cardio system quiz 2

Question 1

What is the mnemonic for a patient having a myocardial infarction?

Answer 1

MONA

Question 2

The first heart sound is caused by

Answer 2

mitral and tricuspid valves closing

Question 3

Which patient needs antibiotic premedication?

A.) a 20 year old who reports a childhood heart murmur
B.) A 28 year old with a repaired atrial septal defect which was repaired at birth
C.) A 70 year old with a prosthetic valve
D.) A 67 year old with a previous history of myocardial infarction

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What is the difference between angina and myocardial infarction?

Answer 4

Angina is chest pain due to inadequate oxygenation while a myocardial infarction means death of the actual heart muscle.

Question 5

What medication is used in the treatment of angina?

Answer 5

Nitroglycerin

Question 6

What do beta blockers do?

Answer 6

Reduce the heart rate and blood pressure

Question 7

What causes a heart murmur?

Answer 7

Turbulence in the blood flow across the heart valves

Question 8

symptoms of right sided heart failure include

Answer 8

ascites (belly swells up) and pitting edema (swollen ankles)

Question 9

left sided heart failure often leads to

Answer 9

right sided heart failure

Question 10

What does necrosis mean?

Answer 10

death of tissue

Question 11

symptoms of left sided heart failure include

Answer 11

shortness of breath, pulmonary edema

Question 12

what does ischemia mean?

Answer 12

Inadequate blood supply

Question 13

what are the two kinds of heart failure?

Answer 13

Right and left