2024 NR 507 CARDIAC MIDTERM
EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Cor Pulmonale is: - CORRECT ANSWERS- Right ventricular failure secondary to
pulmonary hypertension.
The most common cause of right-sided heart failure is: - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Pulmonary hypertension.
Hypertension has its most immediate effect on: - CORRECT ANSWERS- Afterload.
In the healthy heart, the response to an increase in preload is for the stroke volume
to - CORRECT ANSWERS- Increase
Which of the following conditions can decrease preload? - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Hemorrhage.
A 64-year old female reports to the primary care office with a complaint of
"fainting". There is a laterally displaced, sustained apical impulse and a grade 4/6
mid-systolic crescendo-decrescendo murmur, heard loudest at the base and
radiating to the neck. There is also an S4 gallop. no peripheral edema noted. -
CORRECT ANSWERS- Aortic Stenosis
A 60-year old male reports to the primary care office with "shortness of breath".
Upon exam, the NP observes that the patient does have dyspnea and jugular vein
distention. Crackles are also noted in lung bases bilaterally. A blowing holosystolic
murmur is also heard at the heart's apex with radiation into the axilla. - CORRECT
ANSWERS- Mitral Regurgitation
EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Cor Pulmonale is: - CORRECT ANSWERS- Right ventricular failure secondary to
pulmonary hypertension.
The most common cause of right-sided heart failure is: - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Pulmonary hypertension.
Hypertension has its most immediate effect on: - CORRECT ANSWERS- Afterload.
In the healthy heart, the response to an increase in preload is for the stroke volume
to - CORRECT ANSWERS- Increase
Which of the following conditions can decrease preload? - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Hemorrhage.
A 64-year old female reports to the primary care office with a complaint of
"fainting". There is a laterally displaced, sustained apical impulse and a grade 4/6
mid-systolic crescendo-decrescendo murmur, heard loudest at the base and
radiating to the neck. There is also an S4 gallop. no peripheral edema noted. -
CORRECT ANSWERS- Aortic Stenosis
A 60-year old male reports to the primary care office with "shortness of breath".
Upon exam, the NP observes that the patient does have dyspnea and jugular vein
distention. Crackles are also noted in lung bases bilaterally. A blowing holosystolic
murmur is also heard at the heart's apex with radiation into the axilla. - CORRECT
ANSWERS- Mitral Regurgitation
