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Pre-Lecture Quiz, Chapter 24, Disorders of Cardiac Function
True/False
1. Fetal circulation varies significantly from postnatal circulation.
2. Cardiomyopathies involve mechanical rather than electrical etiologies of heart dysfunction.
3. Cardiovascular disease is the second highest cause of death for both men and women in
Canada each year.
4. The primary components of blood work used to diagnose myocardial infarction are the
troponin assays.
5. Blood flow that has been lost as a result of myocardial infarction cannot be reestablished.
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1. Coronary artery disease is often subdivided into chronic __________ heart disease and acute
coronary syndrome.
2. Congenital defects that result in shunting of blood from the right side of the heart to the left
are known as __________ disorders.
3. Cardiac __________ is characterized by compression of the heart due to the accumulation of
fluid, pus, or blood in the pericardial sac.
4. The most common type of congenital heart defect is a ventricular __________ defect.
5. __________ fever is an infectious cardiac disorder that can manifest as an acute, recurrent, or
chronic disorder.