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3P Cardiovascular (Latest 2023 - 2024) Actual Questions and Answers 100% Correct

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1. A patient describes chest pain as pressing, squeezing, and tight lasting between 1 and 3 minutes.These symptoms are more characteristic of: Answer: myocardial infarction. 2. A patient complains ... of pain in the arch of the foot sometimes relieved by rest. Occasionally, he experiences intermittent pain in the toes, especially atrest. Exercise aggravates the pain in the arch. History reveals he smokes approximately a half pack of cigarettes per day. These symptoms may be consistent with: Answer: thromboangiitis obliterans. 3. Symptoms of orthostatic hypotension include all of the following except: Answer: -respiratory rate greater than 30. 4. Characteristic symptoms of chronic arterial insufficiency may include which one of the following? Answer: Feet appear pale on elevation and dusky red ondependency 5. When auscultating the heart, a scratchy, continuous murmur is audible during atrial systole and ventricular systole and diastole.This finding may beindicative of a: Answer: pericardial friction rub. 6. In order to assess for varicosities in the lower extremities, position thepatient: Answer: standing. 7. The amplitude of the pulse in a patient in cardiogenic shock would mostlikely appear: Answer: thready. 8. The four classic structural defects ofTetralogy of Fallot include: Answer: a ventricular septal defect, an overriding aorta, pulmonary stenosis, and right ventricular hypertrophy. 9. When auscultating the heart of a 55-year- old patient, a loud murmur witha thrill is audible in the right second intercostal space that radiates to the carotid arteries. Also noted is a crescendo-decrescendo pitch audible at theapex. The murmur is heard best with the patient sitting and leaning forward.This finding is consistent with: Answer: aortic stenosis. 10. When palpating the carotid pulse, it is important to: Answer: position the patient inthe lying or sitting positions. [Show More]

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