Medication
Which of the following is not a medication given to people with this disease?
A. Beta blockers
B. Calcium channel blockers
C. Anticoagulants
D. Septal ablation
D. Septal ablation
How is the blood flow in people with this disease affected?
A. It gets clotted
B. It is obstructed
C. It is unaffected
D. It is at extremely slow rates
B. It is obstructed
What is the most common cause of this disease?
A. eating increased amounts of fatty foods
B. abnormal gene mutation
C. smoking
D. diabetes
B. abnormal gene mutation
Which of the following is a diagnostic test that is used to discover this disease?
A. High-performance liquid chromatography
B. Peripheral blood smear
C. Electrocardiogram
D. Chest X-ray
C. Electrocardiogram
Which of the following is a procedure which is done to people with this disease?
A. Blood transfusion
B. Septal ablation
C. Heart valve replacement
D. Coronary artery bypass graft surgery
B. Septal ablation
Which of the following is a medication which relaxes the heart muscle resulting in efficient heart beat?
A. Anticoagulants
B. Beta blockers
C. Calcium channel blockers
D. Warfarin
B. Beta blockers
What are you at risk of when diagnosed with this disease?
A. Siezures
B. Heart attacks
C. Cardiac death
D. Stokes
C. Cardiac death
Which of the following is not a risk factor?
A. Gender
B. Age
C. Uncontrolled high blood pressure
D. Family history
A. Gender
What diagnostic test is used to check whether the heart muscle is abnormally thick?
A. Stress test
B. Electrocardiogram
C. MRI
D. Echocardiogram
D. Echocardiogram
Which of the following is done only in severe cases such as completely damaged heart muscles?
A. Heart transplant
B. Septal myectomy
C. Blood transfusion
D. Septal ablation
A. Heart transplant
What do anticoagulants do?
A. Reduces the risk of blood clots
B. Thins the thickened heart muscle
C. Regulates the heart rhythm
D. Relaxes the heart muscle resulting in efficient heart beat
A. Reduces the risk of blood clots
Which of the following is not a complication of this disease?
A. Cardiac death
B. Obstructed blood flow
C. Heart failure when the heart became too stiff to fill with blood
D. Joint damage caused by decreased blood flow
D. Joint damage caused by decreased blood flow
Which is a type of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
A. Constructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
B. Clotted hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
C. Nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
D. Anemic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
C. Nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
What is a stress test?
A. Monitoring blood pressure and heart rhythm while walking on a treadmill
B. Rating the amount of stress an individual has been under on a scale over a period of time
C. Measuring the amount of stress that is put on the heart by scanning it
D. Putting the heart under stress with a device in order to see how it will react and overcome it
A. Monitoring blood pressure and heart rhythm while walking on a treadmill
What occurs during a septal myectomy?
A. Done only in severe cases such as completely damaged heart muscles
B. An incision is made in a specific location of the heart so that blood is able to pump more efficiently throughout the heart
C. Part of the thickened wall is removed through a open heart surgery
D. A section of thickened heart muscle is destroyed by injecting alcohol through a catheter into the artery supplying thte area
C. Part of the thickened wall is removed through a open heart surgery
Which of the following is not given to patients with this disease?
A. Metoprolol
B. Warfarin
C. Oxcarbazepine
D. Verapamil
C. Oxcarbazepine
Why does heart failure occur in people with this disease?
A. Blood going to the wrong places in the heart
B. An increased amount of Potassium in the blood
C. Too much oxygen in the blood
D. The heart becomes too stiff to fill with blood
D. The heart becomes too stiff to fill with blood
What occurs during obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
A. the aorta receives and pumps deoxygenated blood to the rest of the body instead of oxygenated blood
B. the wall (the septum) between the two ventricles becomes thick and restrict blood flow
C. the pulmonary valve gets blocked and is closed completely
D. the left ventricle (the main pumping chamber) of the heart becomes thick resulting in the decreased amount of blood taken in and pumping out.
B. the wall (the septum) between the two ventricles becomes thick and restrict blood flow
Why is cardiac catheterization done?
A. To check whether the heart muscle is abnormally thick
B. To measure electrical impulses from the heart
C. To obtain X-ray images of the blood vessels
D. To check the severity of the condition
C. To obtain X-ray images of the blood vessels
What does a septal myectomy do?
A. replaces the damaged muscles in the heart
B. destroys a section of thickened heart muscle
C. regulates the blood flow and heart beats
D. thins the heart muscle so blood can flow easily throughout the heart
C. regulates the blood flow and heart beats
What is an example of a calcium channel blocker?
A. Verapamil
B. Metoprolol
C. Warfarin
D. Propranolol
A. Verapamil
What caused mitral valve regurgitation in people with this disease?
A. blood forcing itself through the valves
B. deoxygenated blood flowing to parts of the body rather than oxygenated blood
C. blood entering the gastrointestinal system of the body
D. the thinning of heart muscle
A. blood forcing itself through the valves
What occurs during nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
A. the aorta receives and pumps deoxygenated blood to the rest of the body instead of oxygenated blood
B. the wall (the septum) between the two ventricles becomes thick and restrict blood flow
C. the pulmonary valve gets blocked and is closed completely
D. the left ventricle (the main pumping chamber) of the heart becomes thick resulting in the decreased amount of blood taken in and pumping out.
D. the left ventricle (the main pumping chamber) of the heart becomes thick resulting in the decreased amount of blood taken in and pumping out.
What does MRI stand for?
A. Myopathy radiographic imaging
B. Magnetic resonance imaging
C. Microscopic resize imaging
D. Muscle recognition imaging
B. Magnetic resonance imaging
How is a septal ablation performed?
A. Alcohol is injected through a catheter into the artery supplying that area
B. A specially developed plasma is injected through the heart in order to thin the thickened muscle
C. Parts of the affected muscle of the heart are completely removed
D. Part of the thickened wall is removed through a open heart surgery
A. Alcohol is injected through a catheter into the artery supplying that area