Angina squeezing - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

ACM Exam 2 Questions & Answers 2024/2025 - ANSWERSpositioning yourself on the patient's right side, use the flat of your right hand and fingers to find the PMI, which represents the cardiac apex (see below). Next place your hand over both sternal borders to detect abnormal pulsation (if present usually indicates right ventricular hypertrophy). Using your fingers palpate the left 2nd intercostal space (ICS) - vigorous pulsations usually indicate pulmonary artery enlargement (e.g. pulmonary ...

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ATHEROSCLEROSIS - plaque buildup ARTERIOSCLEROSIS - hardened arteries (thickening and stiffening—loss of elasticity) what is the plaque that builds up causing ATHEROSCLEROSIS - LDL particles build up on arterial walls what is LDL cholesterol? - Low-density lipoprotein; otherwise known as bad cholesterol (least desirable lipid) what is HDL cholesterol? - High-density lipoprotein; otherwise known as good cholesterol (Highly Desirable Lipid) range for LDL - less than 100 (lower the numbe...

Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) A way of describing the disorders and manifestations that make up unstable Angina and Myocardial Infarction. • Describe any conditions characterized by signs and symptoms of sudden myocardial ischemia Afterload The force that the ventricles must develop to eject blood into circulation • The amount of resistance against which the hearty must pump to get blood into systemic circulation Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 se...

2nd degree AV block type 1 ekg finding - PR interval gradually lengthened until there is a dropped QRS 3rd degree AV block - SA and AV node are not communicating. Causes hypotension. This is a complete heart block SA and AV node are firing independently of each other - no association between atria and ventricle - R waves regular because AV node firing regularly - P waves regular because SA node is firing regularly 3rd degree AV block EKG finding - QRS complex will be wide and there will b...

EXAM 2 NR 545 WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE 100% CORRECT ANSWERS WITH VERIFIED AND WELL EXPLAINED RATIONALES ALREADY GRADED A+ BY EXPERTS | LATEST VERSION 2024 WITH GUARANTEED SUCCESS AFTER DOWNLOAD ALREADY PASSED!!!!!!! ( PROVEN ITS ALL YOU NEED TO EXCEL IN YOUR EXAMS) Chest Pain AKA Angina Patho Patho: Chest pain associated with decreased blood flow or ischemia to the myocardial tissue. Chest pain PA Physical Assessment: chest heaviness Pressure Squeezing Fullness Pain radi...

episodes of chest pain correct answer: angina happens when the demand is greater than the myocardial oxygen supply available correct answer: angina Why does angina occur? correct answer: because of atherosclerotic plaque in coronary arteries What happens if angina isn't treated? What can it lead to? correct answer: MI or heart attack 3 types of angina correct answer: stable, variant, unstable (USA) "classic" angina, substernal chest pain that's constricting, suffocating, ...

Angina pectoris - ANSWERS/S - chest pain (3-5 mins), pressure/squeezing, fatigue, nausea, SOP, increased CRP, increased cholesterol Links - cardiovascular disease, anemia, atherosclerosis Testing - EKG to rule out MI, coronary angiogram, cardiac catheterizations Tx - rest and nitrates Myocardial infarction - ANSWERS/S - dyspnea, chest pain w/ radiations, N/V, anxiety, diaphoresis Links - cardiovascular disease, PE Testing - EKG (STEMI, NON-STEMI), lungs sounds: crackles at lu...

NUR 402 CAD & MI atherosclerosis What is the major cause of CAD? endothelial injury What marks the beginning of development of CAD? tobacco use hyperlipidemia hypertension toxins diabetes hyperhomocysteinemia infection What can cause injury to the endothelial lining? thrombus formation What eventually leads to chest pain in CAD? lipid deposits within the intima of the artery What is atherosclerosis characterized by? fatty deposits in the coronary arteries What are atherom...

NSG 310 Quiz 4 | Latest Version | 2024/2025 | Graded A+ 75% of heart failure patients are treated for ______ before developing heart failure Hypertension A complication of an MI is papillary muscle rupture, which causes what complication? Mitral insufficiency About ___% of men and ___% of women will develop heart failure within ____ months following an acute myocardial infarction 22%; 46%; 6 After ___ hours, most patients who have suffered an MI will have increased cardiac trop...