Chapter 12: Heart and Peripheral Vascular System

Question 1

Murmur variables

Answer 1

time and duration, pitch, quality, intensity, location

Question 2

vascular heart disease

Answer 2

disorder of heart valve (does not open or close completely)

Question 3

angina pectoris

Answer 3

chest pain caused by ischemia of myocardium; can occur during activity, stress, or exposure to intense cold (increased stress on heart)

Question 4

unstable angina

Answer 4

new chest pain, experienced when resting, or worsening pattern; occurs more frequently and easily provoked by minimal or no exertion during sleep or rest

Question 5

acute myocardial infarction

Answer 5

worst chest pain, lasts longer than 5 min; death of myocardial cells

Question 6

heart failure

Answer 6

when either ventricle fails to pump blood efficiently into aorta or pulmonary arteries

Question 7

pericarditis

Answer 7

inflammation of pericardium

Question 8

venous thromboembolism

Answer 8

includes both deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism

Question 9

deep vein thrombosis (DVT)

Answer 9

when a clot develops within a vein

Question 10

thrombophlebitis

Answer 10

inflammation of a vein accompanied by a clot

Question 11

peripheral artery disease (PAD)

Answer 11

develops from arterial insufficiency

Question 12

chronic venous insufficiency (CVI)

Answer 12

due to incompetent valves (changes in venous wall, congenital, or other event like DVT)