Anatomy
This laboratory test is the most specific indicator of heart muscle injury and is commonly elevated after a myocardial infarction.
What is Troponin
This condition occurs when an adult’s resting heart rate is greater than 100 beats per minute.
What is tachycardia?
What therapy will be need long-term after a patient has a valve replacement (valvuloplasty)?
What is anticoagulation?
This dysrhythmia causes an irregularly irregular pulse, has no distinct P waves, and increases the patient’s risk for blood clots and stroke.
What is A-fib?
High levels of this “bad” cholesterol contribute to plaque buildup in the arteries and increase the risk of coronary artery disease.
What is LDL
This antiarrhythmic medication is used to treat serious ventricular and atrial dysrhythmias and requires monitoring for pulmonary, thyroid, liver, and cardiac toxicity.
What is amiodarone?
A patient with aortic stenosis should follow this type of diet to help control blood pressure and reduce fluid retention and cardiac workload.
What is a heart-healthy low-sodium diet?
Atherosclerosis-when fatty plaques are deposited on the walls of the arteries. Arteriosclerosis-hardening or thickening of the arterial walls
What is the difference between atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis?
What lab would you expect the Provider to order when a patient is having difficulty breathing and significant edema?
proBNP
This noninvasive ultrasound test shows the heart’s chambers, valves, wall motion, and ejection fraction.
What is an echocardiogram?
After treatment for endocarditis, patients at highest risk for recurrence may require preventive antibiotics before certain dental procedures because bacteria can enter the bloodstream and infect the heart valves.
What is antibiotic prophylaxis for high-risk patients?
Abnormal levels of this electrolyte can cause dangerous cardiac dysrhythmias, muscle weakness, and ECG changes.
What is Potassium?
This anticholinergic medication may be administered to increase the heart rate in a patient experiencing symptomatic bradycardia.
To reduce the chest pain of pericarditis, the nurse should position the patient in this way and administer prescribed anti-inflammatory medications.
What is sitting upright and leaning forward while receiving prescribed NSAIDs?
A patient with this infection of the heart’s inner lining and valves may develop fever, chills, fatigue, a new or changing heart murmur, petechiae, and splinter hemorrhages.
What is infective endocarditis?
This blood test monitors warfarin therapy and determines whether the patient’s blood clots within the desired therapeutic range.
What is the PT/INR?
What are the steps to take during defibrillation of a patient?
What are:
1. Turn on the defibrillator. 2. Apply Pads to the patient. 3. Charge the device. 4. Call "Clear" 3 times. 5. Deliver the Charge
During this invasive procedure, electrode catheters are guided into the heart to map its electrical activity and identify the source of an abnormal rhythm, and the medications help restore the natural heart rhythm.
What is an electrophysiology study (EPS)?