Location, Location, Location
Random Cardio
The Beat Goes On (hopefully)
Cycling is Fun
Do you hear what I hear?
100
A vessel that carries blood away from the heart.
What is an artery?
100

Abbreviation for the treatment of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS).

What is MONA?

100
The preferred cardiac rhythm.
What is normal sinus rhythm.
100
The SA node is often referred to as this.
What is pacemaker of the heart?
100

The condition where cardiac auscultation reveals an irregular rhythm with a corresponding cardiac tracing that does not have p-waves.

What is atrial fibrillation?

200
Located between the right atrium and right ventricle.
What is the tricuspid valve?
200

The symptom that refers to swelling caused by fluid leaking into surrounding tissues.

What is edema?

200

A rhythm that has P-waves which appear in a "saw-tooth" like pattern.

What is atrial flutter?

200

The term that describes the release of the electrical charge causing the heart muscles to contract.

What is depolorization?

200

The heart sound associated with the aortic and pulmonic valves closing.

What is S2 or dub sound?

300

The only artery that carries unoxygenated blood.

What is the pulmonary artery?

300

A cardiac test that uses isotopes to assess for ischemia when the heart is "stressed."

What is a nuclear medicine stress test?

300
The atria and the ventricles work independently of each other.
What is a third degree heart block?
300

Demonstrates the contraction of the ventricles on an EKG.

What is the QRS complex?

300
The swishing sound when a valve does not close completely.
What is a murmur?
400

Supplies the heart muscle with blood and oxygen.

What is the coronary arteries?

400
Measures the percentage of blood emptied out of the left ventricle with each heart beat?

What is Ejection Fraction (EF)?

400

A rhythm that appears as a "tomb stone" 

What is ventricular tachycardia?

400

This will take over if the SA node stops functioning.

What is the AV node?

400

The heart sound associated with the closure of the tricuspid and bicuspid valves?

What is S1 or lub sound.

500

Also known as the Left Main Coronary (LMC) Artery 

What is the "Widow Maker"?

500

Heart rate X Stroke Volume = _______

What is Cardiac Output?

500

Lethal cardiac arrhythmia that has no electrical activity.

What is asystole?

500

The interval that represents complete contraction and relaxation of the ventricles.

What is the QT interval?

500

Change in speech that may indicate a stroke or TIA.

What is slurred?