Exam 1 Case studies with 100% correct answers 2024

The patient you are caring for was admitted to the hospital after fainting (syncope) while doing exercise. He is only 30 years of age and below is the picture of his heart correct answerscardiac hypertrophy - disease of cardiac muscle that results from excessive workload and functional demand - increased cardiac muscle mass etiology of cardiac hypertrophy correct answersprimary- inherited non-sex linked genetic autosomal dominant trait secondary- caused by underlying condition that causes an increase in ventricle workload -- when the septum enlarges it blocks the aorta- when something is blocked HOCM *Increase in left ventricular muscle mass results from an increase in myocardial cell size* clinical manifestation of cardiac hypertrophy correct answers- variable: mild to severe - shortness of breath - syncope : sudden fall bc lack of oxygen to the brain - impaired cardiac function diagnosis of cardiac hypertrophy correct answersprimary- genetic testing of family history secondary- routine checking of blood pressure reduced exercise tolerance ventricular arrhythmia (altered signals in the cells of ventricle) - heart murmur treatment of cardiac hypertrophy correct answers-surgical -pharmacologic: drugs that relax the ventricles & reduce the workload of the heart (decrease the pressure that the heart must pump against) -nonpharmacologic: activity restriction