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True or False Individuals at highest risk for cardiac event within 10 years are those with existing coronary artery disease?
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True
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Atherosclerosis is
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the abnormal accumulation of lips deposits and fibrous tissue within arterial walls and lumen.
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The most common symptom of myocardial ischemia is
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Chest pain, some might also experience weakness, dyspnea and nausea.
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Paroxysmal Pain is associate with what type of insufficient coronary blood flow
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Angina Pectoris
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Unstable Angina
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Chest Pain that is unresolved with Nitro & Rest.
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Stable Angina
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Chest Pain resolved with nitro and rest.
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Define PQRST
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P= Pain, Position, Provocation, Q=Quality & Quantity, R= Rest, Relative, Radiating, S= Severity, Symptoms, T=Time x2 B4
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List Three Laboratory Test – Biomarkers
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CK – MB, Myoglobin, Troponin T or I
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The echocardiogram is used for what purpose
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To evaluate ventricular function of the heart.
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TX of MI
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O2, ECG within 10 minutes, ASA, Nitro, Morphine, Beta Blockers, IV Heprin, Bed Rest.
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Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)
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S/S that indicate unstable angina or acute myocardial infarction
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Angina pectoris
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chest pain brought about by myocardial ischemia
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Atheroma
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fibrous cap that composed of smooth muscles cells that forms over lipid deposits with in aterial vessesl and protrudes into the lumen of the vessel, narrowing the lumen and obstructing the blood flow
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Contractility
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ability of the cardiac muscle to shorten in response to an electrical impulse.
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Creatine Kinase (CK) an enzyme found in human tissues
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one of the three types of CK is specific to heart muscle and maybe used as an indicator of heart muscle injury.
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High Density Lipoprotein (HDL)
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a protein bound lipid that transports cholesterol to the liver for excretion in the bile. Exerts a beneficial effect on the arterial wall.
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Ischemia
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insufficient tissue oxygenation
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Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL)
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a protein bound lipid that transports cholesterol to tissues in the body, composed of a lower proportion of protein to lipid than a HDL, exerts harmful effect on the arterial wall.
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Myocardial infarction MI
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Death of heart tissue caused by lack of oxygenated blood flow.
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Percutaneous coronary intervention PCI
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an invasive procedure in which a catheter is placed in a coronary artery, and on of several methods is employed to remove or reduce a blockage within the artery.
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Precutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
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a type of percutaneous coronary intervention in which a balloon is inflated within a coronary artery to break an atheroma and open the vessel lumen, improving blood flow.
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Stent
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a woven mesh that provides structural support to a coronary vessel preventing its closure.
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Sudden cardiac death
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abrupt cessation of effective heart activity
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Thrombolytic
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an agent or process that breaks down blood clots
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Troponin
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myocardial protein, measurement is used to assess heart injury.
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