Cardiovascular

Question 1

S&S of heart failure

Answer 1

• SOB
• swelling of feet and legs
• chronic lack of energy
• difficulty sleeping at night due to breathing problems
• swollen or tender abdomen with loss of appetite
• cough with frosty sputum
• increased urination at night
• confusion/memory loss due to decreased blood circulation to brain cells

Question 2

describe bradycardia

Answer 2

causes

• usually indicates permanent structural damage to the bundle branches
• associated with extensive anterior wall myocardial infarction or widespread sclerodegenerative conduction disease

site of conduction block
- below the His bundle

Question 3

4 valves in the heart

Answer 3

tricuspid valve (right atrium to right ventricle)
pulmonary valve (right ventricle to pulmonary circulation)
mitral valve (left atrium to left ventricle)
aortic valve (left ventricle to systemic circulation)