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SUR 134 - Surgical Procedures II > Cardiac Surgery > Flashcards

Cardiac Surgery Flashcards

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SAC-LIKE DILATION AND THINNING OF AN ARTERY WALL THAT CAN LEAD TO RUPTURE OF THE VESSEL

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ANEURYSM

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PAIN IN THE CHEST DUE TO DECREASED BLOOD FLOW TO THE MYOCARDIUM

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ANGINA PECTORIS

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ACCUMULATION OF FLUID IN THE ABDOMEN

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ASCITES

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BRANCHING OR FORKING INTO TWO

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BIFURCATION

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SYMPTOMS OF ARTERIAL OBSTRUCTION - PALLOR, PAIN ON EXERCISE, AND COOLNESS

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CLAUDICATION

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PHYSIOLOGICAL FORMATION OF ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS AROUND OCCLUDED VESSELS

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COLLATERAL CIRCULATION

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BLUISH DISCOLORATION DUE TO OXYGEN DEFICIENCY

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CYANOSIS

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USE OF ELECTRICAL, CHEMICAL, OR PHYSICAL MEANS TO STOP THE IRREGULAR, QUIVER-LIKE BEATING OF A HEART

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DEFIBRILLATION

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DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING

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DYSPNEA

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MASS OF UNDISSOLVED MATTER CARRIED IN THE BLOODSTREAM

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EMBOLISM

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OUTSIDE THE BODY

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EXTRACORPREAL

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RAPID, INEFFECTIVE HEARTBEAT

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FIBRILLATION

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REDUCED BLOOD SUPPLY TO TISSUE RESULTING IN INSUFFICIENT OXYGENAION OF THAAT TISSUE

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ISCHEMIA

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BUILDUP OF CELLULAR DEBRIS ON THE LINING OF THE ARTERY (TUMICA INTIMA)

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PLAQUE

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AIR IN THE CHEST; MAY OCCUR FROM A BLED (BLISTER) THAT RUPTURES

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PNEUMOTHORAX

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ABNORMAL NARROWING

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STENOSIS

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ABNORMAL HEART RHYTHM (PVC)

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PREMATURE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTION

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FORMATION OF A CLOT

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THROMBOSIS

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PACEMAKER OF THE HEART

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SA NODE

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PORTION OF THE HEART THAT RECEIVES UNOXYGENATED BLOOD

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RIGHT ATRIUM

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RESPONSIBLE FOR PUMPING BLOOD INTO THE PULMONARY ARTERY

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RIGHT VENTRICLE

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RESPONSIBLE FOR PUMPING BLOOD INTO THE AORTA

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LEFT VENTRICLE

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CORNARY ARTERIES ARISEW FROM THE:

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AORTA

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VALVE BETWEEN THE LEFT ATRIUM AND VENTRICLE

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MITRAL OR BICUSPID

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VALVE BETWEEN THE RIGHT ATRIUM AND VENTRICLE

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TRICUSPID

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STRUCTURE ATTACHED TO THE VAVVULAR CUSPS AND PREVENTS VALVES FROM SWINGING BACK INTO THE ATRIA

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CHORDAE TENDINEA

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NUMBER OF PULMARY VEINS

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4

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MOST COMMON INCISION USED FOR CARDIAC SURGERY

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MEDIAN STERNOTOMY

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THE HEART LIES:

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SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT WITHIN THE MEDIASTINUM

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HEART IS SURROUNDED BY:

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PERICARDIUM

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CONTRACTION PHASE OF THE HEART

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DIVISION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SLOWING THE HEART RATE

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PARASYMPATHETIC

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TYPE OF ARRHYTHMIA THAT IS CHARACTERIZED BY CONTRACTION OF A VENTRICLE BEFORE IT IS EXPECTED IN A NORMAL SERIES OF CARDIAC CYCLES

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PREMATURE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTIONS (PVC)

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ABNORNAL OPENING IN THE WALL BETWEEN THE RIGHT AND LEFT VENTRICLES OF THE HEART

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VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT (VSD)

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TECHNIQUE THAT PROTECTS THE HEART FROM DAMAGE DURING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS

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HYPOTHERMIA

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MECHANICAL DEVICE DESIGNED FOR CIRCULATORY SUPPORT AFTER CARDIAC PROCEDURE; ALSO USED WHEN PATIENTS CANNOT BE WEANED OFF BYPASS MACHINE

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INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP

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WHICH PORTION OF THE HEART IS THE CANNULA PLACED TO ACHIEVE VENOUS CANNULATION FOR CARDIOPULMARY BYPASS

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RIGHT ATRIUM

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COMMUNICATING ARTERY BETWEEN THE PULMONARY ARTERY AND THE AORTA, ESSENTIAL IN THE FETUS, REMAINS OPEN, SHUNTING BLOOD AWAY FROM THE LUNGS

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PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS (PDA)

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OPENING IN THE SEPTUM BETWEEN THE RIGHT AND LEFT ATRIA

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ARTIAL SEPTAL DEFECT (ASD)

