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Blood Flow - correct answers✅✅Lungs ® Pulmonary Veins ® Left Atrium
® Aorta ® Body Tissues ® Vena Cava ® Right Atrium ® Right Ventricle ®
Pulmonary Arteries ® Lungs
Symptoms with right vs left side heart blockage - correct answers✅✅·
Blockage on the left side of the heart backs up and causes lung symptoms
· Blockage on the right side of the heart backs up and causes body
symptoms (peripheral edema)
HNC8 HTN Guidelines - correct answers✅✅Defined as 140/90
Treatment algorithm:
Less than 60 years old - 140/90
> 60 years old - Defined as 150/90 (more leniency b/c we do not want to
drop their BP too low)
What hypertension medication should someone with DM and/or CKD be on? -
correct answers✅✅ACE or ARB (protects kidneys)
What HTN medication should an African American pt be on? - correct
answers✅✅CCB
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What HTN medications should be used in patients with heart failure? -
correct answers✅✅Carvediolol and Thiazide diuretics
Common side effects from ACE inhibitors - correct answers✅✅cough,
angioedema
What HTN medication is contraindicated if an ACE inhibitor caused
angioedema? - correct answers✅✅ARB
What HTN medication should a heart failure pt NEVER be on? - correct
answers✅✅CCB
(These cause the heart to "relax" which is not good in HF pts)
2 types of CCBs - correct answers✅✅Dihydropyridines & Non-
dihydropyridines
What are dihydropyridine CCBs used for? - correct answers✅✅BP control
Example of a dihydropyridine CCB and side effects - correct
answers✅✅Amlodipine
Bradycardic side effects, peripheral edema, constipation
What are non-dihydropyridine CCBs used for? - correct
answers✅✅arrhythmias
Example of a non-dihydropyridine CCB and side effects - correct
answers✅✅cardizem
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Tachycardic side effects/palpitations - these meds were peripherally and
have a rebound tachycardia
The atria (top chambers of the heart) work on which electrolytes? - correct
answers✅✅K+ (potassium) and Ca (calcium)
The ventricles (bottom chambers of the heart) work on which electrolytes? -
correct answers✅✅Na (sodium) and K+ (potassium)
Conditions in the atria needs medications that work on K+ or Ca such as .. -
correct answers✅✅Cardizem (CCB) or Amiodarone (potassium channel
blocker)
Conditions in the ventricles needs medications that work on K+ or Na such
as .. - correct answers✅✅Amiodarone (potassium channel blocker)
What class of medications could be used for atrial and ventricular conditions?
- correct answers✅✅Beta-blockers or potassium channel blocker
(Amiodarone)
What is the percentage of EF for someone with HF with reduced EF? -
correct answers✅✅< 40%
What is the percentage of EF for someone with HF with preserved EF? -
correct answers✅✅40 or greater
HF patients with reduced EF need to be on what medications? - correct
answers✅✅Carvedilol, loop diuretic, ACE, or ARB
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What type of diuretics are more potent? - correct answers✅✅Loop
diuretics
Which hypertensive medications are "cardio-protective"? - correct
answers✅✅ACEs and ARBs
Functional classes of HF (NYHA): - correct answers✅✅
- correct answers✅✅I: No sx
II: Sx w/ moderate exertion
III: Sx w ADLs
IV: Sx at rest
What is the ASCVD risk score? - correct answers✅✅measurement of a pt's
10 yr risk of an adverse cardiac event
What are the high-intensity statins? - correct answers✅✅Atorvastatin 40-
80 mg
Rosuvastatin 20-40 mg
What happens during S1 heart sounds? - correct answers✅✅mitral valve
closes and aortic valve opens
Which structural heart condition can cause syncope or near-syncope? -
correct answers✅✅Aortic stenosis