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pericardial |effusion |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-abnormal |fluid |accumulation |within |pericardial |sac

treatment |pericardial |effusion |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-Pericardiocentesis |- |drain |fluid

Open |heart |surgery

Balloon |pericardium

Remove |pericardium

dilated |cardiomyopathy |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-· |LVEDV |becomes |large, |exceeds |Frank-Starling |law

· |Heart |becomes |big |and |thin

· |Systolic |heart |failure

· |Poor |SV |and |CO

Ischemic |heart |failure

hypertrophic |cardiomyopathy |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-Muscle |becomes |very |thick

LVEDV |becomes |smaller

Sx: |systolic |ejection |murmur |that |increases |with |Valsalva

Diastolic |heart |failure; |decrease |ability |of |heart |to |fill

restrictive |cardiomyopathy |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-Muscle |does |not |expand |or |contract |easily

Restrictive |filling

Increased |ventricular |diastolic |pressures

Normal/near |normal |systolic |function

Normal/near |normal |wall |thickness

Affects |SV |which |affects |CO

decrease |in |SV |and |CO, |CHF |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-all |forms |of |cardio |myopathy |will |lead |to...

hypertrophy |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-· |Reversible

· |Physiological |response |to |increase |workload

· |Increased |muscle |mass |but |no |distortion |of |cardiac |architecture

, remodeling |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-· |Irreversible

· |Pathological |response |to |sustained |overload/demand

· |Fibrosis |(primary |protein |is |collagen) |off |interstitium |that |disrupts |the |integrity |of |muscle |cells

Results |in: |decrease |contractility, |increase |risk |of |ventricular |dilation/failure, |increase |risk |of |
arrhythmias

short |term |compensatory |mechanism |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-· |Increase |HR

· |Increase |SV |(preload, |afterload, |contractility)

short |to |long |term |compensatory |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-· |Hypertrophy |(reversible)

long |term |sustained |compensatory |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-remodeling |(irreversible)

stenosis |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-too |tight; |prevents |forward |flow

regurgitative |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-too |loose; |allows |backward |flow |of |blood

insufficiency, |incompetence

causes |of |aortic |stenosis |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-Congenital |bicuspid |aortic |valve

Degeneration |with |aging, |valves |become |calcified

Inflammatory |damage |from |rheumatic |heart |failure

effects |after |valve |of |aortic |stenosis |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-Poor |forward |flow

Decrease |CO

Decrease |pulse |pressure

Delayed |pulses

effects |before |valve |of |aortic |stenosis |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-Left |ventricular |hypertrophy |à |left |
atrial |hypertrophy

symptoms |of |aortic |stenosis |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-Angina

Hypotension

Syncope |(fainting)

Dizziness

Dyspnea |with |exercise

MI, |heart |failure |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-if |aortic |stenosis |is |left |untreated |it |could |lead |to |...

mechanical |valve |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-anticoagulation |with |Coumadin

bioprosthetic |valve |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-use |of |ASA |and |plavix |for |6 |months

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