__________ is the major contributor to CAD, the blood vessel disease of the epicardial arteries supplying oxygen and nutrients to the myocardium.
Atherosclerosis
__________ begins as fatty streaks of the arterial wall in adolescents, progressing to hard fatty plaques that narrow the artery lumen in adulthood and can rupture, creating thrombotic occlusions that cause ischemia.
Atherosclerosis
There are several risk factors associated with the development of ______ including age, sex, family history, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, cigarette smoking, diabetes mellitus, obesity, and sedentary lifestyle.
CAD
True or Flase: CAD presents as stable angina and ACS.
True
True or False: The goals of angina treatment are to improve quality of life by decreasing episodes of angina and ischemia and increase the quantity of life by preventing progression to MI and death.
True
Treatment of ________ includes the use of medications, therapeutic lifestyle changes, percutaneous interventions, and surgery.
angina
The goals of ACS treatment are to:
limit myocardial damage and prevent complications and recurrent events
Treatment of _____ includes initiating prompt care, managing acute pain, reperfusing the myocardium, preventing complications, preventing myocardial remodeling and heart failure, rehabilitation, and patient education.
ACS
Which of the following are risk factors for CAD?
D.
Typical stable angina symptoms include all of the following except:
B.
The clinical spectrum of ACS includes:
A.
Initial diagnosis studies in the client suspected of having an acute MI include and ECG and:
A.
The following are common medications used for CAD and ACS:
D.
Identify at least 3 nursing diagnoses for clients with angina an MI.
Ineffective therapeutic regimen management related to lack of knowledge r/t disease process, prognosis, and treatment strategies.
List the 5 components of client education for clients with stable angina.
understanding of cardiac condition, chest pain management, activity, medications, risk factor modification, diet & S/S to report to the physician
The goals of therapy for stable angina are to __________ the quality of life by __________ episodes of angina and ischemia and ___________ the quality of life by __________ progression to myocardial infarction and death.
The goals of therapy for stable angina are to improve the quality of life by decreasing epodes of angina and ischemia and increase the quality of life by preventing progression to myocardial infarction and death.
The goals of therapy for acute MI are to __________ myocardial damage and __________ complications and recurrent events.
The goals of therapy for acute MI are to limit myocardial damage and prevent complications and recurrent events.