NCLEX Topic – Cardiovascular Diseases Part 3

Heart Disease

We continue this week with the Cardiovascular system. Today we’re going over Cardiac Diseases and on Thursday we’ll review Cardiac Meds.

Here were the posts from last week –

NCLEX Topics Cardiovascular / Heart – Part 1 – EKG’s.

NCLEX Topics – Cardiovascular Treatments and Tests

Diseases

A great overview – note this will take you some time to review / complete this section of videos from Khan – https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/nclex-rn/rn-cardiovascular-diseases

Coronary Artery Disease

http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/cardiovascular-disorders/coronary-artery-disease/overview-of-coronary-artery-disease

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/164163-overview

Angina

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/150215-overview

http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/cardiovascular-disorders/coronary-artery-disease/unstable-angina

Myocardial Infarction

http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/cardiovascular-disorders/coronary-artery-disease/acute-myocardial-infarction-mi

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/155919-overview

Heart Failure

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/163062-overview

http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/cardiovascular-disorders/heart-failure/heart-failure-hf

Cardiogenic Shock

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/152191-overview

Inflammatory Diseases of the Heart

http://www.straightanursingstudent.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/inflammatory-heart1.pdf

Cardiac Tamponade

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/152083-overview

http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/injuries-poisoning/thoracic-trauma/cardiac-tamponade

Cardiomyopathy

http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/cardiovascular-disorders/cardiomyopathies/overview-of-cardiomyopathies

Vascular Disorders

https://medlineplus.gov/vasculardiseases.html

Arterial Disorders

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/peripheral-artery-disease/home/ovc-20167418

Aortic Aneurysms

http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/cardiovascular-disorders/diseases-of-the-aorta-and-its-branches/overview-of-aortic-aneurysms

Embolectomy

https://brvsc.com/thrombectomy-and-embolectomy/

Vena Cava Filter and Ligation of the Inferior Vena Cava

http://nurse-practitioners-and-physician-assistants.advanceweb.com/Article/Inferior-Vena-Cava-Filters.aspx

Hypertension

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/241381-overview

http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/cardiovascular-disorders/hypertension/overview-of-hypertension

Hypertensive Crisis

http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/HighBloodPressure/GettheFactsAboutHighBloodPressure/Hypertensive-Crisis-When-You-Should-Call-9-1-1-for-High-Blood-Pressure_UCM_301782_Article.jsp#.WZl2W9GQyUk