Cardiology — Flashcards

_____ is characterized by a chaotic and erratic baseline with no discrete P waves in between irregularly spaced QRS complexes on ECG

CK-MB levels rise _____ hours after an MI and peak at 16-24 hours

Carcinoid syndrome may cause right-sided valvular heart lesions such as _____ and pulmonic stenosis

Stable angina often presents with chest pain lasting _____ minutes that radiates to the left arm or jaw

_____ heart failure may present with orthopnea, which is shortness of breath when supine

Hint: Left or Right

One clinical feature of aortic _____ is hyperdynamic circulation due to increased (widened) pulse pressure

_____ is due to occlusion of arteries, most commonly due to atherosclerosis or other artery specific inflammatory processes

Atrial septal defect (ASD) results in a _____-to-right shunt

Complications of myocarditis include arrhythmias, heart failure, _____ shock and dilated cardiomyopathy

In acute mitral regurgitation, how do the following change?- preload = _____- afterload = decrease- ejection fraction = significantly increase- forward stroke volume = decrease