Stable coronary artery disease — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: What is the main treatment for cardiogenic shock? _____

Answer: IV Inotropes

Flashcard 2: Nitrates may be used to treat _____ angina, which is characterized by vasospasm

Answer: Prinzmetal

Flashcard 3: What EKG findings are associated with Vasospastic angina? _____

Answer: ST-segment elevation (transmural ischemia)

Flashcard 4: _____ most often presents with friction rub and chest pain

Answer: Pericarditis

Flashcard 5: Patients with hypertension and what comorbidity should replace ACE inhibitors with ARBs and nonselective betablockers with cardioselective beta blockers?_____

Answer: Obstructive Lung Disease

Flashcard 6: _____ is the progressive onset of heart failure over many years due to chronic ischemic myocardial damage

Answer: Chronic ischemic heart disease

Flashcard 7: The state of chronic myocardial ischemia in which both myocardial metabolism and function are reduced to match a concomitant reduction in blood flow is known as _____

Answer: myocardial hibernation

Flashcard 8: Nitrates may provide symptomatic relief of chronic, stable _____

Answer: angina

Flashcard 9: What is Ebstein's anomaly?

Answer: atrialized right ventricle

Flashcard 10: medial medullary syndrome

Answer: stroke in paramedian branches of ASA and/or vertebral arteries

Extra: lower limb hemiparesis, loss of proprioception, tongue deviation