Cardiac Function

Experienced Cardiac Nursing Review

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1.	Literal meaning of "angina pectoris."
2.	Bradycardia-tachycardia syndrome (abbr.)
4.	Angina that typically occurs at rest.
6.	A blood pressure 120-139 over 80-89 is considered this.
7.	The expression of the second heart sound heard over the apex.
11.	Also known as the mitral valve.
12.	Predictable, exercise induced angina that is relieved by rest.
14.	Is the neurotransmitter for sympathetic nerves.
16.	Example of an ace inhibitor used for hypertension.
17.	An alternative term for valve incompetence, specifically valve closing.
18.	The right ventricle pumps blood into the ______ artery.
19.	Characterized by chest pain, fever, and audible friction rub.
20.	The total volume of blood pumped out with each ventricular contraction is know as (2 words).
21.	Death of tissue or organ due yo ischemia.
24.	Calcium channel blocker used for chronic stable angina (generic name).
26.	Inadequate blood flow.
27.	Vasodilator that decreases preload and afterload as well as controls pain.
28.	One of the main mechanisms by which cardiac ischemia is likely to occur.
30.	Sympathetic nerve impulses _______ the heart rate and force of contraction.
32.	Fibers acting as pacemaker in junctional dysrhythmias.
34.	A QRS complex that is wider than normal (abbr).
35.	Atherosclerotic lesions occur most oftenin the area of coronary arteries.
36.	Reentry phenomena producing sawtooth pattern of P-waves (abbr).
38.	Good cholesterol because they transport cholesterol back to the liver for excretion.
44.	The end diastolic stretch of a heart muscle, loading condition of the heart at the end of diastole.
45.	Familial hypercholesterolemia is an example of ______ form of high cholesterol.
47.	The P wave is associated with contraction of the _____.
48.	The main trunk of the arterial system of the body.
50.	Weight gain, peripheral edema, ascites, abdominal pain and anorexia suggest ______ sided heart failure.
51.	Electrical recording of heart activity.
52.	This valve is best heard behind the third intercostal space about 1 inch to the left of the sternum.
53.	The frequency with which blood is ejected from the heart, normal is 60 to 100 (2 words).

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1.	Amount of blood the heart pumps each minute (2 words).
2.	The constriction or narrowing of a passage.
3.	Period of contraction of the heart.
4.	A tumor, usually located in the adrenal medulla, containing sympathetic nerve cells, causing hypertension.
5.	Common beta blocker given post MI to reduce mortality.
8.	Renal vascular disease is the most common cause of ________ hypertension.
9.	Most often used vein to reperfuse the heart.
10.	The force that the contracting heart must generate to eject blood from the filled heart.
13.	Loose fitting fibrous sac covering the heart.
15.	Elevation of this EKG segment contribute to the diagnosis of MI.
20.	The aortic valve and pulmonary valve are aslo referred to as.
22.	Excessive pericardial fluid compressing the heart.
23.	Fast acting vasodilator that decreases preload.
24.	Time during blood enters the relaxed chambers of the heart.
25.	Lengthening of the PR interval indicates _______conduction through the AV node.
29.	The circumflex artery is a branch of the ____ coronary artery.
31.	S1 sound heard in auscultation of the heart.
33.	Inhibits platelet aggregation by inhibiting synthesis of prostaglandin.
36.	Body shape more associated with hypertension.
37.	A chemical that regulates calcium in muscles, it is ideal for diagnosis of an MI 3 days after onset.
39.	Lipoprotein that is the main carrier of cholesterol that is released into the bloodstream and settles in blood vessels.
40.	The pump of the circulatory system.
41.	Main function is to direct flow through the heart.
42.	A marker that indicates inflammation and becomes elevated before other markers.
43.	Acronym for coronary artery bypass graft.
45.	Also known as a balloon angioplasty.
46.	Occurs when atrial cells cannot repolarize in time for the next stimulus and has no discernible P-wave (abbr).
49.	Compression of the lumbar nerve roots causing low back and leg pain may be caused by this vascular condition (abr).

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