Secondary Prevention of CAD Flashcards
What is primordial prevention?
Prevention of the risk factors for a disease (such as preventing kids from becoming obese)
What is primary prevention?
Trying to lessens the risk factors of CAD (such as getting obese patients to lose weight)
Plaque formation occurs everywhere in the body, but ___________ occurs more often in the coronaries.
plaqure rupture
Patient care guidelines are delineated I, IIa, IIb, and III. What do they mean?
I = do it; IIa = reasonable; IIb = might be considered; and III = don’t do it
Level of evidences are given by A, B, and C. Describe what each means?
A = several randomized trials; B = large observational trials; and C = expert opinion
What dose of aspirin is given to all CAD patients?
75 - 162 mg
Post-bypass surgery, patients are given ____________ of aspirin for one year.
100 - 325 mg
ß-blockers are guideline I in patients with _____________.
LVSD and ejection fraction
RAAS inhibitors reduce mortality among post-MI patients, especially ______________.
in diabetics and LVSD
Those with hypertension should consume less than ________ mg of sodium per day.
1,500
The biggest side effect of statins is __________.
myalgia
Class I guidelines for all CAD patients includes ___________.
high-dose statins
Diabetes is considered a cardiovascular syndrome due to the ____________.
chronic inflammation and platelet turnover
Aldosterone receptor antagonists have been shown to save lives in patients with ___________.
EF
BP levels below _________ are sufficient to prevent cardiac events.
140/90
