Block 5 Flashcards
(578 cards)
Comprise the most prevalent serious disorders in industrialized nations
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
Age-adjusted death rates for coronary heart disease have declined by _____ in the last four decades in US
2/3
Remain the most common cause of death: → 35% of all death → Almost 1 million death each year
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
→ ¼ of cardiac deaths are?
sudden (sudden cardiac death)
Cardiovascular diseases was considered to be more common in?
men than in women
Percentage of all deaths due to CVD is higher among?
women (43%) than men (37%)
o Chest discomfort
Myocardial ischemia
Common symptoms of Heart Failure:
▪ Fatigue ▪ Peripheral Edema ▪ Dyspnea
→ Obstruction to blood flow
o Valvular Stenosis → heart failure
→ Abnormal cardiac rhythm or rate
o Palpitations o Dyspnea o Hypotension o Syncope
Dyspnea
→ Pulmonary disease, marked obesity and anxiety
Chest discomfort
→ Result from variety of non-cardiac and cardiac causes other than myocardial ischemia
Edema
→ Primary renal disease and hepatic cirrhosis
Syncope
→ Neurologic disorder
CHARACTERISTIC FINDINGS OF CARDIAC PATIENTS
- Dyspnea/Chest Discomfort 2. Heart murmurs 3. Elevated arterial pressure 4. Abnormal ECG, CXR, and other imaging 5. Risk factors for CAD
positive a wave on ECG
MI
Biomarker for cardiac disease
C-reactive protein
→ No limitation of physical activity → No symptoms with ordinary exertion → Mild form
Class I
→ Slight limitation of physical activity → Ordinary activity causes symptoms o Patient is walking on a flat surface and experience difficulty of breathing
Class II
→ Marked limitation of physical activity → Less than ordinary activity causes symptoms → Asymptomatic at rest
Class III
→ Inability to carry out any physical activity without discomfort → Symptoms at rest → Worst classification for the patient to have
Class IV
• Congenital Heart Disease • Ventricular Septal Defect • Perimembranous type • Qp:Qs Ratio = 1:2 (Measures pulmonary circulation and flow of blood in the circulation)
Functional Class II-B
• Ischemic Heart Disease • S/P anterior wall myocardial infarction • Congestive Heart Failure
Functional Class III-C
• Rheumatic Heart Disease • Mitral Stenosis(irreg cardiac rhythm) • Atrial Fibrillation • Pulmonary Hypertension (physiological dx)
Functional Class IV-E “worse final classification”




