Acute Cardiac Super Set! Questions with 2026/2027

Acute Cardiac Super Set! Questions with 2026/2027

1.Decreased blood flow to the heart due to plaque buildup: What causes ACS?
2.atherosclerosis: What is plaque buildup in the arteries of the body called?
3.coronary artery disease (CAD): What is plaque buildup in the arteries leading
up to the heart called?
4.Angina: What is chest pain called?
5. unstable angina
NSTEMI
STEMI: What are the three types of ACS?
6.Plaque that prevents some blood flow from reaching the heart, causing chest
pain: What is unstable angina?
7. When there is a partial occlusion of a coronary artery; "mild heart attack"
Non-ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: What is an NSTEMI?
8. There is a full occlusion of the coronary artery
ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: What is a STEMI?
9. -Cholesterol over 200
-HDL below 40
-LDL above 100
-Triglycerides over 150