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skills- cardiac assessment

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Infarction necrosis of heart muscle
Ischemia local and temporary lack of blood supply to heart
Angina Pain in neck, chest, or arm
Systolic pressure exerted on arterial walls when ventricles are contracting
Diastolic pressure exerted on arterial walls when ventricles are relaxes
S-A node pacemaker of heart
A-V node sends delayed impulse to ventricles to contract
stenosis narrowing or constriction of a diseased heart valve
Regurgitation backward flow of blood through a heart valve
cardiomegaly enlargement of heart
hypertension elevated BP
Cardiac Landmarks APE To Man
Hypokinetic decreased movement
Hyperkinetic increased movement
Thrills vibrations that feel similar to a purring cat
Heaves Lifts, lifting of cardiac area secondary to increased workloadand force of ventricular contractions
Gallop extra heart sound on S3 (tricuspid area)
Bruit a blowing sound heard when turbulent blood rushes past an obstruction
Snap early diastolic sound high pitched and abnormal
crescendo soft to loud murmur
decrescendo loud to soft murmur
afterload pressure overload due to stenosis
preload volume overload due to insufficient valves
pericarditis inflammation of the pericardium
orthostatic hypertension change >20 when pt. changes postitions
tilts orthostatic vitals
Homans sign assess vein in leg for clots
Pallor lack of color
7 Characteristics of a murmur TLC Q RIP
carotid front side of neck
Brachial inner bend of elbow
Radial off thumb on inner wrist
Ulnar off pinky on inner wrist
Femoral inner leg/ groin
Popliteal behind knee
Posterier tibial inner ankle under bone
Dorsalis Pedis top of foot
Apical under heart, below nipple line
Normal pulse grade 2+
Absent pulse grade 0
weak and thready pulse grade 1+
Full pulse grade 3+
Full and Bounding pulse grade 4+
4 pulse characteristics rate, rhythm, symmetry, amplitude
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