Cardio and Vascular Test on 10/7 Flashcards

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Anastomosis

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surgical connection made between two tubular structures

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arrythmia

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irregularity or loss of rhythm of the heartbeat

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arteriosclerosis

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arteries become thick and stiff, hardening of the arteries

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atherosclerosis

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buildup of fats, cholesterol and other substances in/ on artery walls (plaques)

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asystole

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without a heartbeat, failure of hearts electrical system

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autogenous

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originating within the body

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bifurcation

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separation into two branches, point of forking

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bradycardia

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slow heart rate, fewer than 60 beats per min

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cannula

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tube or sheath allowing escape of fluid

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cardiac output

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amount of blood pumped by the heart over one minute (L/min)

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cardiopulmonary

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pertaining to the heart and lungs

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costal

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relating to the ribs

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cyanosis

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slightly blue-gray discoloration of skin
reduced amounts of O2 in blood
hemoglobin= O2 carrying protein in RBC’s

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empyema

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pus in blood cavity, especially pleural cavity

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fibrillation

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rapid and random, tremulous, ineffectual contractions of the heart

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defibrillation

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stopping fibrillation of heart through use of drugs, physical, or electrical means

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diastole

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relaxation of the heart muscle, refilling of the chambers

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ectopic beat

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single heartbeat occurs to quickly or to slowly, an extra or skipped beat

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embolus

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matter in blood vessel
fat globule, air bubble, piece of tissue, clump of bacteria, foreign object, or clot

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endocardial

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within heart or arising from inner lining of the heart

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extracorporeal

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outside of the body

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heart block

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disruption in electrical impulses controlling the heart.

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hypoxia

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lack of an adequate amount of O2 in inspired air, reduced oxygen content or tension

