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