Pacemaker and Valve Replacement

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Choose the best answer and encircle the letter.

1. It is a device that sends electrical pulses to 7. Does having a pacemaker need a long time
your heart to keep it beating regularly and hospital care after the surgery?
not too slowly. a. True
a. CABG b. False
b. Pacemaker c. It depends on the patient
c. Peacemaker d. Not mentioned
d. Electrodes 8. What is tachycardia
2. Does having a pacemaker can significantly a. Fast heartbeat with fast breathing
improve your quality of life if you have b. Moderate heartbeat
problems with your heart? c. Fast heartbeat
a. True d. All of the above
b. False 9. A part of the pacemaker which contains
3. Pacemakers regulate what system? the battery and the electronics that
a. Respiratory system control your heartbeat
b. Social security system a. Elevator
c. Internal system b. Escalator
d. Electrical system c. Pacemaker Elevator
4. A diagnostic test that uses sound waves to d. Generator
measure the size and thickness of your 10. All are complications of having pacemaker
heart muscle. EXCEPT?
a. Stress test a. Bruising
b. Electrocardiogram b. Collapsed lungs
c. Echocardiogram c. Atherosclerosis
d. Kilogram d. Damaged blood vessels or nerves
5. Typically this operation will last up to?
a. 4-6 hours
b. 1-2 hours
c. 2-5 hours
d. 1-4 hours
6. What anesthesia is used in this operation?
a. Local Anesthesia
b. Spinal Anesthesia
c. General Anesthesia
d. Subarachnoid Block
Pacemaker and Valve Replacement

1. During this surgery, the damaged valve is 7. Patient with biological valves usually do
removed and replaced. not need to take blood-thinning
a. Valve repair medicines.
b. Valve replacement a. Not mentioned
c. Heart surgery b. True
d. Valve effacement c. False
2. The surgery performed in #1 is typically d. It depends on the doctor
what type of surgery? 8. A machine that keeps the oxygen-rich
a. Closed-heart surgery blood flowing through your body while
b. Mediated surgery your heart is stopped
c. Open-heart surgery a. Washing Machine
d. Fluoroscopic heart surgery b. Respiratory Machine
3. Are usually made from materials such as c. Heart-Lung Machine
plastic, carbon, or metal. d. All of the above
a. Mechanical valves
b. Electrical valves 9-10. Explain why a patient can have
c. Mediator Valves arrhythmias after the valve replacement.
d. Generated Valves
4. Are made from animal tissue or taken
from the human tissue of a donated heart
a. Biological Valves
b. Natural Valves
c. Adipose Valves
d. Mechanical Valves
5. What is xenograft?
a. A valve is made up of tissue from
his/her boyfriends donated heart
b. A valve that is made up of animal
tissue
c. Both A and B
d. None of the above
6. What is Autograft?
a. A signature of your favorite artist
b. The tissue used to make the valve is
from his or her own parents
c. The tissue used to make the valve is
from his or her own tissue
d. None of the above