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Exam 3: Heart Flashcards

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What is systolic pressure?

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Exerted when blood is ejected from ventricles

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What is diastolic pressure?

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Sustained pressure when ventricles relax

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What alters BP?

CO, BV, PRTBF

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Cardiac output, blood volume, and peripheral resistance to blood flow

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What affects does ADH and aldosterone have on the heart?

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Increases BP and increases blood volume

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What affects does renin angiotensin have on the heart?

IVC

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Increased vasoconstriction

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What are the major factors that affect BP?

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  • vessel size
  • compliance of the vessel
  • circulating fluid volume
  • blood viscosity
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What are the defining characteristic of unstable angina?

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  • Chronic chest pain
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What causes left sided pulmonary edema?

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Left ventricular heart failure

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What is an expected finding in clients with PAD

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1+ pulse in the lower leg

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10
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What is primary hypertension (idiopathic hypertension)?

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Strongly linked to enviormental factors with genetic link

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What is secondary hypertension?

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Results from another disease affecting the renal or endocrine system

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What is hypertensive crisis?

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Blood pressure over 180/120

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What are risk factors for primary hypertension?

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  • age
  • alcohol
  • diabetes
  • ethnicity
  • gender family history
  • hyperlipademia
  • sedentary
  • stress
  • Tobacco
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What is cardiac output?

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Volume of blood pumped by the heart per minute

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15
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What is the cardiac output formula?

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HR X SV

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What is the relationship between CO and BP?

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As CO increases, BP also increases

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What is the function of troponin?

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proteins that are released when the heart muscle has been damaged, such as occurs with a heart attack

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18
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What is peripheral artery disease (PAD)?

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Obstruction of blood flow to the peripheral arteries

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19
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What is the etiology of peripheral artery disease (PAD)?

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Atherosclerosis

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20
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What are risk factors for PAD?

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Modifiable and non modifiable risk factors

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What are the risk factors that are modifiable for PAD?

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  • smoking
    -sedentary lifestyle
  • obesity
  • dysrlipemdiemia
  • HTN
  • diabetes
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What are the nonmodifiable risk factors for PAD?

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  • male
  • increasing age
  • family history of PAD
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What are the clinical manifestation for PAD?

P, CR, CL, PARA, PAL, MA, CE, D/AP

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  • Pain, cramps, claudication, parathesia, pallor, muscular atrophy, cool extremities, decreased/ a set pulse
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What is peripheral venous diasease?

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Obstruction of the veins/ blood flow back to the heart

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What are the risk factors for peripheral venous disease? (PVD)

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  • women
  • obseity
    -increased age
  • pregnancy
  • sedentary lifestyle
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What are the clinical manifestations of PVD?
P, C, G, E, FOH, tS, W/AP

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  • pain and cramps
  • gangrene
  • edema
  • feeling of heaviness
  • thinning skin
  • weak or absent pulse
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27
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What is an pulmonary embolism?

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Clot or other material lodges in the vessels of the lungs

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What is a risk factor for venous thromboembolism?

Virchow’s triad

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Hypercogulation
Stasis
Endothelial cancer

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What is virchow’s triad?

S, HC, ED

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Stasis
Hypecoagability endothelial damage

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What is venous stasis?

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Condition of slow blood flow in the veins

31
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What causes venous stasis?

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  • immobility
  • pregnancy
32
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What causes hypercoagulation?

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  • clotting disorders
    P smoking
    -pregnancy
  • oral contraceptives
33
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What is angina pectoris?

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Chest pain

34
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What are the different angina?

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Stable/ unstable

35
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What onsets stable angina?

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It is gradual, occurs usually after exercise or stress, increased o2 demand

36
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What is the onset of unstable angina?

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Comes unexpectedly, without exertion

37
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How is stable angina resolved?

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Resolved with rest and vasodilators

38
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How is unstable angina resolved?

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Isnt’ relived by stress or vasodilators

39
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How long does unstable angina last?

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More than 15 minutes

40
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How long does stable angina last?

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Less than 15 minutes

41
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What is hypovolemic shock?

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Shock resulting from blood or fluid loss

42
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What is pathophysiology of hypovolemic shock?

LCBV, LVR, LSV, LCO, LOL, LTP, IM

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Low circulating blood volume
Low venous return
Low stroke volume
Low cardiac Output
Low O2
Low tissue perfusion
Impaired metabolism

43
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What causes hypovolemic shock?

