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| Which side received deoxygenated blood? |
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| L and R _ arteries supply the head and brain |
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| The _ arteries supply blood to te upper extremities. Then it becomes the _ which supplies the arm. Them it becomes the _ and _ arteries, supplying blood to the hands. |
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| Subclavian, Brachial, Radial, Ulnar |
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| At the level of the naval, the _ becomes the R and L _ arteries, supplying the groin, pelvis, and leg. It then becomes the _ artery, supplying the leg. Then it becomes the anterior and posterior _ artery and the _ artery, suplying blood to the feet. |
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| Aorta, Iliac, Femoral, Tibial, Peroneal. |
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| After blood travels through the arteries, it enters smaller vessels called _, then _, which allow the exchange of _ and _ at the cellular level. |
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| Arterioles, Capillaries, Nutrients, Waste |
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| _ are the smallest of veins. Veins become larger and larger to form the two _ _. The eventually get to the _ atrium. |
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| Venules. Vena Cava. Right. |
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| Red blood cells carry _ to the body's _ and remove _ _. |
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| Oxygen, Tissue, Carbon Dioxide. |
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| White blood cells help fight _. |
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| Plasma is the _ that cells float in. |
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| Because of a partial of complete _ of blood flow through the _ arteries, heart tissue fails to get enough _ and _. The tissue soon begins to _, and if blood flow is not restored, eventually _. |
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| Blockage, Coronary, Oxygen, Nutrients, Starve, Dies |
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| Calcium and fatty material called cholesterol build up and form a plaque inside the walls. The low blood flow to the heart tissue (Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis). |
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| Inside diameter of the artery |
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| The inner wall of the artery is normally _ and _. The atherosclerotic _ causes the inner wall to become _ and _. |
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| Smooth, Elastic, Rough, Brittle |
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| A brittle plaque will sometimes develop a crack, which activates the blood _ system. The blood _ will actually occlude the lumen of the artery. Tissues downstream will suffer _. Resulting in a _. |
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| Clotting, Clot, Ischemia, AMI. |
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| Cigarette smoking, HBP, high cholesterol, high blood glucose, lack of exercise, stress, age, family hx of ACS, male. |
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| For a brief period of time, the heart tissues don't get enough oxygen. Most often a sympton of ahterosclerotic coronary artery disease. When the heart's need for oxygen exceed supply (PT, emotional stress, large meal, sudden fear), symptoms come on. When factor goes away, symptoms usually do too. |
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| Crushing, squeezing, "standing on my chest", felt in midchest under sternum, CAN radiate, usually lasts 3-8 minutes, SOB, nausea, sweating. Usually disappears promptly with rest, O2, and nitro. |
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| Pain in the chest of coronary origin that is relieved by the things that normally relieve it in a given patient. |
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| Pain in the chest of coronary origin that occurs in response to progressively less exercise or fewer other stimuli |
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| Difference between AMI and Angina |
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| May or may not be caused by exertion but can occur at any time, sometimes when a person is sitting quietly or even sleeping; It does not resolve in a few minutes; It may or may not be relieved by rest or nitro. |
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| P - Generally increased, sometimes irregular. BP - May fall due to cardiac output, could be normal or usually elevated, Resp - Normal, labored and rapid with CHF, App - Ashen gray, Mental - Impending doom |
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| Heart lacks enough power to force the proper volume of blood through the circulatory system. |
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| Failure of the ventricule. The muscle gets so damaged that it can no longer keep up with the return flow of blood from the atria. When it can't contract effectively, the heart will increase HR and the L ventricule will enlarge. The lungs become congested with fluid once the heart fails to pump the blood effectively. The blood backs up in the pulmonary veins, increasing pressure in the capillaries of the lungs. When the pressure in the capillaries exceeds a certain level, the fluid passes through the walls of the capilary vessels and into the alveoli. |
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| Collection of fluid in the part of the body that is closest to the ground. |
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| Onset, Provocation, Quality of Pain, Radiation, Severity, Time |
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| Relxaes the muscle of blood vessels, dilated coronary arteries, increases blood flow and the supply of O2 to the heart muscle, decreases workload of heart. |
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| Side Effects of Nitroglycerin |
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| Cause low BP, severe headache, changes in P, |
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| CABG (Coronary Artery Bypass Graft) |
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| Blood vessel from chest or leg is sewn directly from aorta to a point beyond obstruction. |
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| PTCA (Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty) |
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| Dilate the coronary artery. |
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