Exam 3 - Readings (Cardioavascular) Flashcards
Term for fast heart rate.
Tachycardia
ECG results for patient with tachcardia.
Normal, however time intervals between QRS complex will generally be >100 beats/min.
Term for slow heart rate.
Bradycardia
A patient with a HR <60 beats/min can be diagnosed with what condition.
Bradycardia
Stimulation of this nerve causes bradycardia.
Vagus nerve
This tool measures the duration of interbals between successive QRS complexes in the ECG via height of successie peaks.
Cardiotachometer
A condition that may results from various condition altering the strength of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve signals to the heart sinus node.
Sinus arrhythmia
Blockage defined by sudden halting of P waves in an ECG, QRS-T complex is delayed but presents normally; due to sinus node impulse being blocked before it enters the atrial muscle.
Sinoatrial block
The only means by which an impulse can pass from the atria into the ventricle.
A-V bundle/Bundle of His
Blockage when P-R interval is >20 seconds.
First-degree heart block
Blockage that may occur fromt the following conditions: Ishemia/inflammaiton of the A-V node/A-V bundle fibers, compression of the A-V bundle via scar tissue, or extreme heart stimulation via the vagus nerve.
Atrioventricular block
Blockage defined as delay of conduction from the atria to the ventricles however there is not actual blockage of conduction.
First-degree heart block.
Blockage when P-R interval is 0.25-0.45 seconds.
Second-degree heart block
Blockage that demonstrates cases where an atrial P wave forms but is not followed with by a QRS-T wave.
Second-degree heart block
Second-degree heart block characterized by fixed number of nonconducted P waves for every QRS complex.
Type II
Second-degree heart block characterized by progressive prolongation of the PR interval until a ventricular beat is dropped.
Type I
Blockage characterized by complete blockage of impulse from the atria into the ventricles.
Third-degree heart block
Blockage where P waves are completely dissociated with QRS-T complexes.
Third-degree heart block
Term for ventricular excitability being initially suppressed due to the ventricles being driven by the atria at a rate greater than normal.
Overdrive suppression
Phenomenon that occurs due to overdrive suppression. When part of Purkinje system discharges rhythmically at a rate of 15-40 times per minutes and acts as the pacemaker for the ventricles.
Ventricular escape
Condition chararacterized by periodic fainting spells.
Stokes-Adams syndrome
A small battery-operated electrical stimulator planted beneath the skin connected to the right ventricle that maintains continued rhythmical impulses to the ventricles.
Artificial pacemaker
Term for a contraction that occurs before the time that normal contraction would have been expected.
Premature contraction
Main cause of premature contractions, emits abnormal impulses at odd times during the cardiac rhythm.
Ectopic foci
Condition that may result from the following causes: Local areas of ischemia, small calcified plaques within the heart, or toxic irritation of A-V node/Purkinje sysmer/myocardium.
Ectopic foci
Term for the interval between premature contractions and the next succeeding contraction which is slightly prolonged.
Compensatory pause
When the heart contracts before it should and the ventricles are not filled with blood normally and the stroke volume output during contraction is depressed or almost absent.
Pulse deficit
Results from incontrolable cardiac impulses within ventricular muscles leading to an endless cycle of stimulation.
Ventricular fibrillation
Causing factors of ventricular fibrillation.
Sudden electrical shock of the heart or ischemia of the heart muscle.
Ways that a cardiac impulse can “re-enter” the heart muscle.
Pathway us longer than normal, velocirt of conduction is decreased, or the refractory period of the muscle is shortened.
What effect would dilation of the heart have on the cardiac impulse pathway?
Increase the duration
What effect would blockage of the Purkinje system, ischemia of the heart, or high potassium levels have on a cardiac impulse?
Decrease its velocity
What effect would drugs such as epinephrine or repetitive electrical stimulation have on the refractory period of the heart muscle?
Decrease the refractory period
A patient’s ECG lacks P waves leading you to suspect what?
Atrial fibrillation
Main role of microcirculation.
Transport nutrients to tissues and remove cell excreta
Smooth muscles fiber that encricles a capillary, site at which a metarteriole becomes a capillary.
Precapillary sphincter
Thin-slit curving channel that lies between adjacent endothelial cells in capillary walls, where water soluble substances dissolve through the membrane.
Interceullar cleft