………………………………………………………

A study found that 42% of patients experienced “pump head” syndrome

after using the heart-lung machine.

The patients were not matched to age so scientists had to make allowances.

Further studies increased the reliability of their claim.

If two studies get similar results, the conclusions are more reliable.

16. The stages below describe one way a scientific discovery is made

and then accepted by other scientists. They are in the wrong order.

A the scientist tells other scientists about the investigation results in a

scientific journal

B other scientists repeat the investigations

C if their results are similar, other scientists accept the new idea is

correct.

D other scientists ask questions and evaluate the scientists’ claims.

E a scientist makes an unexpected observation.

F the scientist does further investigations

Fill in the boxes to show the right order. The first one has been done for you.

E F A D B C

Part B17. What is a control group?

…………………………………………………………….

18. Why is it important to include:

a) patients who had heart surgery but did not use the heart-lung machine.

b) patients with heart disease and had no surgery.

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

A group used as a standard for comparison in an experiment

a) Is a control group to compare patients who had surgery

b) Is a control group to compare patients with heart disease

It’s important to control as many variables as possible to make it a reliable study.

Part C19. What explanation do scientists give (other than the heart-lung machine)

which could cause “pump head” syndrome?

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20. What makes a good study?

……………………………………………………………………………….

21. If a study is comparing groups of people, the groups should be similar sorts of people. List some characteristics that should be matched in a group using the heart-lung machine.

……………………………………………………………………………….

The mechanism they suggest is that the heart disease itself causes “pump head”.

A large sample size and group is well matched

Age and gender

22. Which study is more reliable: the one in part A or Part C. Explain your answer.

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23. Based on the scientists data what conclusion did they come to.

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24. What would need to happen to increase your confidence in this study?

………………………………………………………………………………

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The study in part A has been replicated so it is reliable but it is flawed because there is no control. Part C study is more reliable because it has controls but it needs to be replicated by other scientists.

That the heart-lung machine is not fully responsible for “pump head”.

If other scientists do a larger study and can replicate the results, this means the data is more reliable and increase confidence.

1. understand why heart muscle cells need their own blood supply;2. explain how the structure of arteries and veins is related to their function;3. understand how fatty deposits in the blood vessels supplying the heart muscle can produce a ‘heart

attack’;4. recall that heart disease is usually caused by lifestyle factors and/or genetic factors, not

microorganisms;5. recall that these lifestyle factors include poor diet, stress, cigarette smoking, excessive alcohol

intake;6. understand that heart disease is more common in the UK than in nonindustrialised countries;7. recall that regular moderate exercise reduces the risk of developing heart disease;8. in the context of how lifestyle factors that can increase the risk of heart disease are identified, via

epidemiological studies:a. can give an example from everyday life of a correlation between a factor and an outcome;b. uses the ideas of correlation and cause appropriately;c. can explain why a correlation between a factor and an outcome does not necessarily mean

that one causes the other, and give an example to illustrate this;d. can suggest factors that might increase the chance of an outcome but not invariably lead to it;e. can explain that individual cases do not provide convincing evidence for or against a correlation;f. can evaluate the design for a study to test whether or not a factor increases the chance of an

outcome, by commenting on sample size and how well the samples are matched;g. can use data to develop an argument that a factor does/does not increase the chance of an

outcome;h. can identify the presence (or absence) of a plausible mechanism as significant for the

acceptance (or rejection) of a claimed causal link;i. can describe in broad outline the ‘peer review’ process, in which new scientific claims are evaluated

by other scientists;j. can recognise that new scientific claims which have not yet been evaluated by the scientific

community are less reliable than well established ones;k. can identify absence of replication as a reason for questioning a scientific claim;l. can explain why scientists regard it as important that a scientific claim can be replicated by

other scientists.

B2 – areas covered