CH35CardiacDisO2 Matching
| T or false: Pulse pressure and systolic BP decrease in the elderly |
| False: atrial stiffening can cause hypertnetion increasing pressure. |
| After stress or exercise, the heart takes longer, quicker, or no changes in returning to a normal state. |
| true or flase: It is easy to seperate normal age-related chagnes in the heart and vessels from changes caused by disease |
| why is an older person more prone to venous stasis |
| veins stretch and dilate = impaired venous return |
| what is the difference in characteristics between normal age related changes of the heart vs. disease changes |
| normal age related = changes progress slowly disease = changes are mostly sudden |
| T or F: Aging hearts take longer to respond to stress and responds more dramatically. |
| False: It is true it takes longer to respond but reponds LESS dramatically to stress; not more |
| T or F: number of SA nodes increase to help the elderly pump more effeciently |
| Age related changes; what causes a murmur |
| imporper closure of vavlves due to valves thickening and stiffening |
| T or F: dysrhythmias are common for all ages |
| False: more common in the elderly |
| What age related change results in less ability for the heart to adapt to changes in circulating blood volume |
| decline in cardiac contractility |
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