Cardiovascular Disorders

Question 1

What are acute coronary syndromes?

Answer 1

• Unstable angina
• Non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI)
• ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)

Question 2

What are two types of heart fauilure?

Answer 2

Acute and chronic

Question 3

What are the types of vascular disorders?

Answer 3

Aortic aneurysm, aortic dissection, and peripheral arterial disease.

Question 4

What does cardiovascular function do?

Answer 4

• Provides a mechanism for tissue perfusion.
• Tissue perfusion is directly related to blood flow.
• Combination of the “pump, pool, and pipes” influence blood flow.
  (Pump is contractility, pool is the fluids, pipes are the blood vessels).

Question 5

What do the coronary arteries supply?

Answer 5

Blood and O2 to the heart itself.

Question 6

When do the coronary arteries fill?

Answer 6

During diastole and supply O2 to the heart.

Question 7

What does decreased diastolic filling time mean?

Answer 7

There is a decrease of amount of blood to the heart, decreasing O2 to the heart, which is why when you become tachycardic, you have chest pain.

Question 8

What does a 12-lead ECG tell us about the coronary arteries?

Answer 8

Each lead on the 12 corresponds to a different artery of the heart, then we are able to determine which artery might be having an occlusion.

Question 9

What does the left anterior descending coronary artery supply blood to?

Answer 9

Muscles: Anterior ventricular septum, anterior left ventricle, and ventricular apex.
Tissues: Bundle branches.

Question 10

If the bundle branches are affected what happens?

Answer 10

QRS is too long, there is a bundle branch block.