Cardiac A&P
This valve prevents backflow from the left ventricle to the left atrium
What is the mitral valve?
This part of the ECG represents atrial depolarization?
What is the P wave?
This medication, traditionally used for gout, is now recognized for reducing inflammation and cardiovascular event risk?
What is Colchicine?
With this disease: overtime, plaque buildup may become significant enough that not enough blood, O2 and nutrients reach the heart muscle.
What is coronary artery disease?
This procedure is used to dilate a narrowed valve?
What is a balloon valvuloplasty?
This side of the heart pumps oxygenated blood to the body.
What is the left side?
This interval represents the time for ventricular depolarization and repolarization?
What is the QT interval?
This medication is used for chest pain and works by dilating coronary arteries and reducing myocardial oxygen demand?
What is Nitroglycerin
This disorder can be caused by recent flu-like illness?
What is pericarditis?
This laboratory study is likely to show elevation if a MI occurred within the last 6 hours?
What is CK-MB?
The sac surrounding the heart is known as?
What is the pericardium?
An irregular rhythm with no identifiable P waves and a normal QRS may indicate this?
What is atrial fibrillation?
These medications promote fluid excretion and are often used to manage hypertension and heart failure?
What are Diuretics?
This heart condition is caused by excessive stretching of the ventricle?
What is dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM)?
Levels of what blood test increase when the heart is working harder to pump blood, which can happen in conditions like heart failure ?
What is Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP)?
This node is known as the heart’s natural pacemaker.
What is the SA node?
A wide, bizarre QRS that comes early without a preceding P wave describes this?
What is a premature ventricular contraction (PVCs)?
This medication helps prevent strokes in clients who have atrial fibrillation. It also requires frequent INR monitoring and has a reversal agent called vitamin K?
What is Warfarin an Anticoagulant?
These interventions should be included in the plan of care for peripheral vascular disease ?
What are elevate legs, calf pumps, ambulation and compression therapy?
This procedure removes fluid accumulation surround the heart?
What is pericardiocentesis?
The total amount of blood ejected from one ventricle of the heart in L/min?
What is cardiac output?
This heart rhythm occurs when the cardiac conduction system is delayed in transmitting an electrical signal through the right atrium to the AV node?
What is First-Degree Heart Block?
This medication improves cardiac contractility in heart failure but requires monitoring for toxicity, especially when potassium levels are low.
What is Digoxin?
These instructions/interventions should be included with a PAD patient?
What is walk until pain, rest and repeat. Keep legs DEPENDENT when painful.
This procedure may be performed on a client who has worsening heart failure and is experiencing arrhythmias?
What is Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT)?