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MCC NRB122 Cardiac
Question | Answer |
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Generic term for disorders of the heart and blood vessels | Cardio Vascular Disease |
Most common type of CVD and accounts for majority of the deaths | Coronary Artery Disease |
Left main coronary artery, anterior descending, circumflex, right coronary artery, posterior descending | Coronary Arteries |
Hardening of the arteries due to fatty deposits | Atherosclerosis |
insufficient O2 to cells | hypoxia |
decrease in arterial blood flow so that O2 supply to tissues is inadequate to meet needs; reversible | Ischemia |
death of tissue resulting from inadequate blood flow and O2 | Infarction |
Arteries are grown to compensate; arterial anastomsis or connections | Collateral Circulation |
When the lack of O2 supply is temporary and reversible | Stable Angina |
When the lack of O2 supply is prolonged and not immediately reversible | ACS |
Develops when demand for myocardial O2 exceeds ability of coronary arteries to supply heart with O2 | Myocardial Ischemia |
Non-invasive test using sound waves that observes A&P of heart | Echocardiogram |
Combines Echo and upper endoscopy, can see cardiac structures and anatomic detail not possible by transthoracic echo | Transesophageal Echocardiogram |
Records continuous EKG for 24-48 hours | Holter Monitor |
Determines LVEF (Left ventricular ejection fraction) and left ventricular wall motion. Can detect intracardiac shunts | MUGA |
CK-MB and Troponin T; following injury or infarction to organ, levels increase inproportion to organ's enzymes content and extent of injury | Cardiac enzymes |
Help rid body of newly formed cholesterol in blood | Polyunsaturated fat |
Blocks cholesterol production in liver; decrease LDL and triglycerides; statins | HMG-CoA Reducase Inhibitors |
Work in the intestines to lower LDL, helps increase HDL | Bile acid binding resins |
increase HDL, decrease LDL, need to take with meals; | Fibrates |
works in liver to decrease blood fats, triglycerides, LDL, and increase HDL | Nicotinic Acid |
inhibits intestinal absorption of cholesterol, decrease LDL, increase HDL | Cholesterol Absorption Inhibitor |