Coronary Artery Disease
This type of angina is predictable and relieved with rest or nitroglycerin.
What is stable angina?
This cardiac biomarker is considered the most specific indicator of myocardial injury.
What is troponin?
This heart sound is commonly heard with valvular heart disease.
What is a murmur?
Following cardiac catheterization through the femoral artery, the nurse should frequently assess this distal circulation.
What are pedal pulses?
This is the most common cause of cardiogenic shock.
What is acute myocardial infarction?
A nurse's priority assessment for a client reporting chest pain is to evaluate these four characteristics using the PQRST method.
What are pain location, quality, severity, timing, and aggravating/relieving factors?
The preferred treatment for STEMI is this procedure performed within approximately 90 minutes.
What is percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)?
This inflammatory heart disorder causes chest pain that improves when the client leans forward.
What is pericarditis?
A priority nursing intervention after femoral artery catheterization is to keep this body part straight.
What is the affected leg?
Beck's Triad includes these three manifestations.
What are hypotension, jugular venous distention, and muffled heart sounds?
A client receives nitroglycerin for chest pain. The nurse knows this medication primarily works by doing this.
What is vasodilation, reducing myocardial oxygen demand?
Name three classic symptoms of a myocardial infarction.
What are crushing chest pain, diaphoresis, shortness of breath, nausea, or pain radiating to the jaw or arm?
Before administering IV antibiotics for infective endocarditis, the nurse should obtain these.
What are blood cultures?
Before cardiac catheterization, the nurse should verify allergies to this substance.
What is iodinated contrast dye?
The emergency treatment for cardiac tamponade is this procedure.
What is pericardiocentesis?
A client has chest pain at rest that is increasing in frequency and not relieved by nitroglycerin. This condition is considered this type of coronary syndrome.
What is unstable angina?
Women, older adults, and clients with diabetes often present with these atypical symptoms instead of severe chest pain.
What are fatigue, dyspnea, nausea, weakness, or indigestion?
Clients with mechanical heart valves require lifelong therapy with this medication.
What is warfarin (Coumadin)?
The most commonly used graft for CABG surgery is harvested from this leg vein.
What is the saphenous vein?
Which cardiac arrest rhythms are shockable?
What are ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia?
A patient arrives with chest pain. Which medication should the nurse ensure is administered first unless contraindicated?
What is aspirin?
Following an MI, the nurse observes frequent premature ventricular contractions. Why is this finding significant?
What is the increased risk for life-threatening ventricular dysrhythmias?
Match the disorder with its description:
Inflammation of the myocardium resulting in decreased contractility.
What is myocarditis?
After CABG surgery, the nurse notes increasing chest tube drainage and hypotension. What is the priority concern?
What is postoperative hemorrhage?
A client with cardiogenic shock has a blood pressure of 80/48 mm Hg, crackles, cool clammy skin, and decreased urine output. What is the nurse's priority intervention?
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What is supporting oxygenation and circulation while notifying the provider and preparing for vasopressors/inotropic support?