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7 Cardiovascular Disorders (Unit 2) Flashcards

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Auscultation

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refers to listening

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Electrocardiogram

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How we listen to the electrical activity of the heart’s actions

Useful in evaluating heart attack

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Echocardiogram

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Ultrasound showing how heart muscle, valve, and blood flow are working

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Stress test

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Evaluating heart’s response to activity, then how it returns to normal

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Cardiac catheterization

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Procedure in which a long thin tube is inserted into artery or vein in groin, neck or arm and threaded through BLOOD VESSELS to heart

Can be done after heart attack or during suspected heart attack

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Angiocardiography

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Person’s injected with radiopaque substance then X-Ray. Dye helps make vessels more clear

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Coronary Arteriography

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Procedure in which catheter with contract dye is threaded through artery from groin, neck or arm to CORONARY ARTERIES

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Normal Heart Rate

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60-100

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tachycardia

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heart rate over 100 bpm; a type of Cardiac Arrhythmia

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bradycardia

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heart rate under 60 bpm; a type of Cardiac Arrhythmia

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What can EKG patterns reveal?

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Heart attack
Lack of blood flow to heart
Heart failure
Arrhythmia
Cardiomyopathy
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Arrhythmia

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Problem with rate or rhythm of heartbeat

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Cardiomyopathy

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Disease of heart muscle that makes it harder for heart to pump blood to body

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cholesterol

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Waxy substance found in all cell membranes that’s transported throughout the body via lipoprotein

sometimes we have too much especially of the bad kind

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hyperlipidemia

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Abnormal high concentration of fats/lipids in blood

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High-density lipoprotein (HDL)

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“healthy cholesterol”

Ideal amount: more than 50 mg/dl

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Low-density lipoprotein (LDL)

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“lousy cholesterol” which causes formation of plaque

Ideal amount: 70-130 mg/dl

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Triglycerides

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Fat we see in arteries
Related to dietary consumption of fat

Ideal amount: 10-150 mg/dl

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Arteriosclerosis

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When artery walls become thick, hard, inflexible

  • Partially due to calcium deposits
  • Goes hand-and-hand with atherosclerosis
  • Leads to high BP
  • Major risk is smoking
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Atherosclerosis

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The thickening, narrowing, hardening of arteries due to fatty streaks and plaque formation

Risk factors, Signs/Symps, Treatment on 10/7 (3)

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Plaque

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Accumulation of lipids and formation of scan tissue in vessel

As increases, artery narrows, blood flow is reduced

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Hypertension

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High BP

Signs/Symps, Risk factors, Treatment on 10/7 (3)

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Blood Pressure

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measure of force of blood vessels against vessel walls

[Systolic (contraction)] / [Diastolic (relaxation)]

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Normal adult BP

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below 120/80 mmHg

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Prehypertension
120/80 to 139/89 mmHg
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Stage 1 hypertension
140/90 to 159/99 mmHg
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Stage 2 hypertension
160/100 mmHg
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Average adult Sodium Intake recommendation
below 2300 mg per day
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Adult at risk Sodium Intake recommendation
below 1500 mg per day
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who's at risk for high Sodium Intake?
African americans 50 yrs or older Co-existing condition like diabetes
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Coronary Heart Disease
Reduced coronary blood flow Leading cause of death globally Risk factors, Complications, Treatment on 10/7 (4)
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Angina
Severe chest pain spreading to shoulders, arms, neck caused by lack of blood supply to heart Symptom of Coronary Heart Disease
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Myocardial Infarction
Blockage in coronary arteries causing cardia ischemia and can lead to tissue death Signs/symps, Diagnosis, Treatment
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another name for Myocardial Infarction
Heart attack
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ischemia
Lack of blood supply to organ or part of body
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Angioplasty
Procedure to restore blood flow through artery
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Coronary artery bypass graft
Blood vessels from part of body is connected to BV above/below narrowed artery, going around narrowed/blockage coronary arteries
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Cardiomyopathy
Condition in which heart becomes weak, enlarged and/or rigid Risk factors, Signs/symps, Treatment
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edema
swelling
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Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Most common | Associated with Congestive Heart Failure
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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Most common cause of sudden cardia death in young people because they don't know they have it until they're in the hospital or dead
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Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
Least common | Scarring in ventricle
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Congestive Heart Failure
CHRONIC and progressive heart failure, causing reduction in ability to pump blood Risk factors, Signs/symps, Diagnosis, Treatment on 10/7 (5)
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Pulmonary edema
when there's fluid in lungs
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Diuretics
Causes increase passing of urine to help excrete fluids
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Deep Vein Thrombosis
Blood clot formation in deep, vein, usually in legs Risk factors, Signs/symps, Prevention
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Pulmonary embolism
Blood clot in lungs | Complication in DVT
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Anticoagulants
Blood thinners One of three treatments for DVT
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Thrombolytics
Medicine goes to site of block and breaks it up One of three treatments for DVT
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Thrombectomy
Procedure in which the site of the clot is removed One of three treatments for DVT
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Cardiac Arrhythmias
Group of abnormal heart rhythms
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Atrial fibrillation/"A Fib"
Uncoordinated contraction of atria; a type of Cardiac Arrhythmia most common; makes person at risk for blood clots
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Ventricular Fibrillation/ "V Fib"
Uncoordinated contraction of ventricle; a type of Cardiac Arrhythmia life threatening and leads to Cardiac arrest
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Heart block
Atria and ventricle contact without coordination; a type of Cardiac Arrhythmia
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anemia
Extremely low # of RBC leading to reduce delivery of oxygen and nutrients to tissue Causes, Sign/symp, Risk factors, Treatment on 10/7 (6)
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Iron-deficiency anemia
most common form of anemia

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