Cardiac Anatomy
This is known as the pacemaker of the heart.
What is the SA node?
This complication post cardiac cath is characterized by a hardened area or mass and treatment includes manual pressure to "press out" the hardened area.
What is a hematoma?
This pacemaker malfunction is characterized by no stimulus or spike from the pacemaker.
What is a failure to pace?
This is the percentage of blood pumped out of the left ventricle with each heartbeat.
What is the Ejection Fraction?
This is one example of a modifiable risk factor for atrial fibrillation.
What is moderate to heavy alcohol use?
What is smoking?
What is caffeine comsumption?
The THICK ventricular wall structure with excessive blood flow and low blood reserve are known as this.
What is Hypertrophic?
This is one of the most common symptoms for women presenting with STEMIs.
What is SOB, back or jaw pain, or nausea/vomiting?
This type of temporary pacemaker is applied directly to the surface of the heart during cardiac surgery.
What is Epicardial Pacing Wires?
HFpEF stands for this type of heart failure.
What is Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction?
This is a type of atrial fibrillation which begins without warning and stops suddenly.
What is paroxsymal?
The pulmonary artery carries this type of blood.
What is deoxygenated?
This type of Acute Coronary Syndrome is troponin negative and occurs from a partially or intermittently occluded artery.
What is Unstable Angina?
The minimum electrical stimulus required for a pacemaker to consistently stimulate and trigger a contraction (depolarization) of the heart muscle.
What is Threshold?
This is the pressure the heart must work against to eject blood during systole.
What is afterload?
What is:
-palpitations
-dizziness or lightheadedness
-fatigue
-chest pain or pressure
-shortness of breath
-confusion and/or anxiety
-swelling of feet, legs, and ankles?
The semilunar valves of the heart connect this and this.
What is the ventricle and the arteries?
In this procedure a catheter is introduced into the RA, through the tricuspid valve, into the RV, and into the PA to record pressures and determine CO (cardiac output).
What is a RIGHT heart cath?
A condition that results when an electrical stimulus is delivered during repolarization (T wave).
What is a R on T phenomenon?
Milrinone, Dobutamine, and Dopamine are in this class of heart failure drugs.
What are inotropes?
This should be performed prior to a cardioversion to assess for any blood clots in the atria.
What is a TEE (transesophageal echocardiogram)?
The HARD ventricular wall structure when it is too stiff to move blood is known as this
What is Restrictive?
These are known as the 5 Ps of neurovascular checks.
What are pain, paresthesia, pulse, pallor, and paralysis?
This symptom may occur when a pacemaker lead is positioned too close to the phrenic nerve causing unintended nerve stimulation.
What is hiccups?
In this type of heart failure you will not see pulmonary congestion.
What is right sided heart failure?
This class of rate control medications is contraindicated in patients with heart failure.
What are calcium channel blockers?