APEA-Cardiovascular- Patho Exam Questions with Correct Answers
Question 1:
A common cause of diastolic heart failure is: myocarditis
myocardial infarction dilated cardiomyopathy hypertension
Answer:
Hypertension
Question 2:
Diastolic dysfunction occurs when the filling of one or both ventricles is impaired because the
ventricle
Answer:
long-term hypertension is a common cause of diastolic heart failure.
Question 3:
The heart must pump more forcefully in order to push blood into circulation against increased
vascular
Answer:
has become less compliant.
Question 4:
Which type of angina results from coronary artery vasospasm and occurs in atypical patterns?
Classic angina
Prinzmetal's angina
Answer:
resistance.
Unstable angina
Question 5:
Pleuritic chest pain
Answer:
Prinzmetal's angina
Results from coronary artery vasospasm and occurs in an atypical pattern. It is usually at a
single site. It
,Question 6:
Classic (stable angina) occurs when the heart is stressed, lasts less than 5 minutes, and usually
resolves
Answer:
can occur in a normal or disease vessel. Pain is usually resolved with angina medication.
Question 7:
Unstable angina is considered a medical emergency because it lasts longer than 5 minutes, does
not
Answer:
with rest.follow the normal pain pattern, and may not resolve with rest or angina medication. It
is often
Question 8:
A patient who is in cardiogenic shock will present with: a high cardiac indexdecreased vascular
resistance
Answer:
associated or signals a MI.increased ventricular ejection fraction
Question 9:
mixed venous oxygen saturation
Answer:
mixed venous oxygen saturationPatients will have a low cardiac index, elevated filling pressures
of the left, right, or both ventricles, and
Question 10:
With each heart beat, blood within the left and right ventricle is ejected into the: left atrium
onlyaorta and pulmonary artery
Answer:
a decreased mixed venous oxygen saturation. anterior descending artery
Question 11:
right coronary artery
Answer:
aorta and pulmonary artery
, Question 12:
The primary cause of cardiogenic shock in a patient with an acute MI is: failure of the ventricle
to pump blood adequatelyfailure of the aortic valve to pump blood adequately regurgitation of
the tricuspid valveregurgitation of the mitral valve
Answer:
failure of the ventricle to pump adequately
Question 13:
A patient who is in cardiogenic shock will present with: a high cardiac index
decreased vascular resistance
Answer:
associated or signals a MI.
increased ventricular ejection fraction
Question 14:
With each heart beat, blood within the left and right ventricle is ejected into the: left atrium
only
aorta and pulmonary artery
Answer:
a decreased mixed venous oxygen saturation. anterior descending artery
Question 15:
The primary cause of cardiogenic shock in a patient with an acute MI is: failure of the ventricle
to pump blood adequately
failure of the aortic valve to pump blood adequately regurgitation of the tricuspid valve
regurgitation of the mitral valve
Answer:
failure of the ventricle to pump adequately
Question 16:
Unstable angina is characterized by:angina with prolonged activity angina symptoms lasting >6
months. increasing crescendo anginaangina with elevated cardiac markers
Answer:
increased crescendo anginaunstable angina is characterized by prolonged angina at rest
(usually >20 minutes at rest), and increasing
Question 1:
A common cause of diastolic heart failure is: myocarditis
myocardial infarction dilated cardiomyopathy hypertension
Answer:
Hypertension
Question 2:
Diastolic dysfunction occurs when the filling of one or both ventricles is impaired because the
ventricle
Answer:
long-term hypertension is a common cause of diastolic heart failure.
Question 3:
The heart must pump more forcefully in order to push blood into circulation against increased
vascular
Answer:
has become less compliant.
Question 4:
Which type of angina results from coronary artery vasospasm and occurs in atypical patterns?
Classic angina
Prinzmetal's angina
Answer:
resistance.
Unstable angina
Question 5:
Pleuritic chest pain
Answer:
Prinzmetal's angina
Results from coronary artery vasospasm and occurs in an atypical pattern. It is usually at a
single site. It
,Question 6:
Classic (stable angina) occurs when the heart is stressed, lasts less than 5 minutes, and usually
resolves
Answer:
can occur in a normal or disease vessel. Pain is usually resolved with angina medication.
Question 7:
Unstable angina is considered a medical emergency because it lasts longer than 5 minutes, does
not
Answer:
with rest.follow the normal pain pattern, and may not resolve with rest or angina medication. It
is often
Question 8:
A patient who is in cardiogenic shock will present with: a high cardiac indexdecreased vascular
resistance
Answer:
associated or signals a MI.increased ventricular ejection fraction
Question 9:
mixed venous oxygen saturation
Answer:
mixed venous oxygen saturationPatients will have a low cardiac index, elevated filling pressures
of the left, right, or both ventricles, and
Question 10:
With each heart beat, blood within the left and right ventricle is ejected into the: left atrium
onlyaorta and pulmonary artery
Answer:
a decreased mixed venous oxygen saturation. anterior descending artery
Question 11:
right coronary artery
Answer:
aorta and pulmonary artery
, Question 12:
The primary cause of cardiogenic shock in a patient with an acute MI is: failure of the ventricle
to pump blood adequatelyfailure of the aortic valve to pump blood adequately regurgitation of
the tricuspid valveregurgitation of the mitral valve
Answer:
failure of the ventricle to pump adequately
Question 13:
A patient who is in cardiogenic shock will present with: a high cardiac index
decreased vascular resistance
Answer:
associated or signals a MI.
increased ventricular ejection fraction
Question 14:
With each heart beat, blood within the left and right ventricle is ejected into the: left atrium
only
aorta and pulmonary artery
Answer:
a decreased mixed venous oxygen saturation. anterior descending artery
Question 15:
The primary cause of cardiogenic shock in a patient with an acute MI is: failure of the ventricle
to pump blood adequately
failure of the aortic valve to pump blood adequately regurgitation of the tricuspid valve
regurgitation of the mitral valve
Answer:
failure of the ventricle to pump adequately
Question 16:
Unstable angina is characterized by:angina with prolonged activity angina symptoms lasting >6
months. increasing crescendo anginaangina with elevated cardiac markers
Answer:
increased crescendo anginaunstable angina is characterized by prolonged angina at rest
(usually >20 minutes at rest), and increasing
