VERIFIED ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
◉ elevated homocysteine levels.
Answer: ndicates presence of atherosclerosis and is a predictor of
who is at risk
◉ Ischemia.
Answer: an inadequate blood supply to an organ or part of the body,
especially the heart muscles.
◉ How do you know if there is not enough blood being received in
the tissue?.
Answer: Check temp, color, appearance, cap refill, etc of peripheral
extremities
◉ tissue ischemia.
Answer: point at which tissues receive insufficient oxygen and
perfusion which can then result in gangrene or amputation
◉ Anemia.
Answer: A condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood
cells, in hemoglobin, or in total volume.
, Can be due to chronic bleeding or maybe deficient in iron or folate in
the diet
◉ myocaridal infarction.
Answer: condition characterized by dead tissue areas in the
myocardium; caused by interruption of blood supply to the area;
heart attack
◉ Sign of MI.
Answer: Sudden, crushing, substernal chest pain which often
radiates to back, neck, jaw, and right shoulder
◉ MONA.
Answer: Morphine
Oxygen
Nitroglycerin
Aspirin
◉ What causes MI.
Answer: smoking, lack of exercise, high cholesterol, and unhealthy
diet, stress,
◉ cardiomegaly.