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16 Cards in this Set
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stroke, heart attack, and anerysm are all associated with what?
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hypertension and atherosclerosis
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What is another name for a stroke?
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CVA or Cerebrovascular accident
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How does a stroke occur?
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When a small cranial arteriole bursts or is blocked by an embolus
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How can a stroke cause paralysis?
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A lack of oxygen causes a portion of the brain to die, and paralysis or death can result. Typeically hemiplegia.
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What is hemiplegia?
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paralysis on one side of the body
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What is the word for paralysis on one side of the body?
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hemiplegia
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What is another name for a heart attack, how does it occur? What are heart attacks preceded by?
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MI or myocardial infarction, occurs when a portion of the heart muscle dies due to a lack of oxygen. Preceded by narrowing of coronary arteries and reduced delivery of the blood to the myocardium.
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What is it called when a coronary artery becomes partially blocked?
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Ischemia
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How is coronary ischemia characterized by?
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angina pectoris,
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what drugs may restore blood flow in the case of ischemia and what pain could ischemia cuase?
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nitroglycerin "dynamite pills" or any drugs that dilate BV's, can cause head aches.
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When a coronary artery is completely blocked, what can occur and what could the blocked artery be due to?
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thromboembolism, heart attack,
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CS: What was the patient diagnosed of having? How did the Dr know that she had had a heart attack?
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Heart attack MI, the blood tests show proteins that belong in your heart muscle cells, and that's how we know the muscle is dead. The heart cells burst when they die, and release their contents into the blood.
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CS: What was the drug they gave the lady? What was the test they did to help them figure out where exactly the blood clot was?
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t-PA "clot-busting drug", coronary angiography
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Where does an anerysim most often occur? What can contribute to the development of an anerysim?
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abdominal aorta or the arteries leading to the brain. Atherosclerosis and hypertension
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How would they fix an aneryism?
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replace a damaged or diseased protion with a plastic tube.
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What could be used to treat aneryisms in the future?
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use vessels made in the laboratory by injecting a patient's cells inside an inert mold.
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