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Hemorrhage
Dehydration
Burns
Blood loss

44
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What happens to BP during hypovolemic shock?

100/150

A

Diastolic BP increases

45
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What are the complications of right heart failure?

PE, RF, CD

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  • pleural effusion
  • renal failure
  • cardiac dysthymia’s
46
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What are the symptoms of right sided heart failure?

PE, AB, JVD, A, HTN, A, EL/S

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Pitting edema
abdominal distention
Anorexia
Hypo/ hypertension
Jugular vein distention
Ascites
Enlarged liver and spleen

47
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What causes RSHF?

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  • left sided HF
  • atrial/ ventricular septal deficit
  • lung diseases
48
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What is right sided heart failure?

Lungs

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Decreased blood flow to the lungs then backs up into the inferior/ superior vena cava

49
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What are the clinical manifestations of LSHF?

PE, D, T, DC, s3, F, o

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  • pulmonary edema
  • dyspnea
  • tachypnea
  • dry cough
  • tachycardia
  • S3 and crackles
  • oliguria
  • Fatigue
50
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What is LSHF?

Systemic

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Low blood flow to the aorta and rest of the body

51
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What is diastolic heart failure?

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Ventricles can’t relax but still fill

52
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What is systolic heart failure?

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The heart can’t contract and eject

53
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What are the non-modifiable risk factors for HTN?

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  • advanced aged
  • biological male
  • family history of HTN
  • DM2
  • AA or Hispanic heritage
54
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What are the modifiable risk factors for HTN?

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  • sedentary lifestyle
    -obseity
  • smoking
    -excessive sodium/ alcohol consumption
    -stress
55
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What the complications of HTN?

MI, S, KD, VL, PAD

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  • Myocardial infarction
  • stroke
    -kidney disease
  • vision loss
  • peripheral artery disease
56
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What is afterload?

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The amount of pressure the heart needs to work against to eject blood

57
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What is the main complication of afterload?

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Enlargement and thickening of the hurt muscles

58
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What diagnostic test should be preformed on a pt diagnosed with HTN?

CBC, FG, TSH, KF, U, ECG, OE

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CBC, fasting glucose, TSH, kidney function, urinalysis, ECG, and ophthalmic exam

59
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What is the patho of HTN?

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Vasoconstriction would lead to increased peripheral resistance which would link to sustained HTN

60
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What is coronary artery disease?

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Narrowing or obstruction of the coronary arteries

61
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What is the etiology of coronary artery disease (CAD)?

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Narrowing caused by atherosclerosis

62
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What is atherosclerosis?

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A buildup of plaque on the walls of the blood vessel

63
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What are the nonmodifiable factors for CAD

HC, FH, M, BM

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-History of hypercholesterolemia
- family history
- minorities
- biological male

64
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What is a myocardial infarction?

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Death of the cardiac muscles tissue due to prolonged ischemia ( lack of oxygenated blood)

65
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What is the risk factor for MI?

A, G, DM, DL,HTN,FHMI, S,SL,HFD

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  • age ( 40 yrs and older)
  • gender (male)
  • diabetes mellitus
  • dyslipidemia
  • HTN
  • family history of MI
  • smoking
  • sedentary lifestyle
    -high fat diet
66
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What is the etiology of MI?

A

Atherosclerosis

67
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What causes a thrombus clot to form?

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The plaque buildup in the coronary arteries rupture causing platelets to attach to the plaque forming a thrombus

68
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What are the clinical manifestations of MI?

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  • severe chest pain
  • dysrythmia
  • dyspnea
  • nausea
    -vomiting
    -fever
  • diaphoresis
  • coolness and cyanosis of the extremities
69
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What are the complications of MI?

A, CGS, P, HF, PMR, PE, CD

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  • arrthymias
  • cardiogenic shock
  • pericarditis
  • heart failure
  • papillary muscle rupture
  • pulmonary edema
  • cardiac death
70
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How is MI diagnosed?

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  • ECGs
  • troponin
  • creatinine
  • kinase
  • isoenzymes (CK- MB)
71
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What does elevated troponin I and T mean?

A

Cardiac injury

72
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what does an elevated CK-MB mean?

A

Seeing if another infarction occurs before troponin levels have returned to normal.

73
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What is the etiology of congestive heart failure?

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Failures caused by abnormal fillings of the ventricles so the chambers don’t get fully loaded or stretched in the first place

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