Exam 23: Alterations of Cardiovascular Function

A 55-year-old male died of a myocardial infarction.Autopsy would most likely reveal:

A 60-year-old male presents to his primary care provider reporting chest pain.He is diagnosed with atherosclerosis.This disease is caused by:

A 55-year-old female has undiagnosed hypertension.She presents to her primary care provider reporting impaired vision and chronic edema.Lab tests reveal that she also has renal insufficiency.While planning care,the nurse realizes the most likely cause for these findings is:

A 67-year-old female was previously diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease.Tests reveal lipoprotein deposition with chronic inflammation that impairs blood flow from the left ventricle into the aorta.Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis recorded on the chart?

A 75-year-old obese female presents to her primary care provider reporting edema in the lower extremities.Physical exam reveals that she has varicose veins.Upon performing the history,which of the following is a possible cause for the varicose veins?

A 51-year-old male is at the health clinic for an annual physical exam.After walking from the car to the clinic,he developed substernal pain.He also reported discomfort in his left shoulder and his jaw,lasting 2 to 3 minutes and then subsiding with rest.He indicates that this has occurred frequently over the past few months with similar exertion.The nurse suspects he is most likely experiencing:

A 20-year-old female is being admitted to the hospital with fever and septic shock.Which set of assessment findings would the nurse expect the patient to exhibit?

When a patient asks the nurse what is the most common cause of myocardial ischemia,which statement is the correct response? The most common cause of myocardial ischemia is:

A 62-year-old male presents to his primary care provider reporting chest pain at rest and with exertion.He does not have a history of coronary artery disease and reports that the pain often occurs at night.He is most likely experiencing which type of angina?

A nurse is teaching staff about endocarditis.Which information should the nurse include? Inflammatory cells have difficulty limiting the colonization of microorganisms in infective endocarditis because the:

A staff member asks a nurse what foam cells are.What is the nurse's best response? Foam cells in a fatty streak are:

A 10-year-old male presents with fever,lymphadenopathy,arthralgia,and nose bleeds.He is diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease.While planning care,which characteristic changes should the nurse remember?

What factors make a patient prone to neurogenic shock? Neurogenic shock can be caused by any factor that inhibits the:

A 10-year-old male presents with fever,lymphadenopathy,arthralgia,and nose bleeds.He is diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease.When a staff member asks what caused the disease,what is the nurse's most correct response? The most likely cause of this disease is:

For an infection to progress to septic shock,which of the following factors should the nurse determine occurred?

Many valvular stenosis and regurgitation disorders in adults have a common etiology.Which of the following conditions should alert the nurse that the patient may have both types of valve dysfunction?

A 73-year-old female has increased pulmonary pressure resulting in right heart failure.The nurse should monitor for a possible complication because a potential cause for her heart to fail is:

A 60-year-old female had a myocardial infarction.She was brought to the hospital 30 minutes later.She survived,but now the nurse is providing care for impaired ventricular function because: