CH 22
The graphic recording of the electrical currents generated by the heart muscle
What is Electrocardiography? (EKG/ECG)
Inflammation of the inner layer of the heart tissue as a result of an infectious microorganism.
What is Infective Endocarditis?
This occurs when the aortic valve does not close tightly and blood can leak backward.
What is Aortic Regurgitation?
The stretching and bulging of an arterial wall.
What is an Aneurysm?
The major cause of death after a MI
What is Cardiac Arrhythmia?
The middle layer of the heart consisting of muscle tissue and is the force behind the heart's pumping action.
What is Myocardium?
The inflammation of a vein accompanied by clot or thrombus formation.
What is Thrombophlebitis?
A surgical technique to separate fused valve leaflets.
What is Commissurotomy?
A stationary clot.
What is a Thrombus?
The EKG characteristic that indicates myocardial ischemia.
What is Elevated ST Segment?
The amount of blood pumped out of the left ventricle each minute.
What is Cardiac Output?
The results of pericardial fluid accumulation, an acute compression of the heart.
What is Cardiac Tamponade?
A narrowing of the opening in the aortic valve when the valve cusps become stiff and rigid.
What is Aortic Stenosis?
Small metal coil with mesh-like openings placed in the coronary artery during PTCA.
What is Coronary Stent?
Post MI heart sound most associated with heart failure.
What is S3 or Ventricular gallop?
The left and right of these supply oxygenated blood to cardiac muscle.
What are Coronary Arteries?
A chronic condition characterized by structural changes in the heart muscle.
What is Cardiomyopathy?
When the valve cusps enlarge, become floppy, and bulge backward into the atrium.
What is Mitral Valve Prolapse?
A group of test that measure various blood fats.
What is Lipid Profile?
Which diagnostic lab test would be most important to obtain for a patient experiencing severe angina?
What is Troponin?
This is a diagnostic procedure that involves instilling contrast medium into an artery.
What is Arteriography?
Leg cramps after exercise.
What is Intermittent Claudication?
An invasive, nonsurgical procedure to enlarge a narrowed valve opening.
What is Balloon Valvuloplasty?
An area of tissue that dies from inadequate oxygenation.
What is an Infarct?
Post MI, which drug class is part of the medication regimen for the client that will protect the ischemic myocardium by decreasing catecholamines and sympathetic nerve stimulation.
What are Beta Blockers?