Test 2 Flashcards
What agent regulates TPA?
Plasminogen activator inhibitor
What agent promotes fibrinolysis?
Tissue plasminogen activator (TPA)
What cleaves plasminogen to plasmin?
TPA
Which of the following choices reflect myocardial oxygen consumption occuring at 37 degrees centrigrade of a beating working heart?
8mLO2/100g/min
While giving cardioplegia down a vein graft the pressure at the vein graft should be approximately?
50mmHg
Detrimental changes limited by utilizing cardioplegia
High energy phosphate depletion
Intracellular acidosis
Cellular edema
Name the 3 molecular substances that make up “Custodial cardioplegia” (HTK):
Histidine-Tryptophan-Ketogluterate
The msot appropriate incision for a redo mitral valve repair under fibrillatory arrest would be a __________________
Left thoracotomy
Endogenous antioxidants
Gluthione reductase
Superoxide dismutase
Catalase
Per oxidation of lipid components of the cell membrane is caused by:
Oxygen free radicals
N-acetylcysteine would be considered a?
Oxygen radical scavenger
Which of the following types of reperfusion events is aided by the presence of inflammation?
Lethal reperfusion injury
T or F: A valvulotomy may be preformed without a median sternotomy incision
True
The minimum blood flow rate recommended by the manufacturer for the Medtronic Affinity NT integrated CVR oxygenator is _________________________ liters per minute
1
The maximum blood flow rate recommended by the manufacturer for the Medtronic Affinity NT integrated CVR oxygenator is _________________________ liters per minute.
7