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Pre-Lecture Quiz, Chapter 29, Management of Patients With Complications From Heart
Disease
True/False
1. The most common type of heart failure is an alteration in ventricular contraction
called diastolic heart failure, which is characterized by a weakened heart muscle.
2. A decreased amount of blood is ejected from the ventricle in systolic heart failure.
3. Right-sided heart failure, failure of the right ventricle, results in congestion in the
peripheral tissues and the viscera.
4. Digitalis (digoxin) is considered the most essential and most frequently prescribed
pharmacologic agent for the treatment of heart failure.
5. A patient with pulmonary edema should be positioned upright, preferably with the
legs dangling over the side of the bed, if possible.
Fill-in-the-Blank
1. _____________ causes myocardial dysfunction in heart failure because it deprives
heart cells of oxygen and causes cellular damage.
2. The three major types or classifications of cardiomyopathy, a disease of the
myocardium are as follows: dilated, hypertrophic and _______________.
3. Left-sided heart failure refers to failure of the left ventricle, which results in
________________ congestion.
4. Pulmonary edema is an acute event that results from _______ ventricular failure.
5. During cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the chest is compressed 2 inches at a rate of at
least __________ compressions per minute.