Which manifestations indicate unstable angina?

Occurs at times unrelated to activity

What is angina commonly described as?

radiating pain in the left arm, squeezing, shoulder pain, retrosternal pain

What is cardiac output?

The volume of blood ejected by the heart per minute

Coronary artery disease

Accumulation of fatty substances within blood vessels

What is blood pressure ?

The force that blood exerts on the walls of a blood vessel

How can an atheroma lead to myocardial infarction?

The coronary artery gets blocked

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1
Modifiable Risk Factor(s) for Coronary Artery Disease
Hypertension
All of these
Family History of CAD
Age and Gender
2
What is myocardial infarction
Anaerobic respiration
Heart disease
Narrowing of the lumen
Heart attack
3
Which of the following blood tests most accurately diagnoses a myocardial infarction?
Full blood count
Prothrombin index
Creatinine kinase
Troponin I
4
Define angina
Side effect of nitroglycerin
Heart fluttering
Heart attack
Pain brought on by increase oxygen demand
5
What features separate a hypertensive urgency from an emergency?
A & C
Signs of end organ involvement
Percentile of blood pressure
Duration of elevation
6
Which of the following does need lead to venous thrombus
Atherosclerosis
Blood stasis
Endothelial injury
Hypercoagulability
7
Stroke volume
Amount of bloodpumped out of ventricle in one minute
Volume of blood pumped out of ventricle with each heart beat
Amount of bloodpumped out of atrium in one minute
Volume of blood pumped out of atrium with each heart beat
8
Which manifestations indicate unstable angina?
Predictable manifestations with a certain level of activity
Occurs at times unrelated to activity
Predictable frequency
Predictable manifestations with a certain level of stress
9
What is angina commonly described as?
radiating pain in the left arm
squeezing
shoulder pain
retrosternal pain
10
What is cardiac output?
The volume of blood ejected by the heart per minute
The volume of blood sent to the lungs for oxygenation
Volume of blood sent by left ventricle during contraction
The volume of deoxygenated blood returning to the heart
11
Stable angina
Pleuritic
Nocturnal pain
Rest pain
Exertion; relieved with rest
12
When having a myocardial infarction your patient may experience which of these symptoms?
Cool & clammy skin
Crushing chest pain
Shortness of breath
All of the above
13
Angina is relieved with...
Water and a good poop
Rest or NTG
sitting down for a hot second
Taking a brisk walk in the park
14
Cor Pulmonale is AKA Left Sided Heart Failure
True
False
15
The diagnosis of pulmonary emboli can be made from
ventilation/perfusion scan
pulmonary function tests
lateral chest film
cardiac fluroscopy
16
Coronary artery disease
Loss of oxygen to the myocardium
Scar tissue in myocradium from repeated infarctions
Weak venous valves
Accumulation of fatty substances within blood vessels
17
What is blood pressure ?
The force that blood exerts on the walls of a blood vessel
the force that blood exerts on the heart
the consistency of blood inside blood vessels
the speed of blood
18
'Congestive heart failure' means
blood vessels become larger
the heart compensates for the disease by pumping harder
fluid forms often in the lungs
19
How can an atheroma lead to myocardial infarction?
The coronary artery gets blocked
All of the above
Heart cells can only respire aerobically
An increase in pH denatures enzymes
20
The type of shock caused by a failure of the heart is referred to as:
hypovolemic
cardiogenic
bloos loss
distributive

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