Lesson 7

Question 1

implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Answer 1

surgically placed
enter right wide of the heart
left ventricle is reached through the coronary sinus

Question 2

stick like line before QRS

Answer 2

sa/av node isn’t firing

Question 3

wide QRS means

Answer 3

no AV node

Question 4

demand pacemakers

Answer 4

pacemaker fires only on demand only when needed

Question 5

hyperkalemia

Answer 5

starts with huge peaked t wave
acidosis
slows conduction

Question 6

hypokalemia

Answer 6

u wave

alkaline

Question 7

hypothermia

Answer 7

under 32C

J wave

Question 8

dilated cardiomyopathy

Answer 8

heart failure

1/3 genetic

Question 9

hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Answer 9

thick myocardium blocking blood flow

Question 10

most common cardio myopathy

Answer 10

dilated

heart chambers stretch resulting in heart failure

Question 11

dilated cardio myopathy causes

Answer 11

genetics
CAD 
diabetes
alcohol abuse
pregnancy complications

Question 12

dilated cardio myopathy ages

Answer 12

20-60

Question 13

hypertrophic cardio myopathy

Answer 13

myocardial cells grow and block blood flow

Question 14

hypertrophic cardio myopathy causes

Answer 14

genetics
hypertension
diabetes

Question 15

restrictive cardiomyopathy

Answer 15

ventricles become rigid and cause abnormal diastole

Question 16

restrictive cardiomyopathy causes

Answer 16

to much iron

Question 17

arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia

Answer 17

death of right ventricle

genetic

Question 18

indications for LVAD

Answer 18

cardiomyopathies

Question 19

LVAD function

Answer 19

pumps blood from L ventricle apex to proximal aorta

Question 20

LVAD sound

Answer 20

whirr

Question 21

what type of pacemakers do we use now

Answer 21

bipolar