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intercostal space

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space between the ribs

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lumen
space within an artery, vein, tube
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metabolic acidosis
excessive acidity of body fluids resulting from an increase in acids other than carbonic acid (carbon dioxide in water solution)
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myocardial
pertaining to the heart muscle
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myocardial infarction (MI)
acute condition in which heart muscles die from ischemia and may lead to sudden cardiac death
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occlusion
abnormal closure of a passageway such as a blood vessel
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plaque
patch or atherosclerosis consisting of cholesterol, lipids, cellular debris that forms in the inner layers of the walls of the arteries
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pleura
serous membrane enclosing the lungs and lining the walls of the thoracic cavity
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pleura space
aka intrapleural space potential space between parietal and visceral pleura
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pleural effusion
abnormal accumulation of fluid in the pleural space
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What does PVC stand for?
premature ventricular contractions
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What is a PVC?
cardiac arrythmia characterized by a ventricular beat preceding the expected electrical impulse; may be a precursor of ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation
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septum
wall dividing two cavities, such as chambers of the heart
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stenosis
constriction or narrowing of a passageway
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systole
contraction of the heart muscle; pushing blood forward
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tachycardia
fast hear rate; more than 100 beats per min
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thrombus
blood clot that obstructs a blood vessel or a cavity of the heart
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trabecula carinae
thick muscular bands attached to inner walls of the ventricles of the heart
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vasoconstriction
narrowing of the caliber (diameter) of a blood vessel
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what is the thoracic cavity?
anatomic space superior to abdominal cavity
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What are the two membranes the thoracic cavity is divided into?
mediastinum (heart) right and left pleural spaces (lungs)
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What is the pericardium of the heart?
2-layer sac surrounding the heart (remember balloon image)
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What are the 2 layers that cover the heart?
parietal- outside lining the mediastinum visceral- inside lining the heart
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What structures are in the mediastinum?
great vessels trachea esophagus phrenic nerve vagus nerve thymus gland
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What are the great vessels?
aorta pulmonary arteries pulmonary veins vena cavas
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what does the phrenic nerve do?
diaphragm activity (1 on each side of the heart)
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what does the vagas nerve do?
innervates the heart, lungs, and digestive tract
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what does the thymus gland do? What happens over time?
produces immune system cells atrophy and declines with age
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How many chambers are in the heart? What are they?
4 right atrium right ventricle left atrium left ventricle
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what does the right atrium do?
collects deoxygenated blood
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What does the right ventricle do?
circulates deoxygenated blood to the lungs for oxygenation
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What does the left atrium do?
collects oxygenated blood from lungs
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what does the left ventricle do?
pushes oxygenated blood to the body
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What is the apex of the heart
bottom tip of heart right and left ventricle meet
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What are the layers of the heart?
epicardium myocardium endocardium
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Describe the epicardium layer of the heart
along visceral pericardium protective outer layer
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describe the myocardium layer of the heart
muscular middle layer
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describe the endocardium layer of the heart
inner most layer, surface of the chambers
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What are the 4 valves of the heart?
aortic mitral pulmonary tricuspid
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Where is the aortic valve? Which way is blood moving?
between left ventricle and the aorta oxygenated blood goes to body
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Where is the mitral valve?
between left atrium and left ventricle oxygenated blood from atrium to ventricle
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Where is the pulmonary valve?
between right ventricle and pulmonary artery deoxygenated blood going to lungs
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Where is the tricuspid valve?
between right atrium and right ventricle deoxygenated blood from atrium to ventricle
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What structures make up a valve?
leaflets/cusps chordee tendinea papillary muscles
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What are leaflets/cusps?
flaps of tissue that comprise each valve
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What are the chordee tendinea?
fibers that prevent leaflets from prolapsing
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What does prolapse mean?
opening backwards
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What are the papillary muscles?
anchor points of chordee tendinea in walls of ventricles
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Explain the vena cava: how many? size? flood flow?
superior and inferior largest vein in body returns deoxygenated blood from body
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Explain the aorta: size? blood flow?
largest artery oxygenated blood to the body
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Explain pulmonary arteries: blood flow?
deoxygenated blood to the lungs
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Explain pulmonary veins: blood flow?
oxygenated blood from lungs to heart
