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| Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) |
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| Occlusion of the coronary artery. |
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1. Affects the inner lining of the aorta/ cerebral/ coronary blood vessels.
2.) Leads to the narrowing of those vessels and reduction in blood flow. |
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| Inner walls of the arteries |
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1. Fatty tissue deposited along the intima in a place of high turbulent blood flow.
2. starts with small amounts of fat and with time grow into a atheroma |
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| An Atheroma that calcifies and hardens |
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1. When calcium precipitates from the bloodstream and into the arterial walls.
2. Greatly decreases the arteries elasticity. |
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| A clot that becomes dislodged |
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| How does Angina Pectoris Occur? |
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1. Supply of O2 to the myocardium is insufficient to meet the demand.
2. Cardiac muscle becomes Ischemic
3. Switches to anaerobic metabolism.
4. Anaerobic metabolism leads to build up of CO2, and lactic acids. |
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1. Temporary
2. Chest pain caused by coronary artery vasospasm |
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1. Experiences pain after a predictable amount of pain.
2. Predictable Location/ Intensity/ duration. |
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| What do chronic stable angina patients take? |
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1. Without prediction
2. Changes in Frequency/ Severity/ and Duration of pain. |
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| Any group of clinical symptoms consistent with acute myocardial ischemia. |
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| Acute Myocardial Infraction |
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| Left Coronary Artery occlusion usually infarcts? |
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Definition
1. Anterior
2. Lateral
3. Septal Walls of LV |
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| RCA occlusion usually infarcts? |
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| Subendocardial Myocardial Infarction |
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| Ischemic process only affects the inner layer of muscle |
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| mural myocardial infarction |
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| infarct extends through the entire wall of the ventricle. |
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1. Right Atrium
2. Right Ventricle
3. Inferior Wall
4. SA/AV node (55% - sa, 90% - av
5. Posterior 1/3 of interventricular septum |
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| Posterior Wall of Right Ventricle |
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1. Anterior Wall of the heart
2. Apex
3. Anterior 2/3 of interventricular septum |
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1. Left atrium
2. Left lateral wall
3. SA (45%)
4. AV (10%) |
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| Dissolve the occluding clot causing the MI |
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| Percutaneous Coronary Intervention |
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Definition
1. balloons/ stents/ or other devices
2. used to recanalize the blocked artery. |
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| Dopamine at 1-2 ug dose what? |
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Definition
| Increased renal perfusion |
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| Dopamine at 2-10 ug dose what? |
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| Beta 1: increase rate and force |
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| dopmine at 10-20 ug dose what? |
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| breathing difficulty laying down |
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| digitalis preparations action |
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Definition
increase strength of contractions
Increas CO and slow conduction through the AV Junction
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Loss of appetite
Nausea/ vomiting
headache
blurred/ yellow vision
cardiac dysrhythmias (virtually any) |
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(1) Oxygen
(2) Aspirin
(3) Nitro
(4) Morphine |
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