Day 3 - Cardiology Through The Lifespan

Question 1

What is a cyanotic congenital cardiac disorder?

Answer 1

Tetralogy of fallot

Question 2

Disease of the coronary blood vessels is caused by the process of what?

Answer 2

Atherosclerosis

Question 3

Chest pain which normally occurs on exertion but ceases on rest is known as?

Answer 3

Angina pectoris

Question 4

What is a modifiable cardiac disease risk factor?

Answer 4

Hypercholesterolemia

Question 5

What happens in unstable angina?

Answer 5

Pain occurs at rest because narrowing of the artery prevents enough blood getting through even at rest

Question 6

A blood clot within an artery is a?

Answer 6

Thrombus

Question 7

What is the first step in the early development of atherosclerosis?

Answer 7

Damage to the endothelial cells caused by tobacco toxins, high blood pressure, high LDL cholesterol etc

Question 8

A complete occlusion of a coronary artery by a thrombus with absolutely no blood reaching the myocardial muscle that the artery supplies causes which acute coronary syndrome (ACS)?

Answer 8

ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)