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What are the atria and ventricles doing when in systole and diastole?
atria in systole then ventricles are in diastole
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What is blood flow through the heart? body to body
superior/inferior vena cava right atrium tricuspid valve right ventricle pulmonary valve pulmonary arteries lungs pulmonary veins left atrium mitral valve left ventricle aortic valve aorta
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What is the coronary circuit?
arteries and veins running through the heart muscle
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what does the coronary circuit supply?
blood, nutrients, O2
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Where do the coronary arteries originate? How many main coronary arteries are there?
root of the aorta 2 right and left
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Where do the coronary veins terminate?
coronary sinus at back of heart (a duct that empties into right atrium)
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What does the left coronary artery do?
feeds the left side of the heart
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What 2 arteries come off of the left main/coronary artery?
lefts anterior descending artery circumflex artery
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What does the left anterior descending artery do?
LAD feeds the anterior portion of the left heart
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What does the circumflex artery do?
feeds the posterior portion of the left heart
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What does the right coronary artery do?
feeds the right side of the heart
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Heart function is controlled by what system
nervous system
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What 5 structures comprise the electrical system of the heart?
SA node AV node Bundle of His L/R bundle branches Purkinje fibers
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What is the SA node?
sinoatrial node pacemaker" 60-100 normal range causes contractions of atria
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What is the AV node?
atrioventricular node between atria and ventricles (Allows relaxation)
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What is the Bundle of His?
funnels impulses to fibers of the ventricles
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What are the L and R bundle branches?
carry impulses to Purkinje fibers of respective ventricle
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What are the Purkinje fibers?
cause contraction and relaxation of the ventricles
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What is an angiography?
injection of radiopaque dye used in conjunction with x-ray to view vessels and tributaries
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What can the angiography detect?
tightening (stenosis) and widening (aneurysm) of vessels
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What are the 2 types of angiography?
arteriography venography
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What is a arteriography?
specifically observes the arteries
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What is a venography?
specifically observes the veins
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What is the MRI used for ?
takes time extremely detailed (heart, vessels, and organs
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What is the CT scan used for?downfall?
faster less detailed exposure to radiation
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What is a transesophageal echocardiogram? How is it done?
TEE ultrasound of the heart through the mouth into esophagus-behind the heart blood flow
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What is heparin sodium used as? How is it administered? How is it calculated?
anticoagulant IV at beginning of case by patient weight topically in irrigation
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What is Protamine Sulfate used as? when is it given? How is it calculated?
Heparin antagonist end of surgery calculated according to amount of Heparin used
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Why is Lidocaine 1% given? How is it administered? what is another name?
anti-arrhythmic by IV xylocaine
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What is cardioplegia used for? When is it given? What is it made up of? How is it administered?
directly to coronary vessels to stop heart during surgery periodically throughout the case potassium and nutrients heart-lung machine by perfusionist
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What are inotropic drugs?
increase blood output
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What are 2 inotropic drugs for heart cases?
dopamine epinephrine
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What does dopamine do to the heart?
increases heart rate and contraction strength
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What does epinephrine do to the heart?
increases heart rates and causes vasoconstriction (Adrenaline)
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What is Atropine used as? What can it treat?
anticholinergic- inhibits parasympathetic nervous system bradycardia
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What is Papaverine used for?
antispasmodic- treats vessel spasm vasodilator to relax blood vessels
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What is sodium bicarbonate used for?
metabolic acidosis
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What is a coronary artery disease?
tightening (sclerosis) of the coronary arteries= restricted blood flow to heart muscles
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What is a myocardial infarction?
heart attack decrease or blockage of blood to the heart
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What is cardiomyopathy? What are two ways it presents?
muscular disease- inefficient blood pumping thickening/stiffening of muscles dilation of the chambers
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What is congestive heart failure?
not enough blood pumped to meet body's needs
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What are common causes of congestive heart failure?
coronary artery diseases high blood pressure poorly controlled diabetes
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What are signs and symptoms of coronary heart failure?
short of breath coughing fatigue fluid collection in legs
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What are two conduction disorders of the heart?
atrial fibrillation ventricular fibrillation
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What is atrial fibrillation? What are major risks?
beating of atria is irregular "quivering" clot formation/ stroke
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What is ventricular fibrillation of the heart?
beating of ventricles is irregular rapid and incomplete
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What are three congenital diseases of the heart?
