med surg cardio Flashcards
what is cardiac output
total blood ejected/pumped by heart per min
total blood ejected/pumped by heart per min is what?
cardiac output
cardiac outpit is important because it measures
how much blood is reaching tissues
number of times heart contracts each min is measured by
heart rate
amount of blood ejected from left ventricle with each contraction is called
stroke volume
cardiac output formula
heart rate x stroke volume
decreased cardiac output indicates
decreased perfusion to vital organs
increased cardiac output indicates
more volume of blood to tissues
percentage of blood pumped from left ventricle after a contraction is measured by
ejection fraction
normal ejection fracture %
50-70% (I.e 50% means half of whats in ventricle is being pumped out)
where is blood returned at the end of diastole
the right side of the heart
what is the amount of blood returned to the right side of the heart called
preload
what is preload
amount of blood returned to right side of the heart
what does systolic blood pressure measure
afterload
what is afterload
pressure that left ventricle pumps against to circulate blood
fat from food are called
triglycerides
normal triglyceride levels
under 150 (triglycerides are signed to herb)
normal ldl lvls
under 100 (if ur in hell it’s cause u didn’t keep it 100)
normal hdl levels for men
over 55
normal hdl lvls for women
over 40
fragments of dissolved clots are called what
d dimers
normal d dimer range
under 0.5
high d dimers can indicate
clot present
disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
peptide released when ventricles are stretched from too much fluid
BNP