Study questions wks 1-6

1. What is Q & how is it calculated (show formula for SV)

2. List 6 risk factors for CVD (2 non modifiable, 2 behavioural, 2 biomedical)
3. Why is medication adjustment a precaution for ex pres ?
4. What are the three layers of the heart ?
5. The mitral valve sits between which two chambers?
6. What factors influence peripheral resistance? Which factor is most significant and why?
7. Define preload and afterload?
8. List and briefly explain the 2 divisions of the CNS
9. Name 3 medication classes that an MI patient should be prescribed and why
10. List the NHF target levels for TC, LDL, HDL and Trigs which is/are the good type ?
11. What is artherosclerosis and how does it contribute to heart attack ?
12. Name 2 classes of medications that reduce resting/exercise HR and/or BP
13. Name 2 brand names and a common side effect of ACEI
14. List the steps in an angina management plan
15. Define diastolic HF and systolic HF
16. Define chronotropic incompetence
17. Understand the RAAS system (what is it, triggers and outcomes)
18. What are the 4Ws as it pertains to the self-management of HF and what are the precautions
for weight (fluid) gain ?
19. There is considerable variation of coronary arteries among individuals. List 5 main coronary
arteries and a part of the heart/body that it supplies blood to.
20. An abnormal blood pressure response to increasing exercise intensity would be: please circle
one of the responses
1. an increase in systolic blood pressure 10 mmHg.MET-1
2. a decrease in DBP
3. a. and b.
4. an increase in SBP > 250 mmHg
21. What is the six minute walk test and what is it the purpose of this test?
22. List 2 absolute and 2 relative indications for terminating an exercise test.

23. List four clinical indications for inpatient and outpatient cardiac rehabilitation.
24. List four contraindications for inpatient and outpatient cardiac rehabilitation.
25. What effect does exercise training have on MVO2 and how is this achieved ?
26. You decided that a patient should exercise between 55% and 75% of heart rate reserve.
Calculate the Heart Rate Reserve range if the patient is 65 years of age with a resting heart
rate of 70 beats per minute and is not on a beta-blocker
27. The benefits of exercise training for patient with Chronic Heart Failure are numerous. List 2
skeletal muscle benefits; 2 ventilation benefits; 2 other benefits
28. A patient whom you are supervising in an exercise rehabilitation session complains of
unusual fatigue and lethargy. You check the patients heart rate and notice that it is
irregularly irregular. What rhythm might the patient be in? What are the implications for
exercise and what would your course of action be.
29. In heart failure, cardiac re-syncronisation therapy (CRT) may: List two outcomes
30. Describe common assessment criteria for a person attending a cardiac rehab program post
MI and why you would include these ?