Cardiac Nurs. 241 Flashcards
____ is the name for the heart muscle.
Myocardium
____ is a protective covering of the heart.
Pericardium
____ is the back flow of blood into the atria.
Valvular regurgitation
____ is the amount of blood pumped from the left ventricle each minute. (Heart Rate x Stroke Volume)
Cardiac Output
____ is the amount of blood ejected by the left ventricle during each contraction.
Stoke volume
Having a BMI of 25-30 means a person is ____.
Overweight
Having a BMI of 30 or greater means a person is ____.
Obese
____ is dyspnea that appears when he/she lies flat.
Orthopnea
____ is pain usually relieved by resting or lowering the affected extremity to decreases tissue demands or to enhance arterial blood flow.
Claudication
___ is the name for dusky redness color.
Rubor
____ is the term for S3.
Ventricular Gallop
____ is the term for S4
Atrial Gallop
____ causes muffled heart sounds and originates from the pericardial sac and occurs with the movements of the chart during the cardiac cycle.
Pericardial Friction Rub
____ is a myocardial muscle protein released into the bloodstream with injury to myocardial muscle.
Troponin
____ is an enzyme specific to cells of the brain, myocardium, and skeletal muscle. It appearance indicates tissue necrosis or injury.
Creatinine Kinase
____ is an invasive diagnostic procedure that involves fluoroscopy and the use of contrast media.
Angiography
aka
Arteriography
____ is an invasive procedure during which programmed electrical stimulation of the heart is used to cause and evaluate lethal dysrhythmias and conduction abnormalities.
EPS
Electrophysiologic Study
____ is a hr less than 60 bpm.
Bradycardia
____ is a hr more than 100 bpm.
Tachycardia
____ is any disorder of he heartbeat.
Dysrhythmia
____ is the name for the rhythm when the SA node discharge is more than 100 bpm.
Sinus Tach
____ is a nonsurgical intervention that provides a timed electrical stimulus to he heart when either the impulse initiation or the conduction system of the heart is defective.
Temporary pacing
____ induce vagal stimulation of the cardiac conduction system, specifically the SA and AV nodes.
Vagal maneuvers
____ is the most common dysrhythmia seen in clinical practice
A Fib
____ is a synchronized countershock that may be performed in emergencies for unstable ventricular or supra ventricular tachydysrhytmias or electively for stable tachydysrhythmias that are resistant to medical therapies.
Cardioversion
____ is an invasive procedure that may be used to destroy an irritable focus causing a supra ventricular or ventricular tachydysrythmia.
Radiofrequency catheter ablation