Cardiovascular Patho
APEA Cardiovascular Disorders –
High-Yield Review for Nurse
Practitioner Exam Preparation
(2025–2026).
With each heart beat, blood within the left and right aorta and pulmonary artery
ventricle is ejected into the
Which one of the following is NOT an underlying cause stable angina
of obstructed coronary artery blood flow by a thrombus
mortality associated with kawasaki syndrome is most coronary artery aneurysm
likely related to
, Which one of the following is not a deficit of tetralogy of an enlargement of the tricuspid valves
Fallot?
Mean arterial pressure primarily is regulated by changes systemic vascular resistance
in cardiac output and
Which one of the following is a clinical syndrome that heart failure
results from any structural or functional cardiac disorder
that impairs the ability of the ventricles to fill or eject
blood
How long after a myocardial infarction can the initial 3 hours
troponin level be detected?
Which one of the following is not associated with acute heart failure
coronary syndrome?
Which one of the following is most responsible for the low-density lipoproteins
buildup of cholesterol in the arteries, increasing the risk
of heart disease and stroke?
Which one of the following conditions may predispose diabetes mellitus
patients to an atypical presentation of myocardial
ischemia?
Which cardiac condition involves thickening of the Ventricular hypertrophy
muscle wall of the right lower chamber of the heart?
The acute inflammatory response in a myocardial cytokine activation and vasodilation with decreased perfusion pressure
infarction is associated with
Which congenital heart defect results in right to left Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)
shunting and requires emergency surgical intervention for
survival?
Unstable angina is characterized by increasing crescendo angina
Cardiogenic shock in the presence of an acute decrease in stroke volume and decrease in cardiac output
myocardial infarction typically involves
Which one of the following is NOT an assessment finding End-organ hyperfusion
in a patient who is experiencing shock?
Which one of the following congenital heart defects does Aortic stenosis
NOT depend on left to right shunting through ductus
arteriosus for pulmonary circulation?
Symptoms of mild heart failure include S3 gallop