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Heart Attack And Stroke
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health-sciences
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Images of the heartbeat produced through sound waves -Helpful for observing valves & chambers in motion
heart attack can lead to...
C-reactive protein (CRP)
thrombus/thrombotic
echocardiogram
2. Surgical treatment for heart diseases
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
angioplasty and stent
heart murmur
congestive heart failure
3. Chest pain/pressure(Myocardium dying) -Arm/side pain -Nausea/vomiting -Shortness of breath -Pale - sweaty - cold skin -#1 cause of death in men
embolus/embolic
Heart Attack
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
Angiography/Angiogram
4. AKA myocardial infarction (MI) -Blood supplied to myocardium reduced or stopped due to dead or damaged heart cells -One or more of coronary arteries are blocked -Usually due to atherosclerosis
Heart Attack
hemorrhagic stroke
Atherosclerosis
anti-coagulants
5. Blood flow is rerouted through a new artery or vein that is grafted around diseased sections of your coronary arteries to increase blood flow to the heart muscle tissue
Heart Attack
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA)
Bypass Surgery
hypertension
6. Artery in brain burst -can be caused by high BP & cholesterol
Bypass Surgery
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
heart attack can lead to...
hemorrhagic stroke
7. 'mini-stroke' -Stroke that lasts only a few minutes -Warning sign for bigger future strokes
congestive heart failure
heart attack can lead to...
angioplasty and stent
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
8. Abdominal/mid-back pain -Jaw pain -Indigestion -Extreme fatigue -Shortness of breath (often w/o chest pain of any kind) -Pain tends to be more diffuse; not specifically located in chest -#1 cause of death in women
intravascular ultrasound
C-reactive protein (CRP)
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA)
Women & Heart Attack(Symptoms)
9. Chest pain or discomfort -caused by reduced blood supply to the heart muscle
Angina
Atherosclerosis
C-reactive protein (CRP)
Bypass Surgery
10. Obstruction in a blood vessel due to a blood clot -the clot moves from the place it originally formed to clot other arteries or vessels
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
embolus/embolic
angioplasty and stent
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
11. Condition where heart can no longer pump enough blood to body
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA)
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
congestive heart failure
embolus/embolic
12. Medical method to observe inside of blood vessel
thrombus/thrombotic
CK-MB
intravascular ultrasound
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
13. Formation of blood clot inside blood vessel
thrombus/thrombotic
hemorrhagic stroke
anti-coagulants
embolus/embolic
14. High blood pressure
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA)
Angina
hypertension
angioplasty and stent
15. Extra or unusual sound during heartbeat - harmless
C-reactive protein (CRP)
heart attack can lead to...
heart murmur
Heart Attack
16. Surgical procedure that can help prevent TIA
carotid endarterectomy
echocardiogram
intravascular ultrasound
Atherosclerosis
17. Treatment for stroke -protein -involved in the breakdown of blood clots
hypertension
Angiography/Angiogram
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA)
18. Artery supplying brain becomes blocked-80% of all strokes
heart murmur
ischemic stroke
Stress Test
C-reactive protein (CRP)
19. Medical imaging technique -used to visualize inside of human organ or vessel -inject dye into the body and observing with X-rays to see how the dyes move
Stress Test
Angiography/Angiogram
CK-MB
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
20. 'mini-stroke' -Stroke that lasts only a few minutes -Warning sign for bigger future strokes
hypertension
Framingham Heart Study
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
heart attack can lead to...
21. Myocardial ischemia(reduced blood flow to heart) -Fibrillation(irregular heart rhythm) -Cardiac arrest(electrical malfunction - heart stops)
heart attack can lead to...
Atherosclerosis
congestive heart failure
echocardiogram
22. Common disorder -hardening of the arteries -occurs when fat - cholesterol - and other substances build up in the walls of arteries and form hard structures called plaques
congestive heart failure
heart attack can lead to...
