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Chapter 5 Cardiology Flashcards

1
Q

What is the most common location on the body to take a pulse?

A

Radial

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2
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Acute Coronary syndrome

A

Endocardium is NOT affected by acute coronary syndrome.

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3
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Tricuspid

A

Heart valve between the right atrium and right ventricle

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4
Q

What blood test does NOT help diagnose a myocardial infarction (MI)

A

Lipid profile

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5
Q

Which procedure is done to provide the myocardium with a new source of blood supply when a coronary artery is occluded?

A

Coronary artery bypass graft

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6
Q

Congestive heart failure (chf) (all)

A

Inability of the heart to pump sufficient amounts of blood.

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7
Q

How do you read a sphygmomanometer?

A

Pump to cuff to 180mmhg, release the cuff slowly, the first knock is systolic pressure when the knock disappears its the diastolic pressure (120/80)

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8
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What is regurgitation?

A

Blood flows back in to the left atrium with each contraction.

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9
Q

Oxygenated blood returns from the lungs and enters the heart in?

A

Left atrium.

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10
Q

When the coronary artery is partially blocked with atherosclerosis there is myocardial ischemia, this will cause?

A

Angina perctosis

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11
Q

Sclerotherapy

A

Procedure in which a sclerosing drug (liquid or foam) is injected in a varicose vein

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12
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Defibrillation

A

Ventricle defibrillation

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13
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Pericarditis

A

Cardiac tamponade

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14
Q

3rd degree heart block

A

Complete heart block.

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15
Q

Rheumatic heart disease

A

Vegatation stenosis

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16
Q

Drug treatment for left sides heart failure

A

2 types of diuretic drug and a drug to strengthen the heart

17
Q

Anueurysmectomy

A

Surgical removal of a large aneurysm and replacement with synthetic tubular graft

18
Q

Mitral valve

A

Is located between left atrium and left ventricle

19
Q

SA node

A

Pacemaker

20
Q

Peripheral artery disease

A

Intermittent claudication

21
Q

Which section of the electrical conduction system. Of the heart is located just after the AV node?

A

Bundle is his

22
Q

Sick sinus syndrome

A

Permanent pacemaker

23
Q

Right sided heart failure

A

Jugular vein adema

24
Q

Drugs that break up blood

A

Thrombotic

25
Q

Tetralogy of Fallot has set of 4 heart defects including?

A

1) ventricular septal defect
2) Narrowing of the pulmonary trunk
3) hypertrophy of the right ventricle
4) abnormal position of the aorta

26
Q

What is the test to determine the extent of Coronary artery narrowing?

A

Cardiac catheterization

27
Q

Who alerts the ICU of cardiac arrest?

A

Code blue is called

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