Exam 26: Alterations of Cardiovascular Function

A 42 year old is diagnosed with constrictive pericarditis.The nurse assesses the blood pressure for decreased cardiac output because of:

A 30-year-old White female was recently diagnosed with primary hypertension.She reports that she eats fairly well, usually moderate red meat consumption.She also reports that her father has hypertension as well.A nurse determines which of the following risk factors is most likely associated with this diagnosis?

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 2-3 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:

Foam cells in a fatty streak are:

A 52-year-old male presents with pooling of blood in the veins of the lower extremities and edema.The diagnosis is chronic venous insufficiency, and an expected assessment finding of this disorder is:

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 patient presents to the emergency department reporting difficulty swallowing and shortness of breath.A CT scan would most likely reveal an aneurysm in the:

A 30-year-old female presents to her primary care provider with fever, cardiac murmur, and petechial skin lesions and is diagnosed with infective endocarditis.The most likely cause of the disease is:

A 35 year old presents with pulmonary hypertension and is diagnosed as being in right heart failure.Which is the most likely cause of this condition?

A 49-year-old male presents reporting chest pain.EKG reveals ST elevation.He is diagnosed with myocardial ischemia.Which of the following interventions would be most beneficial?

A 67 year old was previously diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease.Tests now reveal lipoprotein deposition with chronic inflammation that impairs blood flow from the left ventricle into the aorta.Which diagnosis does this history support?

What term should the nurse use to document a detached blood clot?

The most common cause of myocardial ischemia is:

A 65-year-old male with a history of untreated hypertension is now experiencing left heart failure.A nurse recalls his untreated hypertension led to:

An 82-year-old female was admitted to the hospital with confusion and severe hypotension.Her body's compensatory mechanisms are increased heart rate, vasoconstriction, and movement of large volumes of interstitial fluid to the vascular compartment.What kind of shock does the nurse suspect the patient is experiencing?

An older adult is diagnosed with cerebral aneurysm.Where does the nurse suspect the cerebral aneurysm is located?

Inflammatory cells have difficulty limiting the colonization of microorganisms in infective endocarditis because the:

When a patient is diagnosed with coronary artery disease, the nurse assesses for myocardial:

Superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS), causing venous distention in the upper extremities, is a result of progressive superior vena cava:

When a person is in shock, a nurse remembers impairment in cellular metabolism is caused by: