Cardiac

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Inflammation
of the Heart
Muscle
WHAT IS
MYOCARDITIS?
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USUALLY VIRAL
- AFFECTS MEN MORE
FREQUENTLY (USUALLY
UNDER THE AGE OF 50)
-AFFECTS 40-50% OF
CLIENTS WITH END
STAGE RENAL DISEASE
AND UREMIA. WHAT IS
PERICARDITIS?
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COMPLICATION OF
PERICARDITIS CAUSED
BY RAPID COLLECTION
OF FLUID IN THE
PERICARDIAL SAC
INTERFERES W/
VENTRICULAR FILLING
AND PUMPING WHAT IS
CRITICALLY REDUCING CARDIAC
CARDIAC OUTPUT TAMPONADE?
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CHARACTERIZED BY
COLONIZATION OR
INVASION BY A PATHOGEN

WHAT IS
ENDOCARDITIS?
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MANIFESTATION OF ENDOCARDITIS-
SMALL, NONTENDER, PURPLISH-
RED MACULAR LESIONS ON THE
PALMS OF THE HANDS AND SOLES
OF THE FEET
WHAT ARE
JANEWAY LESIONS?
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VALVES THAT SEPARATE
THE VENTRICLES FROM
THE GREAT VESSELS

WHAT ARE THE

SEMILUNAR VALVES?
(AORTIC AND
PULMONIC VALVES
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AMOUNT OF BLOOD PUMPED BY
THE VENTRICLES INTO THE
PULMONARY AND SYSTEMIC
CIRCULATIONS IN 1 MINUTE.

What is Cardiac Output?

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Amount of Cardiac muscle fiber
tension, or stretch, that exists
at the end of diastole, just
before contraction of the
ventricles.

What is
Preload?
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Primary factor in regulation of
blood flow through the coronary
arteries

What is
Aortic Pressure?
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The hearts ability to respond
to the body’s changing
need for cardiac output.

What is
Cardiac Reserve?
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Located at the junction of the
superior vena cava and the
right ventrical, It acts as the
normal “pacemaker” of the
heart.
What is the
Sinoatrial, or SA node?
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Movement of Ions across cell
membranes -causes
electrical impulse that
stimulates muscle
contraction.
What is
ACTION POTENTIAL?
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On depolarization, these
ions diffuse rapidly across
the cell membrane into the
cell.

What are
SODIUM IONS?
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Name this heart rhythm

What is
A-fib?
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Put the following in the correct order in which
an electrical impulse travels.
AV node
Bundle of His
SA node SA Node
Purkinje fibers AV node
Bundle Branches Bundle of His
Bundle Branches
Purkinje Fibers
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A group of chronic
malignant
disorders of WBCS.

What is
Leukemia?
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Necrosis of myocardial
cells.
Life-Threatening event

What is a
Acute Myocardial Infarction
(AMI)
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Plaque reduces the size of
the lumen of the affected
artery, impairing blood
flow.

What is
Atherosclerosis?
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A group of metabolic risk factors
occurring in an individual. A strong
risk factor for SHD.

What is
Metabolic
Syndrome?
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Medical Emergency that manifests as;
Paradoxical pulse, Narrowed pulse pressure,
Hypotension, Tachycardia, Weak peripheral
pulses, Distant, muffled heart sounds, JVD, High
CVP, Decreased LOC, low urine output, Cool,
mottled skin.

What is
Cardiac
Tamponade?
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Main focus in Caring for a pT
w/ Cardiac dysrhythmias.

What is to
Maintain Cardiac
Output?
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The priority intervention upon
recognizing ventricular
fibrilation

Begin Emergency
Procedures
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Highest priority Goal in care for
a client with AMI

Relief of Pain
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Allergies to assess for
before Cardiac
function test.

What is shellfish or
iodine?
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At least 3 post procedure
Nursing responsibilities with
Cardiac testing.

What are
Assess airway, Vital signs,
cardiac function, pulses in
extremeties, cap refill, push
fluids after dye injections.
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Caused by impaired blood
flow to the myocardium.

What is
Coronary Artery
Disease?
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