Patho week 3 Check your understanding
A middle-aged patient has a follow up visit for a recorded blood pressure of 162/96 mm Hg taken 3
weeks ago. The patient has no significant past medical history and takes no medications, but smokes 1
1/2 packs of cigarettes per day, drinks alcohol regularly, and exercises infrequently. The patient is about
40 lbs. overweight and admits to a high-fat, high-calorie diet. At the office visit today, the patient’s
blood pressure is 150/92 mm Hg. What is the least appropriate intervention for this patient at this time?
Begin antihypertensive drug therapy.
What compensatory sign would be expected during periods of physical exertion in a patient with limited
ventricular stroke volume?
Tachycardia
New-organ damage is a function of both the stage of hypertension and its duration.
False
Constrictive pericarditis is associated with
impaired cardiac filling.
Restriction of which electrolytes is recommended in the management of high blood pressure?
Sodium
Rheumatic heart disease is most often a consequence
of β-hemolytic streptococcal infection.
The most commonly recognized outcome of hypertension is pulmonary disease.
False
The majority of cardiac cells that die after myocardial infarction do so because of
Apoptosis
A patient presents to the emergency department with a diastolic blood pressure of 132 mm Hg,
retinopathy, and symptoms of an ischemic stroke. This symptomology is likely the result of
hypertensive crisis
Mitral stenosis is associated with
a pressure gradient across the mitral valve.
Pulse pressure is defined as
systolic pressure – diastolic pressure
A middle-aged patient has a follow up visit for a recorded blood pressure of 162/96 mm Hg taken 3
weeks ago. The patient has no significant past medical history and takes no medications, but smokes 1
1/2 packs of cigarettes per day, drinks alcohol regularly, and exercises infrequently. The patient is about
40 lbs. overweight and admits to a high-fat, high-calorie diet. At the office visit today, the patient’s
blood pressure is 150/92 mm Hg. What is the least appropriate intervention for this patient at this time?
Begin antihypertensive drug therapy.
What compensatory sign would be expected during periods of physical exertion in a patient with limited
ventricular stroke volume?
Tachycardia
New-organ damage is a function of both the stage of hypertension and its duration.
False
Constrictive pericarditis is associated with
impaired cardiac filling.
Restriction of which electrolytes is recommended in the management of high blood pressure?
Sodium
Rheumatic heart disease is most often a consequence
of β-hemolytic streptococcal infection.
The most commonly recognized outcome of hypertension is pulmonary disease.
False
The majority of cardiac cells that die after myocardial infarction do so because of
Apoptosis
A patient presents to the emergency department with a diastolic blood pressure of 132 mm Hg,
retinopathy, and symptoms of an ischemic stroke. This symptomology is likely the result of
hypertensive crisis
Mitral stenosis is associated with
a pressure gradient across the mitral valve.
Pulse pressure is defined as
systolic pressure – diastolic pressure
