CAD
80% of atherosclerosis is caused by this.
What is hyperlipidemia/ high cholesterol?
True or false: the average American can be compliant enough with their lifestyle to not need medication management to treat diagnosed HTN?
What is false?
This is the color in the heart failure stop sign that means the client should immediately call their provider.
What is red?
The heart rate range of a client in Normal Sinus Rhythm (NSR)
What is 60-100 BPM?
This hallmark symptom of PAD causes pain in the legs during activity that resolves with rest.
What is intermittent claudication
True or false: Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is synonymous with Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)
What is false?
Nurses should teach patients to rise slowly from sitting or lying positions to prevent this common side effect of antihypertensive therapy.
What is orthostatic hypotension?
The component of cardiac output that is MOST effected in someone with chronic heart failure?
What is contractility?
This aspect of the ECG represents the depolarization of the ventricles.
What is the QRS complex?
Hypercoaguability
Venous stasis
Endothelial injury
What is virchow's triad?
This medication class used to help with CAD can cause hyperkalemia.
What are ACE- Inhibitors
Reducing sodium intake, maintaining a healthy weight, and engaging in regular exercise are examples of these types of treatment strategies that should be continued even with the addition of medications?
What are Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLCs)?
This medication class can cause hypokalemia and can be nephrotoxic at higher levels.
What are loop diuretics?
The drug class that someone in atrial fibrillation will be sent home on to prevent complications.
What is a blood thinner?
This surgical procedure restores blood flow by rerouting blood around a blockage using a graft.
What is a bypass graft?
This component of cardiac output is MOST effected by someone with coronary artery disease.
What is afterload?
Along with hypotension, this is a contraindication for administering beta blockers to a client?
What is daily weights?
Someone who is tachycardic can experience decreased cardiac output due to this.
What is limited time to recoil/ refill?
These are safe to use on someone with a known deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and are also used as DVT prophylaxis.
What are compression stockings?
What is aerobic exercise, 30-45 minutes a day, 5-6 days a week
This type of hypertension is diagnosed when someone has no comorbidity such as pregnancy that is causing the hypertension.
What is primary/ essential HTN?
What is an echocardiogram?
These are three high risk complications that can occur when someone is in Afib, especially with a rapid ventricular rate (RVR).
What is a DVT, PE, or CVA?
This must be present to complete a successful revascularization procedure in a PAD patient to restore blood flow.
What is a distal pulse