Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) Nursing
201 Exam 1 questions with correct
answers
Learning objectives and assigned reading - correct answer ✔✔Discuss the etiology and pathophysiology
of CAD
Summarize the cardiovascular changes related to aging
Analyze the common cardiac risk factors
Introduce and discuss the cardiac diet
Differentiate among the common cardiac
diagnostic tests and procedures
Assigned Readings: Lewis, S.L. et al. (2014) Medical Surgical Nursing. Assessment and Management of
Clinical Problems. (9th Ed). pp. 687-696, 715-716, 731-740, and Table 32-6 on pp. 699-703
CAD cycle - correct answer ✔✔Arteriosclerotic heart disease (ASHD)=
Cardiovascular heart disease ( CVHD)) =
Coronary heart disease (CHD) =
ischemic heart disease (IHD) =
Atherosclerotic Heart disease (ASHD or AHD)
What is atherosclerosis and types? - correct answer ✔✔Begins after repeated injury to the inner wall of
arteries from
,Tobacco use
Hyperlipidemia
Hypertension
Diabetes
Hyperhomocysteinemia
Infection
CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF ARTERIES!!
Types:
-heart
-brain
-arms and legs
causes of atherosclerosis - correct answer ✔✔Tobacco use
Hyperlipidemia
Hypertension
Diabetes
Hyperhomocysteinemia
Infection
heart atherosclerosis (1/3 types) - correct answer ✔✔Coronary artery disease (CAD)
Angina
Arrythmia (irregular heart beats)
Heart attack (MI)
brain atherosclerosis (2/3 types) - correct answer ✔✔•Carotid artery disease:
(numbness, fatigue, dizziness, and headaches)
, •Stroke
arms and legs atherosclerosis - correct answer ✔✔•Peripheral artery disease:
(numbness, serious infections)
•Intermittent claudication:
(leg pain on walking)
stages of atherosclerosis - correct answer ✔✔Begins as a response to inflammation and injury of the
endothelium of the arteries
Fatty streak
Fibrous plaque
Complicated lesion
Major cardiac arteries.
what happens if left main coronary artery gets blocked? - correct answer ✔✔But the left main coronary
artery also has a nickname, and not a cute, friendly one; it's called the widowmaker. If you get a blockage
in this artery, the lack of blood flow to the left ventricle is so severe that it usually causes a fatal
arrhythmia.
For those of you who remember him, that's probably what killed the journalist Tim Russert. The
lack of blood flow is too extensive to overcome, even with immediate help.
collateral circulation - correct answer ✔✔it helps, can build new blood vessels around
But...not all patients are the same
Inherited predisposition for angiogenesis
Presence or absence of chronic ischemia
201 Exam 1 questions with correct
answers
Learning objectives and assigned reading - correct answer ✔✔Discuss the etiology and pathophysiology
of CAD
Summarize the cardiovascular changes related to aging
Analyze the common cardiac risk factors
Introduce and discuss the cardiac diet
Differentiate among the common cardiac
diagnostic tests and procedures
Assigned Readings: Lewis, S.L. et al. (2014) Medical Surgical Nursing. Assessment and Management of
Clinical Problems. (9th Ed). pp. 687-696, 715-716, 731-740, and Table 32-6 on pp. 699-703
CAD cycle - correct answer ✔✔Arteriosclerotic heart disease (ASHD)=
Cardiovascular heart disease ( CVHD)) =
Coronary heart disease (CHD) =
ischemic heart disease (IHD) =
Atherosclerotic Heart disease (ASHD or AHD)
What is atherosclerosis and types? - correct answer ✔✔Begins after repeated injury to the inner wall of
arteries from
,Tobacco use
Hyperlipidemia
Hypertension
Diabetes
Hyperhomocysteinemia
Infection
CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF ARTERIES!!
Types:
-heart
-brain
-arms and legs
causes of atherosclerosis - correct answer ✔✔Tobacco use
Hyperlipidemia
Hypertension
Diabetes
Hyperhomocysteinemia
Infection
heart atherosclerosis (1/3 types) - correct answer ✔✔Coronary artery disease (CAD)
Angina
Arrythmia (irregular heart beats)
Heart attack (MI)
brain atherosclerosis (2/3 types) - correct answer ✔✔•Carotid artery disease:
(numbness, fatigue, dizziness, and headaches)
, •Stroke
arms and legs atherosclerosis - correct answer ✔✔•Peripheral artery disease:
(numbness, serious infections)
•Intermittent claudication:
(leg pain on walking)
stages of atherosclerosis - correct answer ✔✔Begins as a response to inflammation and injury of the
endothelium of the arteries
Fatty streak
Fibrous plaque
Complicated lesion
Major cardiac arteries.
what happens if left main coronary artery gets blocked? - correct answer ✔✔But the left main coronary
artery also has a nickname, and not a cute, friendly one; it's called the widowmaker. If you get a blockage
in this artery, the lack of blood flow to the left ventricle is so severe that it usually causes a fatal
arrhythmia.
For those of you who remember him, that's probably what killed the journalist Tim Russert. The
lack of blood flow is too extensive to overcome, even with immediate help.
collateral circulation - correct answer ✔✔it helps, can build new blood vessels around
But...not all patients are the same
Inherited predisposition for angiogenesis
Presence or absence of chronic ischemia
