Cardiac Anatomy
This sided-heart pump brings deoxygenated blood back to the heart from the rest of the body
What is the right-sided heart pump?
This term refers to the amount of blood that is ejected out of the heart from the left ventricle in one minute
What is Cardiac Output?
An individual's total cholesterol should be less than this to be considered within the healthy range
What is < 200 mg/dL?
True or False - A pacemaker monitors for slow and abnormal rhythms and can provide low energy stimulation. An ICD also monitors for abnormal rhythms and is able to shock the heart to try to get it to return to NSR.
True
In this type of myocardial infarction, there is 100% occlusion of the coronary vessel. This is considered a true emergency and urgent interventions must be performed.
What is a STEMI?
These are the four chambers of the heart
What are the right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium and left ventricle?
This term refers to the VOLUME of blood that is ejected out of the left ventricle with each heart beat
What is Stroke Volume?
This diagnostic test can help the MD evaluate the size, shape, function, and motion of the heart. The main nursing assessment post-procedure is return of the gag reflex.
What is a Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE)?
This is the name of the device that is needed during a cardiac arrest to evaluate the pt's heart rhythm and provide electrical stimulation (if indicated)
What is an AED (automatic external defibrillator)?
Patients who have this type of cardiac problem will typically present with respiratory symptoms, including coughing, crackles, dyspnea, and pink frothy sputum (must name the disorder and side)
What is Left-sided Heart Failure?
This is the only artery in the blood that pumps deoxygenated blood away from the heart
What is the pulmonary artery?
This term refers to the PERCENTAGE of blood in the left ventricle that is pumped out with each heartbeat
What is Ejection Fraction?
During this procedure, the MD will inject contrast into an artery that will travel to the heart to show any narrowings or blockages (Main complication of this procedure is bleeding)
What is a Cardiac Catheterization or a Coronary Angiography?
This is the name of the electrical intervention that must be given immediately to a patient who is in true Ventricular Fibrillation or Pulseless Ventricular Tachycardia.
What is Defibrillation?
This is an intense procedure that is sometimes performed for patients with end-stage Heart Failure. A big complication is graft vs host disease.
What is a Heart Transplant?
This is the name of the valve that is located between the left atrium and the left ventricle
What is the mitral (or bicuspid) valve?
Fill in the blanks: During ________, the heart contracts; During _________, the heart recharges or relaxes
1 - Depolarization, 2 - Repolarization
This cardiac enzyme is usually the first enzyme to rise post heart attack and typically only remains elevated for about 24 hours.
What is Myoglobin?
This is the type of electrical intervention that is performed for cardiac dysfunction and involves administered the electrical stimulation at a certain/synched point of the cardiac cycle.
What is Synchronized Cardioversion?
This is the acronym that is used when thinking about providing care to a patient with Acute Coronary Syndrome. Name the acronym and what each letter stands for.
M - Morphine
O - Oxygen
N - Nitrates
A - Aspirin
This is the body's main artery and is responsible for pumping oxygenated blood out of the heart into the body's circulation
What is the Aorta?
This term refers to the type of arteriosclerosis that occurs when cholesterol or fat builds up on the inside of arterial walls.
What is atherosclerosis?
For a patient having a Cardiac Stress test, these are the three things the pt must be told to report should they occur during the test (as the test would have to be stopped immediately)
What are SOA, dizziness, or chest pain?
Patients who have an implanted pacemaker or ICD must avoid this being placed over/near the device, as it may deactivate it.
What is a magnet?
These are the three types of angina pectoris (chest pain). All three must be named correctly.
What are stable, unstable and variant (prinzmetal) angina?