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1. Question: A patient with symptomatic Aortic Stenosis (AS) requires surgery due to severe symptoms. The patient has several comorbidities and is deemed to have prohibitive surgical risks. Despite this risk stratification and due to the severity of the symptoms this patient may be a candidate for the following intervention:
2. Question: The goal level of HDL cholesterol for patients with documented diabetes or CAD is ?
3. Question: In assessing a woman with or at risk for acute coronary syndrome (ACS), the NP considers that the patient will likely present:
4. Question: Which diagnostic testing confirms chronic venous insufficiency?
5. Question: A “scratchy,” high-pitched sound, usually heard best at the apex of the heart with the patient leaning forward and is a classic sound of pericarditis is considered what when doing a cardiac assessment?
6. Question: Which type of acute coronary syndromes present with chest pain unrelieved by nitro, elevated cardiac enzymes, and ST elevation on EKG?
7. Question: This type of chest pain is not usually precipitated by an increase in oxygen demand rather the precipitating event is coronary artery spasms. The pain often occurs at rest and lasts for 30 min. Which type of chest pain is this classified as?
8. Question: What is the preferred biomarker for acute coronary syndromes (ACS)
9. Question: What would you expect the ankle-brachial index (ABI) in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD)?
10. Question: A 30 year old Asian-American patient is newly diagnosed with thromboangiitis obliterans. He does not have any past medical history. He states he drinks alcohol on occasion and smokes cigarrettes a few times a week. When you provide him with education about treatment options, you must include that the only definitive treatment for disease progression is what?