ACS pathophysiology and classification US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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ACS pathophysiology and classification Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: _____ is a complication that may occur months after an MI and increases risk for mural thrombus
Answer: True ventricular aneurysm
Extra:
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Flashcard 2: What is the most sensitive and specific cardiac biomarker used for diagnosis of myocardial infarction? _____
Answer: Troponin I
Flashcard 3: The later phase of myocardial infarction (transmural infarcts) shows ST-segment _____ and Q waves on EKG
Answer: elevation
Flashcard 4: What leads (2) show ST elevations or Q waves in an anteroapical myocardial infarction? _____
Answer: V3 - V4
Flashcard 5: What EKG findings are associated with stable angina? _____
Answer: ST-segment depression (subendocardial ischemia)
Flashcard 6: Large myocardial infarctions lead to _____ elevations in troponin I and CK-MB
Answer: greater
Flashcard 7: What leads show ST elevations or Q waves in an anterolateral myocardial infarction?
_____
Answer: V5 - V6
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1. Left anterior descending artery (45%): infarction of the anterior wall and anterior septum of the LV
2. Right coronary artery: infarction of the posterior wall, posterior septum, and papillary muscles** of the LV
3. Left circumflex artery: infarction of the lateral wall of the LV
**papillary muscle rupture may often cause mitral regurgitation
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Flashcard 8: The second most common artery involved in a myocardial infarction is the _____
Answer: right coronary artery
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1. Left anterior descending artery (45%): infarction of the anterior wall and anterior septum of the LV
2. Right coronary artery: infarction of the posterior wall, posterior septum, and papillary muscles** of the LV
3. Left circumflex artery: infarction of the lateral wall of the LV
**papillary muscle rupture may often cause mitral regurgitation
Watch associated Bootcamp video [https://app.bootcamp.com/med-school/cardiology/videos/myocardial-infarction?index=4]
https://onlinemeded.org/spa/cardiac?ref=anki
Flashcard 9: Unstable angina is characterized by chest pain that occurs during _____
Answer: rest
Extra:
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Flashcard 10: Treatment of acute coronary syndromes (e.g. unstable angina, STEMI, NSTEMI) often includes antiplatelet therapy such as _____
Answer: aspirin
Extra:
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