Smith Seminars Online Congestive Heart Failure Test

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 Part 1 - Your Information

 

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 Part 2 - The Test

 

1) Afterload is:

A) The force resisting myocardial fiber contraction at the start of systole

B) Represents the degree of end-diastolic fiber stretch and end-diastolic volume

C) Is the loading condition of the heart at the end of its relaxation phase

D) All the above

2) Marked fluid accumulation in alveoli (pulmonary edema):

A) Significantly alters ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) relationships

B) Decreases systemic arterial oxygenation (PaO2) and causes dyspnea

C) A & B

D) None of the above

3) In conditions of stress:

A) Neurohumoral responses help increase heart function and maintain BP and organ perfusion

B) It is beneficial to the normal balance between myocardial-stimulating and vasoconstricting hormones

C) It is beneficial to myocardial-relaxing and vasodilating hormones

D) None the above

4) Left ventricular failure characteristically develops in:

A) Ischemic heart disease, hypertension, and aortic stenosis

B) Most forms of cardiomyopathy, acquired mitral or aortic valvular regurgitation

C) Congenital heart disorders

D) All the abovee

5) In left ventricular failure, the most common symptoms are:

A) Dyspnea, reflecting pulmonary congestion

B) Fatigue, reflecting high cardiac output

C) A & B
D) None of the above

6) Recommended blood tests:
A) CBC, blood creatinine, BUN, electrolytes, and lung function tests
B) Thyroid function tests for patients with asystole
C) Serum BNP levels may help when clinical findings are unclear or other diagnoses (such as COPD) need to be excluded
D) All the above

7) Short-term goals include:
A) Improving symptoms and hemodynamics
B) Avoiding hypokalemia, renal dysfunction, and symptomatic hypotension
C) Correcting neurohumoral activation
D) All the above

8) Biventricular pacing relieves symptoms for patients who have:
A) Heart failure
B) Severe systolic dysfunction
C) Widened QRS complex
D) All the above

9) Factors about the drugs used in the treatment of heart failure:
A) Diuretics are never given to patients with symptomatic systolic dysfunction
B) Diuretic dose is adjusted to the higher dose that stabilizes weight and relieves symptoms
C) Furosemide is used very seldom
D) Loop diuretics are preferred

10) Digitalis preparations:
A) Promotes the Na-K pump (Na+, K+-ATPase)
B) Cause weak negative inotropism, increases sympathetic activity
C) Are excreted by the kidneys
D) None of the above

 

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