NR 545 Exam 2 with Verified Answers Graded A+
1. What is CAD ? coronary artery disease
2. What causes coronary
heart disease?
3. How do you diagnose CAD
?
build up of plaque made by cholesterol in the
arteries
EKG
Echo
Stress test
Chest xray
Angiogram
4. What is ischemia? lack of blood...
NR 545 Exam 2 with Verified Answers Graded A+
1. What is CAD ? coronary artery disease
2. What causes coronary build up of plaque made by cholesterol in the
heart disease? arteries
3. How do you diagnose CAD EKG
? Echo
Stress test
Chest xray
Angiogram
4. What is ischemia? lack of blood flow
5. ischemia is also called ? Coronary artery disease
6. what are the assessment Pain or discomfort in upper body
findings for ischemia ? Angina
Cold sweat
Feeling full , indigestion
Nausea
Dizzy
Fast ir irregular heart beat
7. What is a holter monitor? An ambulatory ECG that monitors patients for
24-48 hours
8. what are the EKG findings ST depression
of myocardial ischemia ?
9. How do you treat Ischemia Nitroglycerin
? Beta blockers
Calcium channel blockers
Thrombolytics
10. people who can't take as- Clopidogrel
pirin should take what in-
stead ?
11. What is angina?
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, NR 545 Exam 2 with Verified Answers Graded A+
Insufficient oxygen to the heart muscle causing
sudden, severe substernal pain radiating to the
left arm
12. what are the symptoms of - pallor
angina ? - Diaphoresis
- Nausea
- elevated BP
- Gallop rhythm or apical murmur
13. How long do attacks of 3-20 mins
angina last ?
14. How do you diagnoses - troponin
angina ? - CK-MB
-ECG
15. what is the other name for heart attack
myocardial infarction?
16. What causes a myocardial atherosclerosis
infarction?
17. pain at rest, severe and not Myocardial infarction
relived by nitroglycerin is ?
18. what is the ECG findings ST elevation
for MI?
19. Other than high troponin Leukocytosis and elevated CRP
how do you diagnoses MI
through blood test ?
20. what does CRP levels sug- signifies inflammation
gest ?
21. what is atherosclerosis? a build-up of cholesterol that forms plaque in the
arteries,
when plaque breaks away it can form a clot
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