Heart Failure
Most common cause of right sided heart failure
What is left sided heart failure
When fluid infiltrates the pericardial sac
What is a pericardial effusion
Condition defined by heart chambers that have been stretched out and can no longer rebound effectively during systole
What is dilated cardiomyopathy
Measurement of the amount of total ventricular volume moved with each ventricular contraction
Ejection Fraction
First line drug therapy for Heart Failure
What are loop diuretics
Location where most left sided heart failure manifestation will initially occur
What are lungs/respiratory system
Cardiospecific inflammation biomarker
What is CRP
Cardiomyopathy often idiopathic or hypertension related that results in enlargement of the mycoardium
What is Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Primary diagnostic imaging used for most cardiac structure and function problems
What is an Echocardiogram
Key procedure required to relieve cardiac tamponade
Pericardiocentesis
Most common medical care associated cause for heart failure exacerbation
What is Fluid Overload
Condition where fluid buildup in the pericardial sac has compressed the heart and reduced cardiac output
What is Cardiac Tamponade
Congenital condition resulting from 4 simultaneous cardiac defects, resulting in cyanotic attacks
What is Tetralogy of Falot
Cardiac sensitive biomarker that denotes active inflammation when elevated
What is CRP
Common starting place for sodium restriction for patients diagnosed with heart failure.
What is 2g/day
Form of heart failure that results from reduced ventricular total volume with a preserved ejection fraction
What is diastolic heart failure
The most likely causative organism for Rheumatic Fever
What is Group A Streptococcus
Valve disorder that causes thready pulses and cool extremities, especially in acute cases, and will most likely require correction
What is Mitral Regurgitation
Number of blood cultures and culture sites for suspected infective endocarditis
What is 3
Procedure that involved the repair of a defective heart valve rather than its total replacement.
Valvuloplasty
Signs of fluid overload in a patient with heart failure that may be noticed without a stethoscope (2)
What are peripheral edema and JVD
Giveaway skin assessment findings for infective endocarditis (3)
What are splinter hemorrhages, Osler's nodes, Janeway's Lesions
Cardiac arrythmia that may be associated with prolonged mitral valve stenosis
What is atrial fibrillation
What is a Endomyocardial Biopsy
Clear patient reported signs of digoxin toxicity (2)
What are visible halos & yellow vision