Chest Pain
A T-WAVE INVERSION INDICATES WHAT CARDIAC ANOMOLY
What is Ischemia?
THESE ARE THE CARDINAL MANIFESTATIONS OF HEART FAILURE
What are dyspnea, fatigue, and fluid retention?
A FIB INCREASES A PATIENT’S RISK FOR THIS BY 4-5 TIMES
What is stroke?
THIS CLASS OF DRUG IS USED TO REDUCE LDL BY 30%
What are statins?
THESE VACCINES ARE ENCOURAGED FOR PATIENTS IN HEART FAILURE
What are influenza and pneumococcal?
LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR MEN, WOMEN, AND PEOPLE OF MOST RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS IN THE US
What is Coronary Artery Disease?
THIS ABNORMAL HEART SOUND MAY BE AUDIBLE IN THE PATIENT WITH HEART FAILURE
What is an S3 gallop?
THESE ARE THE EXPECTED ECG FINDINGS FOR THE PATIENT IN A FIB
What are no visible P waves and an irregular QRS?
THESE ARE FIRST LINE ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS
What are Calcium Channel Blockers, ACE inhibitors, or ARBs?
HEAVY ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, OBESITY, POOR DIET, SMOKING, AND PHYSICAL INACTIVITY ARE THESE TYPES OF RISK FACTORS FOR CARDIAC DISEASE
What are modifiable?
CHANGE IN PATTERN OF PAIN, INCREASE IN FREQUENCY, SEVERITY, AND DURATION INDICATE THIS TYPE OF ANGINA
What is unstable?
THIS MAJOR RADIOLOGICAL FINDING IS EXPECTED ACCORDING TO THE FRAMINGTON CRITERIA FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF HEART FAILURE
What is cardiomegaly?
THE TREATMENT GOALS IN A FIB INCLUDE PREVENTION OF THIS
What is thromboembolism?
THIS CLASS OF DRUG SHOULD BE STARTED AND CONTINUED FOR 3 YEARS IN PATIENTS WHO HAD AN MI
What are beta blockers?
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER TO EDUCATE OUR PATIENTS THAT SLEEP APNEA IS A RISK FACTOR FOR THIS CHRONIC CARDIAC CONDITION
What is A fib?
THE PROBABILITY OF ISHCHEMIA IS THIS WHEN CHEST PAIN IS CENTRAL, PRESSING, SQUEEZING, GRIPPING, OR TIGHT
What is high?
THIS DIAGNOSTIC TEST IS HELPFUL TO IDENTIFY FINDINGS AND POTENTIAL CAUSES OF HEART FAILURE
What is an echocardiogram?
THE ”H” IN THE CHADVASC RISK FACTORS FOR A FIB STANDS FOR THIS MANAGEABLE CHRONIC CONDITION
What is hypertension?
IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR RENAL FUNCTION, K+, AND BODY WEIGHT WHEN PRESCRIBING THIS AGENT
What are diuretics?
THE PREVENTION OF HEART FAILURE EXACERBATION INVOLVES MONITORING THIS DAILY
What is body weight?
A SCORE OF THIS INDICATES A 65% OR HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF CARDIAC ORIGIN OF SYMPTOMS ACCORDING TO THE MARBURG HEART SCORE CRITERIA
What is 4 or 5?
SHORT, HORIZONTAL LINES FOUND AT THE BASE OF THE CXR INDICATING PULMONARY EDEMA DUE TO HEART FAILURE
What are Kerley B lines?
THE NON-PHARMACOLOGIC MANAGEMENT OF A FIB INCLUDES THESE
What is cardioversion or ablation?
THE PROVIDER SHOULD USE BETA BLOCKERS WITH CAUTION WHEN THE PATIENT HAS A HISTORY OF THIS CO-MORBID CONDITION
What is asthma?
CONTROL OF THESE COMORBID CONDITIONS IS CRITICAL FOR PATIENTS WITH CARDIAC DISEASE
What are diabetes and hyperlipidemia?