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Q: What are the two types of perfusion? ✓✓ Central & Tissue
What is impaired central perfusion? ✓✓ Inadequate cardiac output
that leads to less oxygenated blood reaching tissues.
What is impaired tissue perfusion? ✓✓ loss of vessel patency
-or-
inadequate central perfusion that results in impaired blood flow to a
localized area/tissue
What would an assessment look like for impaired perfusion? ✓✓
Blue tint
Chest pain
Edema
Poor cap refill
Diiness
Shortness of breathzz
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, What are modifiable risk factors for perfusion? ✓✓ Sedentary
lifestyle
Obesity
Smoking
ETOH
Chronic disease
What are non-modifiable risk factors for perfusion? ✓✓ Age
Race
Gender
Genetics
What are the health promotion areas for perfusion? ✓✓ Diet
Exercise
Control HTN, DM, Cholesterol
Maintain Compliance
What is a simple definition of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)? ✓✓
Poor perfusion of the heart due to narrowing or obstruction
What are the 3 things that can happen during CAD? ✓✓ Ischemia:
poor blood supply
Injury: prolonged ischemia
Infarct: necrosis of the tissue from prolonged ischemia
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, Which two things of CAD are reversible? ✓✓ Ischemia & Injury
What can cause CAD? ✓✓ Plaque buildup (atherosclerosis, high
cholesterol, high triglycerides)
Clot/thrombus
Muscle spasms from cocaine use
What is angina? ✓✓ "Catch all" term for chest pain
The supply of oxygen is too low to meet the demands of the heart so
it starts to ache.
The heart requires large amounts of oxygen.
What is stable angina? ✓✓ Predictable
Made worse with activity
Relieved by rest or nitroglycerin
Consistent chest pain that is always the same
What is unstable angina? ✓✓ Unpredictable
Made worse with activity and rest
Pain increases in frequency, severity, & duration.
Injury to infarct.
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Graded
Q: What are the two types of perfusion? ✓✓ Central & Tissue
What is impaired central perfusion? ✓✓ Inadequate cardiac output
that leads to less oxygenated blood reaching tissues.
What is impaired tissue perfusion? ✓✓ loss of vessel patency
-or-
inadequate central perfusion that results in impaired blood flow to a
localized area/tissue
What would an assessment look like for impaired perfusion? ✓✓
Blue tint
Chest pain
Edema
Poor cap refill
Diiness
Shortness of breathzz
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, What are modifiable risk factors for perfusion? ✓✓ Sedentary
lifestyle
Obesity
Smoking
ETOH
Chronic disease
What are non-modifiable risk factors for perfusion? ✓✓ Age
Race
Gender
Genetics
What are the health promotion areas for perfusion? ✓✓ Diet
Exercise
Control HTN, DM, Cholesterol
Maintain Compliance
What is a simple definition of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)? ✓✓
Poor perfusion of the heart due to narrowing or obstruction
What are the 3 things that can happen during CAD? ✓✓ Ischemia:
poor blood supply
Injury: prolonged ischemia
Infarct: necrosis of the tissue from prolonged ischemia
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, Which two things of CAD are reversible? ✓✓ Ischemia & Injury
What can cause CAD? ✓✓ Plaque buildup (atherosclerosis, high
cholesterol, high triglycerides)
Clot/thrombus
Muscle spasms from cocaine use
What is angina? ✓✓ "Catch all" term for chest pain
The supply of oxygen is too low to meet the demands of the heart so
it starts to ache.
The heart requires large amounts of oxygen.
What is stable angina? ✓✓ Predictable
Made worse with activity
Relieved by rest or nitroglycerin
Consistent chest pain that is always the same
What is unstable angina? ✓✓ Unpredictable
Made worse with activity and rest
Pain increases in frequency, severity, & duration.
Injury to infarct.
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