NUR 339 Exam 5

NUR 339 Exam 5
1. What is coronary heart disease caused by?
Answer
impaired coronary blood flow
2. other names for coronary heart disease
Answer
ischemic heart disease or coronary artery disease
3. main cause of coronary heart disease
Answer
atherosclerosis
4. What dose coronary heart disease include?
Answer
angina myocardial infarction
cardiac dysrhythmias and conduction defects heart failure
sudden death
5. Whatstructure do the left and right coronary arteries arise from?
Answer
aortic arch just past aortic valve
6. What does the left coronary artery split into?
Answer
left anterior descending artery circumflex
7. What does the left anterior descending artery supply?
Answer
the LV, ant. portion of septum, and the papillary muscle