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Heart Attack And Stroke
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Walking a treadmill or stationary bike while taking an electrocradiogram
Angiography/Angiogram
Stress Test
Women & Heart Attack(Symptoms)
Heart Attack
2. 'mini-stroke' -Stroke that lasts only a few minutes -Warning sign for bigger future strokes
Stress Test
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
thrombus/thrombotic
carotid endarterectomy
3. Long-term - ongoing cardiovascular study on residents of the town of Framingham - Massachusetts
Stress Test
Bypass Surgery
Framingham Heart Study
Atherosclerosis
4. 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
Atherosclerosis
echocardiogram
heart murmur
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA)
5. 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
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
Women & Heart Attack(Symptoms)
heart attack can lead to...
angioplasty and stent
6. Surgical procedure that can help prevent TIA
congestive heart failure
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
heart attack can lead to...
carotid endarterectomy
7. Images of the heartbeat produced through sound waves -Helpful for observing valves & chambers in motion
Angina
congestive heart failure
echocardiogram
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
8. Chest pain/pressure(Myocardium dying) -Arm/side pain -Nausea/vomiting -Shortness of breath -Pale - sweaty - cold skin -#1 cause of death in men
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
angioplasty and stent
Framingham Heart Study
Women & Heart Attack(Symptoms)
9. Walking a treadmill or stationary bike while taking an electrocradiogram
Angiography/Angiogram
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA)
Stress Test
ischemic stroke
10. Condition where heart can no longer pump enough blood to body
Angina
hypertension
congestive heart failure
intravascular ultrasound
11. 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
Heart Attack
anti-coagulants
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
Atherosclerosis
12. Extra or unusual sound during heartbeat - harmless
Atherosclerosis
heart murmur
angioplasty and stent
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA)
13. Medical method to observe inside of blood vessel
hypertension
intravascular ultrasound
echocardiogram
Atherosclerosis
14. Condition where heart can no longer pump enough blood to body
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
Angiography/Angiogram
congestive heart failure
Angiography/Angiogram
15. 'mini-stroke' -Stroke that lasts only a few minutes -Warning sign for bigger future strokes
hypertension
congestive heart failure
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
embolus/embolic
16. 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
heart murmur
ischemic stroke
congestive heart failure
Angiography/Angiogram
17. Reduce body's ability to form clots -Coumadin:
Angina
Stress Test
echocardiogram
anti-coagulants
18. Extra or unusual sound during heartbeat - harmless
heart murmur
Bypass Surgery
congestive heart failure
heart attack can lead to...
19. Artery in brain burst -can be caused by high BP & cholesterol
hemorrhagic stroke
Angina
Stress Test
Stress Test
20. 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
Bypass Surgery
hemorrhagic stroke
heart attack can lead to...
Heart Attack
21. Marker for inflammation in the body
intravascular ultrasound
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
C-reactive protein (CRP)
22. Chest pain or discomfort -caused by reduced blood supply to the heart muscle
Angina
thrombus/thrombotic
hypertension
carotid endarterectomy
23. Reduce body's ability to form clots -Coumadin:
intravascular ultrasound
anti-coagulants
congestive heart failure
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
24. 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)
hypertension
thrombus/thrombotic
Bypass Surgery
25. 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
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA)
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
Heart Attack
carotid endarterectomy
26. Formation of blood clot inside blood vessel
thrombus/thrombotic
anti-coagulants
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA)
CK-MB
27. Myocardium dies and is replaced by scar tissues -May have lifetime limitation
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
embolus/embolic
angioplasty and stent
Bypass Surgery
28. 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
Angiography/Angiogram
Bypass Surgery
CK-MB
embolus/embolic
29. Marker for inflammation in the body
Angina
C-reactive protein (CRP)
heart attack can lead to...
Framingham Heart Study
30. 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
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
anti-coagulants
Atherosclerosis
Heart Attack
31. Long-term - ongoing cardiovascular study on residents of the town of Framingham - Massachusetts
Framingham Heart Study
Angiography/Angiogram
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
echocardiogram
32. 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
carotid endarterectomy
hypertension
anti-coagulants
Women & Heart Attack(Symptoms)
33. Surgical treatment for heart diseases
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA)
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
angioplasty and stent
intravascular ultrasound
34. 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
C-reactive protein (CRP)
Framingham Heart Study
embolus/embolic
Heart Attack
35. Artery in brain burst -can be caused by high BP & cholesterol
hemorrhagic stroke
ischemic stroke
intravascular ultrasound
anti-coagulants
36. Surgical procedure that can help prevent TIA
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
ischemic stroke
carotid endarterectomy
Stress Test
37. Medical method to observe inside of blood vessel
echocardiogram
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
congestive heart failure
intravascular ultrasound
38. 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
embolus/embolic
Bypass Surgery
C-reactive protein (CRP)
thrombus/thrombotic
39. Heart enzyme usually elevated in blood stream during heart attack
CK-MB
intravascular ultrasound
C-reactive protein (CRP)
carotid endarterectomy
40. Formation of blood clot inside blood vessel
intravascular ultrasound
Framingham Heart Study
angioplasty and stent
thrombus/thrombotic
41. Myocardial ischemia(reduced blood flow to heart) -Fibrillation(irregular heart rhythm) -Cardiac arrest(electrical malfunction - heart stops)
intravascular ultrasound
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
heart attack can lead to...
Heart Attack
42. Chest pain or discomfort -caused by reduced blood supply to the heart muscle
hypertension
Framingham Heart Study
carotid endarterectomy
Angina
43. High blood pressure
anti-coagulants
Heart Attack
hypertension
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
44. Treatment for stroke -protein -involved in the breakdown of blood clots
Atherosclerosis
CK-MB
Bypass Surgery
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA)
45. Surgical treatment for heart diseases
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
angioplasty and stent
ischemic stroke
46. Chest pain/pressure(Myocardium dying) -Arm/side pain -Nausea/vomiting -Shortness of breath -Pale - sweaty - cold skin -#1 cause of death in men
carotid endarterectomy
CK-MB
ischemic stroke
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
47. Artery supplying brain becomes blocked-80% of all strokes
ischemic stroke
congestive heart failure
Atherosclerosis
Heart Attack
48. Myocardial ischemia(reduced blood flow to heart) -Fibrillation(irregular heart rhythm) -Cardiac arrest(electrical malfunction - heart stops)
heart attack can lead to...
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
hemorrhagic stroke
Angina
49. High blood pressure
carotid endarterectomy
Angina
hypertension
echocardiogram
50. Heart enzyme usually elevated in blood stream during heart attack
Stress Test
hypertension
CK-MB
heart attack can lead to...