Vocab
What is atherosclerosis?
A disease characterized by the accumulation of plaque on artery walls
The inability of the heart to pump sufficient amounts of blood through the systemic circulation and may be due to increase in filling pressures
What is Congestive Heart Failure
The main factor that distinguishes PAD from CVI is
What is absence of pulse
What is stage I HTN classification?
130-139/80-89
What is angina pectoris?
Chest pain that results when the heart does not get enough oxygen.
A reduction in the hearts ability to contract will decrease CO and may be known as
What is systolic dysfunction?
What is a medication for lowering lipids?
What are statins
What is chest pain with effort referred to?
What is stable angina?
What is another name for irregular heartbeats?
Arrhythmias
What type of cardiomyopathy results in the heart wall becoming rigid from abnormal tissue, decreasing EDV?
What is restrictive CMP
When prescribing exercise for PVD, what is one consideration since it usually is accompanied by other diseases?
What is proper foot care, blood glucose, peripheral neuropathy, HR...
What is medication that relieves angina?
Nitroglycerine
What is a ratio of LL and UL SBP to measure degree of PVD?
Ankle brachial index
What is arteriosclerosis?
What is hardening of arteries, reducing elasticity
Which treatment option uses a small balloon to clear a blocked artery?
Angioplasty
What happens during ventricular fibrillation?
What are electrical impulses that regulate the heart rhythm that become rapid or irregular.
What is abnormal fluid buildup in the pericardial space that compresses the heart?
What is cardiac tamponade?
What is most common type of cardiomyopathy? Explain!
Dilated CMP, herat m stretches and becomes thinner, enlarging chamber, reduces contractile function
What is a medical intervention for acute coronary syndrome?
thrombolytic therapy, angioplasty, stents, CABG
What is it called when you remove a healthy vein from another area to create a detour around the blocked artery?
Coronary Bypass
What occurs when the heart gradually weakens and can no longer maintain its regular pumping rate and force? What is a type of medical intervention?
Congestive Heart Failure
Diuretics, heart transplant, ACE inc, beta blockers
how many non-smokers who are exposed to secondhand smoke die each year from CVDs?
46,000 people