Heart/CAD Matching
| not modifiable risk factors |
| prevention strategies for CAD |
| nutrition, physical fitness, adequate sleep, modify risk factors, avoid substance abuse, anxiety, stress management & CISM |
| cardiac med, used for centuries, derived from foxglove plant, +inotropic(force), -chronotropic(rate), -dromotropic(speed), increased cardiac output, CHF, tachyarrhythmias |
| takes cholesterol thats removed from artery walls & takes to liver to be excreted, "good cholesterol", greater thatn 35 mg/dl |
| blood pumped in 1 stroke/contraction |
| varient type, caused by spasms in coronary muscles by arteries, don't know why, happens @ rest in cycles |
| often varies w/ inspiration & expiration, chest movement & cough |
| pain lasts 3-5 mins, chest pressure, squeezing or heaviness, radiation patterns, anxiety, dyspnea, nausea &/or vomiting, diaphoresis |
| "hardening of the arteries", forming of plaque buildup, medium or large arteries |
| increased blood to the heart leads to increased cardiac contrility because the centricles stretch |
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