More than half of all cardiac arrhythmias involve the atria. - ANSWER true
What are the most common symptoms caused by tachyarrhythmias? - ANSWER
palpitations
For women with known CAD and diabetes, which is most appropriate to assess CAD
risk? - ANSWER ETT with imaging
Of the following, which is the best answer when asked what advantage echocardiogram
exercise testing has over thallium stress testing? - ANSWER Results are available more
quickly
What function does the principle of fidelity play in the provider/patient relationship? -
ANSWER Ensures that providers fulfill promises made to the patient
After both systolic and diastolic dysfunction in CAD, the characteristic pattern of chest
pain and associated EKG changes occur. On an EKG, you would expect to find
STsegment and T-wave changes central to demonstration of ischemia occurring
relatively late in the ischemic cascade. True or False ANSWER True
The leads on the ECG showing ischemic changes during or immediately after an ETT
can roughly correlate to the culprit artery or arteries with significant CAD. True or False
- ANSWER True
What ECG changes can reduce the specificity of the ETT? - ANSWER Paced rhythm and
resting bundle branch block
You have confirmed that your patient does indeed have an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
, In teaching your patient about symptoms to report immediately to the vascular surgeon,
you instruct the patient to report which of the following? - ANSWER Back pain or flank
pain
What is one of the common causes of a Saccular Abdominal Aneurysm? - ANSWER
trauma
For what reasons is the diagnostic accuracy of stress testing lowered among women as
compared to men? - ANSWER Women usually have single vessel or non-obstructive
disease
Population disease management is term used to describe - ANSWER high prevalence
specific diseases
You receive a report on the suspected abdominal aortic aneurysm for your patient. The
results confirm your suspicion of AAA. The report describes the aneurysm as a
symmetric weakness of the entire circumference of the aorta. You know this form of
aneurysm is referred to as what kind of aneurysm? - ANSWER fusiform aneurysm
Your exercise partner has just ordered an exercise echocardiography 2DE on a patient
suspected of having cardiovascular risk. This is a patient with known resting wall motion
abnormalities. Why would this not be the best test to assess this patient's cardiac risk?
ANSWER sensitivity is decreased
We understand that, in order to become a successful nurse practitioner, collaboration is
paramount. Among collaborations, there are those that are considered the most
important. Though each one listed below is equally important, which do you consider to
be the most important? Which would it be? The collaboration between: - ANSWER the
patient and the nurse practitioner
The sensitivity of a routine ETT is effort dependent. What physiological changes occur
during effort in the routine ETT? - ANSWER increased coronary flow and increased
systolic blood pressure
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