patent ductus arteriosus coarctation of the aorta tetralogy of Fallot
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What is patent ductus arteriosus?
defect when the hole between the aorta and the pulmonary valve do not close (usually within 24 hours of birth)
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What is a coarctation of the heart?
a stricture of the aorta preventing blood flow to the body
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What are the 4 main points about Tetralogy of fallot?
most common cyanotic congenital anomaly - hole between ventricles -aorta gets blood from both ventricles -hardening of pulmonary artery -enlarged right ventricle -
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What are 4 inflammatory diseases of the heart? what are they caused by?
endocarditis, myocarditis, pericarditis, and rheumatic disease infection, IV drug use, autoimmune disease, chemicals or medications,
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What is a valvular disorder of the heart?
disrupted function of the valves
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What can cause valvular disorders?
thickening (stenosis) of the leaflets prolapse of leaflets damage to leaflets, chordee tendinea, or papillary muscles
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What is an ascending aortic aneurysm? What can cause it?
weakening of walls of the aorta formation of a sac/ bulge smoking, chronic high BP, hardening of artery, genetic defects
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What is a median sternotomy incisional approach? What instrument is used to make incision? What can be accessed? What position is patient in?
from sternal notch to xyphoid sternal saw heart and great vessels supine
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What incisions are used in a thoracotomy incisional approach? What position is patient in? What can be accessed?
trans or subcostal incision lateral or supine with bump under patient lung surgery
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What is a mini thoracotomy incisional approach? What kind of surgeries are done? What position is the patient in?
small incision then thoracotomy incision minimally invasive valve and bypass surgeries lateral or supine with a bump under patient
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What cavities can be accessed in a thoracoabdominal incision? What procedures is done? What position is the patient in?
allows access to thoracic and abdominal cavities aortic aneurysms extending into both cavities lateral
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What is a clamshell thoracotomy incision?
emergency incision allows access into entire thoracic cavity
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What position is a patient in for a percutaneous incision? What technique is used? What procedures is it used for?
supine position seldingers technique cardiac catheterizations: angiography, coronary stents, valve replacements
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What is a PTCA procedure? Where is it usually performed?
percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty minimal invasive trats narrowed coronary arteries cath lab
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How is a PTCA procedure performed?
a balloon cath is inserted in peripheral artery inflated to compress plaque to walls stent may be placed
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What is a cardiopulmonary bypass procedure? What is usually administered?
way to divert blood from heart and lungs- open surgery cardioplegia stops heart beats
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What is the cardiopulmonary bypass machine?
"the pump" or "heart-lung machine" collects patients blood filters and oxygenates it pumps back to patient
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In a cardiopulmonary bypass machine procedure what blood is collected and where is cannula placed?
venous blood in vena cava
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In a cardiopulmonary bypass machine procedure how is blood returned to patient?
arterial cannula in aorta
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In a cardiopulmonary bypass machine procedure what vessels can be used for cannulation?
femoral subclavian
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In a cardiopulmonary bypass machine procedure what must the patient be on? (med) and why?
heparin for whole surgery to minimize blood clots
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What is the cannulation technique?
placement of cannulas for CPB procedure
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What are the steps in a cannulation technique?
purse string suture placed in vessel (prolene) create incision and place cannula cinch down purse string with a tourniquet remove cannula and use purse string to close hole in vessel
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What is an aortic cross clamping technique?
used in conjunction with heart lung machine isolates heart from blood flow cardioplegia injected into coronary arteries to provide nourishment
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What is a coronary artery bypass grafting procedure?
CABG divert blood flow beyond a blockage in a coronary artery "bypass" delivers more blood to the heart
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Where can vessels come from when doing a CABG
left internal mammary artery lima) Greater saphenous vein Radial artery
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What is a valve repair and replacement procedure? Which valves?
corrects stenotic, prolapsed, or damaged heart valve aortic, mitral, tricuspid, pulmonary
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what kind of suture is used in a valve repair and replacement procedure?
prolene
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What are mechanical valves replaced with?
titanium
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What are tissue valves replaced with?
heterograft created from pericardium of cow (bovine) or pig (porcine)
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What kind of incisions are traditionally used to perform valve repair/replacement?
open sternotomy cardiopulmonary bypass minimally invasive
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What is the name of the minimally invasive procedures to do a valve repair/replacement?
TAVR DaVinci Robot
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What does TAVR stand for?
transcatheter aortic valve replacement
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What are the steps for a TAVR?
expandable valve implant loaded onto a balloon catheter fed through vessel to aortic arch inflate balloon places new valve and crushes diseased one
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Is a CPB needed for a TAVR procedure?
No
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Is a CPB needed for a DaVinci robot procedure?
yes
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What is an ascending aortic aneurysm repair?
resection of diseased ascending aortic tissues
