Hyperlipidemia, hypertension, excess weight, physical inactivity, smoking, stress, family history, diabetes
What are risk factors for cardiovascular disease?
sytolic blood pressure greater than or equal 130 mm HG and/ or diastolic greater than or equal to 80 mm Hg
What is hypertension?
Medical term for chest pain or discomfort that occurs at rest or with exertion
What is angina?
The machine that measures cardiac electrical activity
What is ECG (electrocardiogram)
Chambers that have more muscle than the others in the heart
What are cardiac ventricles?
When the heartbeat is irregular
What is arrhythmia?
The main artery that carries oxygenated blood to all body parts
What is Aorta
Digoxin, Metoprolol, Sotolol, Amiodarone
What are antiarrhythmic drugs?
drug taken to relieve episodic anginal pain
What is Nitroglycerin?
The thick muscle layer in the heart
What is myocardium?
treatment for STEMI that must be administered within three hours when no direct access to Cath Lab
What is thromboliysis?
Narrow Pulse Pressure, Muffled Heart Sounds, Raised JVP, Hypotension
What are signs of Cardiac Tamponade?
The sac around the heart
What is pericardium?
headache, confusion, blurred vision, restlessness, motor/sensory deficits
What are signs & symptoms of a hypertensive emergency?