Week 6

Question 2

Define Aneurysm

Answer 2

weakening in arterial wall= ballon at artery

Question 3

Symptoms of cardiac tamponade

Answer 3

-MUFFLED heart sounds: swishing of fluid and heart contractions
-LOW BP: heart CANNOT expand to fill w/lots of blud
-DISTENSION: not all fluid is coming in or coming out = backup of blood
-S.O.B

Question 4

Angina is the term for…

Answer 4

CHEST PAIN

Question 5

State the VIRCHOW’S TRIAD & describe them

Answer 5

Something that stimulates the body to CLOT
-hypercoagulability:
cancer
-vessel wall injury
surgery
-stasis of blood
long flight, sitting a lot

Question 7

DVT is when there is a _____ in the blood vessel

Answer 7

CLOT, not allowing blood to pass
the blood from legs can’t return back to HEART, stuck at lower area
-purple
-warm
-swollen

Question 8

Pericarditis is inflammation at the….

Answer 8

pericardium
fluid @ pericardium sack that can = CARDIAC TAMPONAD

Question 9

the difference between Stable angina & unstable angina

Answer 9

stable
you is good till you do too much physically (no chest pain) or take a break & will be fine
unstable
consistent chest pain due to the severe narrow pathways, CANNOT bet resolved w rest