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What are the two types of procedures to do an ascending aortic aneurysm repair?
bentall procedure debakey procedure
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What are conduction disorders of the heart?
disruptions in the electrical impulses of the heart chronic arrythmias
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What are 3 ways to control arrythmias of the heart?
implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) pacemaker radiofrequency ablation
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What is an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)?
battery powered/ implant shocks when arrythmia is detected "reboots" the system
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What is a pacemaker?
battery powered/ implant increases heartrate can be temporary
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What is radiofrequency ablation?
heat device destroys small amounts of tissue interrupts pathways causing arrythmias usually when medicine doesn't work
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What is pericardial effusion?
collection of fluid around the heart blood, serous fluid, infection
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Why are pericardial effusions drained?
to restore heart function diagnostically to test for infection emergent procedure
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How are pericardial effusions drained?
percutaneously (by needle and syringe) incision just above the xyphoid
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What are 3 cardiac support devices?
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) Ventricular assist device (VAD)
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What is an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation device? What is the patient on for duration?
(ECMO) cardiopulmonary support for severely ill patients form of life support "portable" patient is heparinized
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What is an intra-aortic balloon pump?
IABP short term device to help heart recover from surgery or cardiac arrest
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How does an intra-aortic balloon pump work? Where is it placed?
balloon inflates and deflates to increase blood flow to the coronary arteries descending aorta via femoral artery
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What is a ventricular assist device?
VAD battery powered implant to help patients with advanced heart failure
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Who would receive a VAD? How long can patient be on device? What must patient be on?
waiting for heart transplant survival up to 5 years anticoagulation therapy- heparin
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What is a cell saver?
suction device collects blood from field spins blood to separate RBC's RBC's back to patient via IV
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What are internal defibrillators?
paddles for delivering shock directly to heart
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What are pledgets?
soft material on a suture- prevents from tearing through the tissue
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What are suture boots? what instrument is used to pass them onto field?
rubber booties for tagging sutures (prolene) on a mosquito
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What is an aortic punch? What procedure is it used in?
used to punch hole in aorta for bypass graft anastomosis CABG
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What is a doppler? What is used on patient's skin?
ultrasonic high frequency to assess blood flow through a vessel gel
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What space are the lungs contained in?
plueral space
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How many lobes are in the left lung? How many in the right lung?
left 2 upper/ superior lower/ inferior right 3: upper/ superior middle lower/ inferior
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What separates the lobes of the lungs?
fissures
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What two layers cover each pleural space?
visceral layer- closest to organ parietal layer- outer
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What does the pleural fluid in the chest cavity do?
lubrication and hydration of tissues
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What does the trachea bifurcate to form?
left and right bronchi which carry air to the lungs
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The Left and right bronchi subdivide into what?
bronchioles- tiny passageways
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Where do the bronchioles terminate at?
the alveoli- grapelike clusters
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What is the helium?
structure/ notch that pulmonary vessels. nerves, and bronchi enter the lung
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What position is a patient when in an open thoracotomy? What kind of incision?
lateral or supine with a bump costal- sometimes remove rib
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What are 2 minimally invasive thoracic surgery approaches?
VATS and robotic assisted
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What is a VATS surgery?
video assisted thoracic surgery
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What is a bronchoscopy surgery?
visualization of the trachea and the bronchi removal of foreign bodies remove clots/ mucous biopsies
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What are the two types of bronchoscopes?
rigid and flexible
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What is a mediastinoscopy procedure? Where is the incision placed?
examination of the mediastinal cavity the sterna notch
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why perform a mediastinoscopy procedure?
biopsy of lymph nodes for lung or esophageal cancer
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How are specimens for a mediastinoscopy handled?
place on tefla and label do not crush or damage
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What is a pneumothorax?
air in the pleural cavity
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what is atelectasis?
collapsed lung
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What can cause a pneumothorax?
trauma lung surgery COPD
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What is a hemothorax?
collection of blood
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What can cause a hemothorax?
trauma surgery
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What is a pleural effusion?
collection of pleural fluid
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What can cause a pleural effusion?
heart failure cancer infections
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Whatcan cause atelectasis?
pneumothorax hemothorax pleural effusion
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What is thoracentesis?
removal of fluid from the pleural space
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What is thoracentesis a treatment for?
pleural effusion hemothorax
