Pathology ID
Another term for supraventricular tachycardia
What is Atrial fibrillation?
Heart muscle quivers and flutters and is more deadly
What is V fib?
What is the normal range of blood pressure?
What is 120/80 mmHg?
This device takes over function of the SA node, an external means of heart conduction, and is commonly used for bradycardia?
What is a pacemaker?
What is another term for high blood pressure?
What is hypertension?
A kind of atherosclerosis where narrowed arteries block blood flow to the lower extremities.
What is a Peripheral Arterial Disease?
What are the main symptoms that radiates pain to arm, neck, jaw or back, and chest pain?
What is Myocardial Infarction
This test, often performed on a treadmill, monitors heart rhythm and electrical activity to detect signs of coronary artery disease.
What is exercise stress test?
Medications that inhibit clot formation
What are Anticoagulants and Antithrombotic?
What red flag indicates that a PAD patient should decrease exercise intensity?
What is Anginal chest pain?
Occurs when blood flow to a part of the heart is blocked for a long enough time that part of the heart muscle damaged or dies
What is Myocardial Infarction
Cough can be dry or with pink phlegm
What is left-sided Congestive Heart Failure?
Which diagnostic tool is commonly used to confirm the presence of right ventricular hypertrophy in Cor pulmonale?
What is Echocardiogram?
A common intervention for coronary artery disease involves inserting a balloon tipped catheter to open up blocked arteries.
What is a Angioplasty?
This cardiovascular condition makes you prone to blood clot.
What is Atrial fibrillation?
When a lung issue causes your right ventricle heart chamber to get so big that your heart starts to fail, its a type of right sided heart failure.
What is Cor Pulmonale?
A patients comes in complaining about "heavy legs", varicose veins, and ulcers in their lower legs, these are signs of?
What is Chronic Venous Insufficiency?
Pressure that is created by the left ventricle contraction is called?
What is Systolic pressure?
When a patient should wear compression stocking and elevate their legs above heart level.
What is Chronic Venous Insufficiency?
True and False: Pulmonary fibrosis can lead to complications in the cardiovascular system such as pulmonary hypertension and right sided heart failure
True
Which side of the heart receives blood from your body and delivers it to your lungs?
What is the Right side?
Signs and symptoms include dizziness, fainting, blurred or loss vision and an increased fall risk
What is Orthostatic Hypotension?
What wave is considered the recovery (repolarization) of the ventricles in a Electrocardiogram?
What is T wave?
What is a short term treatment for Angina Pectoris?
What is Nitroglycerin?
What is intermittent claudication associated with?
What is Arterial insufficiency?