CVD: lecture

Question 1

What do CRP and ESR indicate in a blood test?

Answer 1

 CRP = inflammation marker
 ESR = inflammation marker

Question 2

What does a third heart sound mean?

Answer 2

 3rd heart sound you could hear if your heart is very weak (=stretching of heart muscle, it is stiff)

Question 3

How can arrhythmia lead to clot formation?

Answer 3

Prone to clot formation because of this fast, irregular beating. Atria also contracts very fast: blood standing still in ends of atria. Clot can get to your brain and cause a stroke.

Question 4

How does furosemide work to relieve dyspnoea?

Answer 4

Dyspnoea= shortness of breath

Furosemide: if the heart diminishes the amount of blood pumped around bc it is weak, the brain thinks there is not enough blood and thus not enough water: it increases retention of fluids by the kidneys. There is not enough space within your blood vessels to keep this amount of fluid in: starts to leak out of the vessels, which happens all in your body.

Patients with heart failure have thick ankles. When you lie all day in bed: in butt, etc
Same problems arises within lungs: alveoli get filled with fluid. You get very short of breath: suffocating. Fluid has to leave the body: diuretic drugs induce the kidney to make more urine. Overload fluid diminished.

Question 5

A heart that starts to fibrillate is a typical sign for …
And can only be stopped with…

Answer 5

Acute heart failure
with a lot of current through the body (defibrillator).

Question 6

Very fast heart rhythm = >200 p/m
More than 180 p/m is very high already
150 p/m exercise

Answer 6

ok

Question 7

Enlargement of the heart nearly always means…

Answer 7

weakened