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What would the fluid from thoracentesis be biopsied for?
cancer infection
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What is lung decortication?
removal of fibrotic pleura covering chest wall or lungs
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What can cause lung decortication?
disease infection trauma age
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What is pleurodesis?
treatment to make lung stick to chest wall irritate the pleura to cause massive inflammation
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What is empyema?
accumulation of purulent fluid and infected material in pleural cavity
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What is the most common carcinoma?
lung cancer especially in USA
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What are the four types of lung resections?
wedge segmentectomy lobectomy pneumectomy
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What is a wedge lung resection?
wedge of lung for smaller localized tumors
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What is a segmentectomy lung resection?
larger resection then a wedge but not the whole lobe
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What is a lobectomy lung resection? How is the resection named?
removal of entire lobe for which lobe is taken "right upper lobectomy"
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What is a pneumonectomy lung resection?
remove entire lung
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What instrument are most lung resections performed with?
staplers
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What is individually stapled when doing a lung resection?
individual pulmonary vessels and bronchus
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What class is a lung resection?
class 2
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What is a lung transplant?
replacement of one or both lungs
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What severe lung diseases do patients have that would receive a lung transplant?
cystic defects COPD birth defects with a heart transplant
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What is a pectus excavatum?
congenital condition sternum sunken into chest
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What is the name of the procedure to repair pectus excavatum?
nuss procedure
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What is a nuss procedure?
repair pectus excavatum thoracoscopic treatment steel bars into sternum for 3 years
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Where are chest tubes placed after a thoracic surgery
1 low to drain blood and fluid 1 high to restore negative pressure
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What is used to suture chest tubes in place?
nylon, silk,ethibond
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What is a water sealed chest tube? How does it work?
suction pulls air from chest through a chamber with water water serves as a valve that prevents air from going back to chest
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3 things to consider with chest tubes are?
never connect to the neptune keep below patient chest level mat use heparin so blood can be returned to patient
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What is the circulation of blood through the vessels?
heart arteries arterioles capillary bed venules veins
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Arteries are smaller or larger then veins
smaller
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What are the 3 layers of the arteries and veins?
tunica intima (inside) tunica media tunica adventitia (outside) tunica media
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What are the 5 parts of the aorta?
aorta root (valve from heart) ascending branch aortic arch descending (thoracic) branch abdominal aorta
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What 3 branches come off of the aortic arch?
brachiocephalic (right common carotid and right subclavian) left common carotid left subclavian
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What arteries come off of the subclavian artery?
axillary brachial- radial and ulnar
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What arteries come off of the abdominal aorta?
renal common iliacs (bifurcation)
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What are the major arteries off of the common iliacs?
femoral popliteal a/p tibials dorsalis pedis
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What are the major veins called superior and inferior to the heart?
vena cava superior (from head and arms) and inferior (from the body)
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What are the 3 major veins above the vena cava?
internal jugular external jugular brachiocephalic
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What does the hepatic portal vein connect?
abdomen to the liver
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What are the 2 veins in the leg?
greater saphenous- upper lesser saphenous- posterior
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What is an abdominal aortic aneurysm?
enlarged section of aorta
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What is an arteriovenous fistula?
AV Fistula fistula between artery and vein (dialysis site)
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What is an embolectomy?
removal of clot in vascular system
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What is a thrombectomy?
removal of a clot
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What catheter can be used in a thrombectomy or embolectomy?
fogarty catheter
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What is a fogarty catheter? What is used to fill the balloon
ballon tipped catheter placed past the clot so can pull out use saline or heparin to fill ballon No air bubbles
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What are vena cava filters?
Filter placed in inferior vena cava to prevent clot from migrating to the heart
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What is a carotid endarterectomy?
removal of plaque from arteries
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If there is plaque in the arteries what could the patient be experiencing?
transient ischemic attacks (TIA)
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what tools are used in a carotid endarterectomy? blade? clamps other tools
11 or 12 kellys (clamp vessels) mosquitoes vessel loops as a shunt elevator freer
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What is a vascular bypass?
bypass of occluded arteries to restore blood flow
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What graft is used for a vascular graft?
greater saphenous (homograft) synthetic tube
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What are some possible complications of vascular bypass?
stenosis of graft false aneurysm
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What is vein ligation and stripping?
tx for varicose veins incision to remove twisted veins
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