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A common cardiac dysrhythmia with atrial contractions that are so rapid that they prevent full repolarization of myocardial fibers between heartbeats
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Atrial Fibrillation
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A property of specialized excitable tissue in the hear that allows self-activation through the spontaneous development of an action potential, such as in the pacemaker of the heart
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Automaticity
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Drugs that influence the rate of the heartbeat
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Chronotropic Drugs
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Drugs that influence the conduction of electrical impulses within tissues
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Dromotropic Drugs
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The proportion of blood that is ejected during each ventricular contraction compared with the total ventricular filling volume
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Ejection Fraction
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When heart cannot pump enough blood to keep up with the body's demand
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Heart Failure
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Drugs that influence the force of muscular contractions, particularly contractions of the heart muscle
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Inotropic Drugs
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The total amount of blood in the ventricule immediately before contraction? Also called?
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Left Ventricular/End-Diastolic Volume / Preload
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Heart Failure can be caused by what 3 conditions?
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Myocardial infarction, ischemic heart disease, cardiomyopathy
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Pulmonary edema, coughing, shortness of breath, and dyspnea are signs of what kind of heart failure?
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Left-Sided Heart Failure
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Systemic venous congestion, pedal edema, jugular vein distension, ascites, and hepatic congestion are signs of what kind of heart failure?
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Right-Sided Heart Failure
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A weakening of the heart muscle which can lead to heart failure
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Cardiomyopathy
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Tissue death that occurs due to inadequite blood supply. What is it called when it happens to heart muscle?
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Infarction / Myocardial Infarction
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5 drug classes are mentioned for treatment of heart failure? What do all of them have in common? What drug is used if all of these fail?
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ACE Inhibitors, ARB's, Beta Blockers, Loop Diuretics, Aldosterone Inhibitors / Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System / Digoxin
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Why is Digoxin the last resort drug for heart failure?
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Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
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