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OPENING IN THE SEPTUM BETWEEN THE RIGHT AND LEFT VENTRICLES

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VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT (VSD)

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CONSTRICTION OF THE AORTIC ARCH BY THE LIGAMENTUM ARTERIOSUM, A FETAL REMNANT OF THE BYPASS FROM THE PULMONARY ARTERY TO THE AORTA (DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS)

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COARCTATION OF THE AORTA

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CONSIST OF 4 STRUCTURE DEFECTS OF THE HEART - PULMONARY STENOSIS, VSD, OVERRIDING AORTA, AND RIGHT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY; MOST COMMON CYANOTIC CONGENITAL CARDIAC ANAOMALY

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TETRALOGY OF FALLOT (BLUE BABY)

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PULMONARY ARTERY ARISES FROM THE LEFT VENTRICLE AND THE AORTA ARISES FROM THE RIGHT VENTRICLE, RESULTING IN CYANOSIS

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TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT VESSELS

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HEPARIN ANATAGONIST

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PROTAMINE SULFATE

45
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MEDICATION TO INCREASE THE FORCE OF THE HEART CONTRACTION

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CALCIUM CHLORIDE

46
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MEDICATION GIVEN FOR DIURESIS

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FUROSEMIDE (LASIX) AND MANNITOL

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MEDICATION TO STRENGTHEN THE HEARTBEAT

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EPINEPHRINE

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MEDICATION TO TREAT VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS AND PREVENT VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION

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LIDOCAINE (XYLOCAINE)

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MEDICATION TO PREVENT VASOSPASSM

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PAPAVERINE

50
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MEDICAITON TO LOWER BLOOD PRESSUE BY RELAXING SMOOTH MUSCLES

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SODIUM NITROPRUSSIDE (NIPRIDE)

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BUFFER FOR METABOLIC ACIDOSIS

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SODIUM BICARBONATE

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ANTICOAGULANT GIVEN IV BEFORE VASCULAR SYSTEM IS OPENINED; USED AS A SOLUTION FOR FLUSHING VESSELS, USUALLY 5000UNITS IN 500ML OF NORMAL SALINE

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REVASCULARIZATION OF CORONARY ARTERIES TO IMPROVE BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE MYOCARDIUM; 2 COMMON CONDUITS INCLUDE INTERNAL MAMMARY AND GREATER SAPHENOUS

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CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT (CABG)

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3 TISSUE LAYERS THAT MAKE UP THE HEART WALL

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EPICARDIUM (OUTER); MYOCARDIUM (MIDDLE); ENDOCARDOUM (INNER)

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INTENTIONAL STOPPAGE OF ALL CARDIAC ACTIVITY DURING CARDIAC SURGERY

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CARDIOPLEGIA

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INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY PROCEDURE THAT INVOLVES THE INSERTION OF A CATHETER INOT THE HEART CHAMBERS AND LARGE VESSELS VIA A PERIPHERAL ARTERY OR VEIN

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CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION

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SLOW HEART RATE USUALLY UNDER 60 BPM

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BRADYCARDIA

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FAST HEART RATE USUALLY OVER 120 BPM

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TACHYCARDIA

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THE PHASE OF THE CARDIAC CYCLE WHEN THE HEART MUSCLES RELAXES TO ALLOW THE CHAMBERS TO FILL WITH BLOOD

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WHEN EXCESS FLUID BUILDS UP IN THE PERICARDICAL SAC AROUND THE HEART

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PERICARDIAL EFFUSION

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THE MOST COMMON VALVULAR HEART DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY NARROWING OF THE MITRAL VALVE ORIFICE

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MITRAL STENOSIS

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NAME THE 2 SEMILUNAR VAVLES

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PULMONIC AND AORTIC VALVES

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DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY THE BUILDUP OF CHOLESTEROL DEPOSITS IN TEH ARTERIAL LINING

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ATHEROSCLEROSIS

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MINIMALLY INVASIVE STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE TREATMENT TO OPEN A NARROWED HEART VALVE

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VALVOTOMY (ALSO CALLED VAVULOPLASTY)

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MEDICATION USED TO RESTORE AND MAINTAIN BLOOD PRESSUE FOLLWOING PERIPHERAL VASCULAR COLLAPSE

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LEVOPHED (NOREPINEPHRINE)

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DISEASE THAT AFFECTS THE MITRAL VALVE

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RHEUMATIC FEVER

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EXCESSIVE FLUID BUILDUP IN TEH PERCARDIAL SAC CAUSING COMPRESSION ON THE HEART

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CARDIAC TAMPONADE

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TREATEMENT OF CHOICE FOR PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS

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SUTURE LIGATION OF THE DUCT

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REMOVAL OF A SEGMENT OF PERICARDIUM, PERMITTING PERICARDIAL FLUID TO DRAIN INTO THE PLEURAL SPACE FOR TREATMENT OF CARDIAC TAMPONADE

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PERICARDECTOMY

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X-RAY OR FLUOROSCOPY OF ARTERIES FOLLOWING INJECTION OF CANTRAST MEDIA

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ARTERIOGRAMS

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