115 final review

Front

What is the major health risk for patients with atrial fibrillation?

Back

Thrombus formation or embolism

Front

Sinus tachycardia is considered serious or life-threatening in patients who have had a recent: stress test, loss of consciousness, viral infection, myocardial infarction

Back

myocardial infarction

Front

The abbreviation for myocardial infarction, also known as a heart attack, is:

Back

MI

Front

When the sympathetic branch of the ANS (automatic nervous system) is stimulated, the heart responds by:

Back

speeding up

Front

Which type of hypertension has no known cause?

Back

Essential (Idiopathic)

Front

Which of the following is a sign of ischemia?
Options:
absence of R waves.
ST segment located on the isoelectric line.
ST segment depression.
P wave inversion.

Back

ST segment depression.

Front

Which leads view the anterior wall of the left ventricle? Options: II, III, and aVF; V1 and V2; V3 and V4; I, aVL, V5, and V6

Back

I, aVL, V5, and V6

Front

The P wave represents:

Back

atrial contraction.

Front

In which atrial dysrhythmia does the pacemaker site shift between the SA node, other sites in the atria, and/or the AV junction?

Back

Wandering atrial pacemaker

Front

What type of rhythm occurs when the SA node fails to initiate the electrical activity and one of the backup pacemaker sites takes over?

Back

Junctional escape rhythm