If a patient develops heart failure, which of the following is not a possible etiological factor? ...

If a patient develops heart failure, which of the following is not a possible etiological factor?
 a. LV hypertrophy
  b. arterial aneurysm
  c. renal disease
  d. dilated cardiomyopathy

Q. 2

The term used to describe substernal pain experienced when the workload of the heart is increased due to physical or emotional stress is:
 a. ventricle fibrillation.
  b. PVD.
  c. stable angina.
  d. unstable angina.

Q. 3

The difference between an aneurysm and an embolism is:
 a. atherosclerosis vs. ballooning artery wall.
  b. wandering clot vs. ruptured artery wall.
  c. ballooning artery wall vs. wandering clot.
  d. narrowing artery wall vs. ruptured artery wall.

Q. 4

Someone who has suffered an MI:
 a. has elevated total and LDL cholesterol.
  b. has ventricular tachycardia.
  c. has necrosis of the myocardial cells.
  d. will show decreased CK-MB levels.

Q. 5

Which of the following statements is true?
 a. Risk factors for atherosclerosis are similar to those for IHD.
  b. Plaque build-up is usually on the non-branching portions of the artery.
  c. CRP is only useful when a coronary event has taken place.
  d. Lifestyle modifications as interventions have not yet been proven in the research.

Q. 6

Occlusion of an artery that does not permit blood flow is _____, whereas cell death due to the resulting lack of oxygen is termed _____.
 a. ischemia, infarction
  b. angina, infarction
  c. ischemia, angina
  d. infarction, ischemia