LESSON 10 part 1

Question 1

It is used synonymously with ‘coronary occlusion and heart attack’

Answer 1

Myocardial infarction

Question 2

Most preferred term of MI

Answer 2

Myocardial Ischemia

Question 3

An ‘area of the myocardium is destroyed because plaque rupture’ and subsequent thrombus formation result in complete occlusion of the artery

Answer 3

Myocardial Infarction

Question 4

The causes of MI primarily stem from ____

Answer 4

vascular system

Question 5

This is the sudden constriction or narrowing of the coronary artery

Answer 5

vasospasm

Question 6

this occurs from acute blood loss, anemia, or low blood pressure

Answer 6

decreased oxygen supply

Question 7

The cardinal symptom of MI

Answer 7

chest pain

Question 8

a rapid heart rate, thyrotoxicosis, or ingestion of cocaine causes what?

Answer 8

Increased demand of oxygen

Question 9

persistent and crushing substernal pain that may radiate to left arm, jaw, neck, or shoulder blades

Answer 9

chest pain

Question 10

a result of the stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system

Answer 10

indigestion

Question 11

the patient may experience such as coolness in extremities, perspiration, anxiety, and restlenessness

Answer 11

catecholamine responses

Question 12

there is a ‘reduced blood flow in a coronary artery’, often due to ‘rupture of an atherosclerotic plaque, but the artery is not occluded’

Answer 12

unstable angina

Question 13

ST elevation signifies

Answer 13

myocardial injury

Question 14

How many days for LDH returns to normal

Answer 14

14 days

Question 14

isoenzyme in cardiac muscle

Answer 14

CPK-MB

Question 15

LDH mean

Answer 15

lactate dehydrogenase

Question 16

these enzymes have increased ‘‘for necrosis and useful in diagnosing postoperative MI

Answer 16

troponins

Question 17

high white blood cell count

Answer 17

leukocytosis

Question 18

may be done to DETERMINE DIMENSIONS OF CHAMBERS, septal ventricular motion, ejection fraction, and valve configuration

Answer 18

two-dimensional echocardiogram

Question 19

evaluate myocardial blood flow and status of myocardial cells

Answer 19

nuclear imaging studies

Question 20

evaluates specific and general ‘ventricular performance, regional wall motion, and ejection fraction’

Answer 20

cardiac blood imaging

Question 21

‘visualizes narrowing/occlusion of coronary arteries’ and is usually done in conjunction with measurements of chamber pressures and assessment of left ventricular function

Answer 21

coronary angiography

Question 22

technique used to visualize ‘status of arterial bypass grafts’ and to detect peripheral artery disease

Answer 22

DSA / Digital Subtraction Angiography

Question 23

MRI meaning

Answer 23

magnetic resonance imaging

Question 24

allow visualization of blood flow, cardiac chambers or intraventricular septum, valves, vascular lesions, plaque formations, areas of necrosis/infraction, blood clots

Answer 24

MRI / magnetic resonance imaging

Question 25

determine cardiovascular response to activity

Answer 25

exercise stress tests

Question 26

may indicate hypoxia or acute/chronic lung disease processes

Answer 26

abg/pulse oximetry