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Arteriosclerosis is what?
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Abnormal hardening and thickening of vessel walls
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Atherosclerosis is what?
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Abnormal hardening and thickening of vessel walls due to accumulation of fatty deposits in the inner lining of arteries.
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Ischemia is what?
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A decreased supply of oxygenated blood to a body part or organ
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Inner layer of vessels
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Tunica Intima
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TI
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Middle layer of vessels
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Tunica Media
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TM
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Outer layer of vessels
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Tunica Adventitia
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TA
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This plaque has a thick fibrous cap
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Stable plaque
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This plaque has a large lipid core with a thin fibrous cap
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vulnerable plaque
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______%diameter stenosis is required to produce angina signs
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70%
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What are some non-modifiable CAD factors?
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Heredity, Gender, Race, Age
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HGRA
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What are some modifiable CAD factors?
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Alcohol intake, hypertension, Lipid & Cholesterol intake, smoking, drug use, stress
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AHCSDS
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What are some CAD contributing factors?
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Inactive lifestyle, diabetes, obesity
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ILDO
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NSTEMI stands for what?
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Non-ST Segment elevation Myocardial Infarction
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Inner most layer of the myocardium?
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Subendocardium
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under/below, inner
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Outer most layer of the myocardium?
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Subepicardium
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under/below, outer
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Myocardium layer that has the greatest risk for an MI because of it's high oxygen demand and is fed from the most distal branches of the coronary arteries?
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Subendocardium
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LCA is what?
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Left Coronary Artery
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RCA is what?
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Right Coronary Artery
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RMA is what?
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Right Marginal Artery
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PDA is what?
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Posterior Descending Artery
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CCF is what?
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Circumflex Artery
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ADA is what?
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Anterior Descending Artery
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What coronary artery is mostly right side dominate, but can sometimes be left side dominate?
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Posterior Descending Artery
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What do you call an MI that stretches across the myocardium, from subepicardium to subendocardium
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Transmural MI
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Infarct means?
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Die
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Type of Angina that is relatively constant and predictable?
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Stable Angina
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Type of Angina that is unpredictable and varies in pain as pathophysiologic processes occur?
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Unstable Angina
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What is a variant angina that results in an intense spasm of a segment of an epicardial coronary artery?
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Prinzmetal's Angina
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What angina occurs at rest, often in the early morning, last only a few minutes and may not awake the patient?
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Prinzmetal's Angina
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What is it called when a patient describes his discomfort with a clenched fist held against his sternum?
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Levine's sign
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On an ECG, a Hyperacute MI will show what?
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Tall, Tented T-waves
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On an ECG, an early acute phase of an MI will show what?
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Tall T-Waves with elevated ST Segment
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On an ECG, a later acute phase of an MI will show what?
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elevated ST Segment with inverted T-Waves
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On an ECG, a fully evolved phase of an MI will show what?
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elevated ST Segment with inverted T-Waves, and Q waves
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On an ECG, a healed phase of an MI will show what?
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Q waves
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What will be seen on an ECG in the early stages of an MI?
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Hyperacute T waves
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What would an Inverted T wave on an ECG suggest?
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Ischemia
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Will a Physiologic Q wave "hold water"?
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No
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What is the minimum length of a Patholgic Q wave?
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greater than or equal to 40ms(0.04sec)
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Will a Pathologic Q wave "hold water"?
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Yes
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Elevated T wave on Leads II, III, and aVF, would suggest the MI is where?
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Inferior
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Elevated T wave on Leads I, aVL, and V6, would suggest the MI is where?
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Lateral
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Elevated T wave on Leads V1 & V2, would suggest the MI is where?
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Septal
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Elevated T wave on Leads V3 & V4, would suggest the MI is where?
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Anterior
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