Term 2 Cardiology

Question 1

Hypertension= what 3 possibilities?

Answer 1

Stroke, MI, Anuerism

Question 2

What is the pathophysiology of hypertension?

Answer 2

Caused by increase in cardiac output, stroke volume, or both

Question 3

What is the difference between primary hypertension and secondary hypertension?

Answer 3

Primary hypertension is usually treated early through medication and management and secondary hypertension usually develops secondary to another disease process. Secondary hypertension usually leads to hypertensive emergencies

Question 4

What is the most common cause of secondary hypertension?

Answer 4

Renal disease

Question 5

What is autonomic dysreflexia?

Answer 5

Person with neurogenic shock at t-6 loses sympathetic control distal to that. An unknown time period later they get a barrage of nerve stimulation usually in response to minor trauma or secondary insult

Question 6

What causes the issue in a hypertensive crisis?

Answer 6

The speed of the increase of pressure

Question 7

When there is an upside down or no p wave, what is the rhythm?

Answer 7

Junctional

1. ) escape is 40-60 (unless QRS is too wide, then it is idioventricular)
2. ) accelerated junctional is 60-100
3. ) junctional tachycardia is above 100

Question 8

When there is pressure on the heart that causes a change in rhythm, what does this cause?

Answer 8

Sinus arrhythmia (will be normal sinus rhythm except it is irregular)

Question 9

If something is irregularly irregular, what are your options?

Answer 9

Afib, multi focal tachycardia

Question 10

What classifies a first degree heart block?

Answer 10

PRI that is constant but prolonged, greater than 0.20

Question 11

Fast, wide, regular?

Answer 11

Vtach

Question 12

Fast, narrow, regular?

Answer 12

SVT

Question 13

More P’s than QRS’s?

Answer 13

2nd or 3rd degree heart block