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Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)

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  • Cholesterol starts depositing into bits of damaged tissue creating a fatty bulge (plaque)
  • Build up of plaque on the arteries that supply blood to the heart called coronary arteries
    -Platelets cause plaque instability
    -Platelets form a Thrombosis (clot) leading to further or total occlusion of the artery
    -Obstructed coronary arteries = limited blood flow to tissues = cardiac cell death
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Heart Failure

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-Occurs when the Heart can’t meet the demands of the body
-Systolic HF: heart muscles aren’t pumping enough
-Diastolic HF: heart not filling with enough blood
-Impaired pump function = impaired circulation = impaored gas exchange = tissue and cell death

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Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)

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General term for conditions affecting the heart and blood vessels

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Angina

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-Symptom of CAD
-Inadequate blood supply to the heart
-Causes squeezing tight pain in shoulders, arm, neck, jaw and chest

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Stable Angina

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-Okay at rest
-Same pattern of onset
-Provoked by exacerbation
-Relieved by GTN
-Pain 10-15mins
-Not enough blood can get past the plaque, need to decrease exertion (work)

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Unstable Angina

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-Plaque can rupture and burst
-Exposes plaque material to blood
-Plaque is Thrombogenic, causing blood clots to form on the ruptured plaque
-Occurs at rest
-GTN doesn’t relieve
-SOB, fatigue, indigestion
-Cardiac enzymes not usually elevated

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Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)

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-Caused by prolonged ischemia (decreased O2 supply) to heart
-Associated with sudden plaque rupture
-Can lead to Myrocardial infarction or Unstable angina

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Myocardial Infarction

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-Heart attack
-Occurs due to sustained ischemia causing irreversible myocardial cell death
-Causes squeezing tight pain in shoulders, arms, neck, jaw, and chest
-Complications: arrhythmias, HF, Cardiogenic shock
-Can either be a STEMI or an NSTEMI

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Cardiac Arrest

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-Occurs when the heart stops pumping blood to the body
-Normal breathing stops and consciousness is lost
-CPR, defibrillator
-There are three types: ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, pulseless electrical activity

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Arythmia

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Irregular heartbeat is a problem with the rate or rhythm of the heart
Can be too fast or too slow

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Cardiogenic Shock

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-Reduced stroke volume and cardiac output result in decreased cellular supply
-Hearts inability to pump blood
-Common causes: MI, arrhythmias, cardiomyopathy

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Ventricular Tachycardia

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-lower chambers of the heart have an irregular/rapid heartbeat

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Ventricular Fibrillation

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-An arrhythmia in the bottom chambers (ventricles of the heart)
-Can cause low BP or LOC
-Requires immediate CPR and defibrillation

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Pulseless Electrical Activity (PEA)

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-Condition where your heart stops because the electrical activity in your heart is too weak to make your heartbeat
-Cannot shock, must use epinephrine

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Atrial Fibrilation

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An irregular and often rapid heartbeat

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Stroke Volume

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-Amount of blood pumped out of the left ventricle during systolic cardiac contraction

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Cardiomyopathy

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disease of heart muscle making it hard for the heart to pump blood

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NSTEMI -Non-ST wave elevated myocardial infarction

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-Elevated cardiac enzyme
-Less severe than a STEMI
-Caused by a block in a minor artery or a partial obstruction in a major artery.

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STEMI - ST wave elevated myocardial infarction

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-Elevated cardiac enzyme
-Occurs when a ruptured plaque blocks a major artery completely

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Atherosclerosis

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Thickening or hardening of arteries caused by a build-up of plaque.

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Depolarisation

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-Atria contracts
-Ejection of blood
-QSR wave
-SA node shoots: atria fibers depolarise
-AV node shoots: ventricle fibers depolarise

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Repolarisation

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-Relaxation
-Filling
-T-wave

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Cardiac Output

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Blood pumped out of each ventricle per minute (ml/min)

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CAD risks

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-smoking
-obesity
-lifestyle
-high cholesterol
-family history
-diabetes
-kidney disease
-hypertension

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Arrhythmia & Dysrhythmia causes

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-age
-acute MI
-cardiac disease
-hypoxemia
-hypercapnia
-drugs/toxicity
-A/B imbalance
-electrolyte imbalance

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Ischaemia

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lack of O2 to tissues

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Infarction

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Total occlusion of blood vessel due to clot or narrowing causing tissue death

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ACS presentations

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-pale
-clammy
-collapse, sweating, pallor
-pulmonary oedema
-N&V
-bradycardia, tachycardia
-hypotensive

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MI assessments

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-previous ECG
-links between CAD, ACS, MI
-complaint? pain?
-Tachy/Brady
-Hypo/Hypertension
-prolonged cap refill
-Decreased urine output <1ml/kg/hr
-Altered perfusion

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MI Interventions

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-ECG
-Test 4 troponin due to cardiac injury
-administer O2
-Labs: lipid profile
-CXR
-GTN
-Asprin
-elevated bed head for dyspnoea
-PCI (percutaneous coronary interventions)

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Asprin

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-Anti-platelet
-Administered as soon as ACS is suspected

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PCI - Percutaneous Coronary Interventions

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-non-surgical procedure
-involves opening narrow/blocked sections of arteries
-inserted in the femoral or brachial artery, opens balloon, compresses atherosclerosis plaque, dilates artery, returns blood flow.
-1st treatment for MI

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CABG - Coronary Artery Bypass Graft

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  • A surgical procedure to divert blood around narrow/blocked parts of the arteries
    -For: failed medical management, difficult PCI access, failed PCI
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Thrombolysis

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-STEMI needs immediate reperfusion
-stop the infarction process by dissolving thrombosis and reperfusion myocardium
-if no PCI is available in a timely manner
-decreases mortality if reperfusion is within 6 hours
-rapid and does not require cardiac catheterisation

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Cardiac catheterisation

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tube guided through a blood vessel to the heart to diagnose/treat clogged arteries

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Pulmonary Oedema (Caused by heart failure) interventions

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-CXR
-monitoring
-treat underlying cause
-positioning
-O2 therapy
-fluid restriction/ daily weights

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Cardiac Arrest Medications

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-adrenaline
-amiadarone
-atropine
-magnesium sulfate
-calcium gluconate
-glycerole trinitrate
-asprin

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Thromboembolism

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a circulating blood clot that gets stuck and causes an obstruction

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