Atherosclerosis
heart murmur
23. Treatment for stroke -protein -involved in the breakdown of blood clots
Heart Attack
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA)
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
Women & Heart Attack(Symptoms)
24. AKA myocardial infarction (MI) -Blood supplied to myocardium reduced or stopped due to dead or damaged heart cells -One or more of coronary arteries are blocked -Usually due to atherosclerosis
Heart Attack
Framingham Heart Study
Bypass Surgery
embolus/embolic
25. Blood flow is rerouted through a new artery or vein that is grafted around diseased sections of your coronary arteries to increase blood flow to the heart muscle tissue
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
Bypass Surgery
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
thrombus/thrombotic
26. Heart enzyme usually elevated in blood stream during heart attack
Stress Test
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
CK-MB
congestive heart failure
27. Myocardium dies and is replaced by scar tissues -May have lifetime limitation
angioplasty and stent
intravascular ultrasound
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
28. Common disorder -hardening of the arteries -occurs when fat - cholesterol - and other substances build up in the walls of arteries and form hard structures called plaques
congestive heart failure
Heart Attack
Atherosclerosis
congestive heart failure
29. Surgical treatment for heart diseases
angioplasty and stent
Bypass Surgery
CK-MB
intravascular ultrasound
30. Images of the heartbeat produced through sound waves -Helpful for observing valves & chambers in motion
Atherosclerosis
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
echocardiogram
Heart Attack
31. Formation of blood clot inside blood vessel
heart murmur
congestive heart failure
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
thrombus/thrombotic
32. Myocardium dies and is replaced by scar tissues -May have lifetime limitation
Bypass Surgery
thrombus/thrombotic
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
thrombus/thrombotic
33. Walking a treadmill or stationary bike while taking an electrocradiogram
Stress Test
anti-coagulants
Angina
Bypass Surgery
34. Reduce body's ability to form clots -Coumadin:
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
angioplasty and stent
Angina
anti-coagulants
35. Marker for inflammation in the body
Heart Attack
C-reactive protein (CRP)
hypertension
Atherosclerosis
36. Heart enzyme usually elevated in blood stream during heart attack
intravascular ultrasound
hemorrhagic stroke
CK-MB
carotid endarterectomy
37. Extra or unusual sound during heartbeat - harmless
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
Angina
heart murmur
thrombus/thrombotic
38. Long-term - ongoing cardiovascular study on residents of the town of Framingham - Massachusetts
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
intravascular ultrasound
hypertension
Framingham Heart Study
39. Myocardial ischemia(reduced blood flow to heart) -Fibrillation(irregular heart rhythm) -Cardiac arrest(electrical malfunction - heart stops)
angioplasty and stent
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
carotid endarterectomy
heart attack can lead to...
40. Obstruction in a blood vessel due to a blood clot -the clot moves from the place it originally formed to clot other arteries or vessels
carotid endarterectomy
Atherosclerosis
embolus/embolic
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
41. High blood pressure
hypertension
echocardiogram
Heart Attack
Women & Heart Attack(Symptoms)
42. Chest pain/pressure(Myocardium dying) -Arm/side pain -Nausea/vomiting -Shortness of breath -Pale - sweaty - cold skin -#1 cause of death in men
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA)
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
angioplasty and stent
congestive heart failure
43. Artery supplying brain becomes blocked-80% of all strokes
ischemic stroke
anti-coagulants
Atherosclerosis
Angiography/Angiogram
44. Condition where heart can no longer pump enough blood to body
congestive heart failure
carotid endarterectomy
heart attack can lead to...
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA)
45. Medical imaging technique -used to visualize inside of human organ or vessel -inject dye into the body and observing with X-rays to see how the dyes move
Bypass Surgery
heart attack can lead to...
thrombus/thrombotic
Angiography/Angiogram
46. Long-term - ongoing cardiovascular study on residents of the town of Framingham - Massachusetts
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
anti-coagulants
ischemic stroke
Framingham Heart Study
47. Reduce body's ability to form clots -Coumadin:
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
anti-coagulants
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
C-reactive protein (CRP)
48. Marker for inflammation in the body
heart murmur
hypertension
C-reactive protein (CRP)
Women & Heart Attack(Symptoms)
49. Medical method to observe inside of blood vessel
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA)
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
intravascular ultrasound
50. Chest pain or discomfort -caused by reduced blood supply to the heart muscle
hemorrhagic stroke
thrombus/thrombotic
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
Angina