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What would cause the pacing generator in a pacemaker to not send out electricity?

What happens with failure to capture?

What would cause a failure to capture?

What is this EKG showing?

Why would someone need a Bi-ventricular pacemaker?

If you put in a bi-ventricular device, where are the leads?

If there is only one pacemaker lead in the atrium, where is the problem?

If there is only one pacemaker lead in the ventricle, where is the problem?

In an AV pacer, the first spike is responsible for what?

Where are leads placed for a pacemaker, in the subclavian vein or internal jugular?

Why do paced beats look like PVCs (upside down)?

Can you defibrillate a patient with a pacemaker?

Where are epicardial coronary arteries?

True or False: Epicardial coronary arteries dilate significantly with exercise?

What vessels bring extra O2 to cardiac muscles when exercising?

When arterioles dilate to feed muscle fibers, what happens to the pressure?

What happens to the blood flow to the muscle fibers if you have an MI?

With FFR, where do you measure the pressure?

What does adenosine do in FFR?

True or False: An FFR greater than 0.8 is not significant and should not be fixed.

What FFR score indicates that a lesion is significant and should be repaired?

True or False: When doing FFR, if the arterioles do not dilate, do not fix the lesion.

What is IFR?

When do coronary arteries perfuse?

Where do you place the IFR wire?

In IFR, what lesion calculation is too high to fix?

In IFR, what lesion calculation should you repair?

What type of catheter is used with Impella?

What French size catheter is an Impella?

True or False: The proximal end of the Impella catheter is located in the aorta.

Where is the distal end of an Impella located?

What are four reasons you would use an Impella?

What is the screw type mechanism that the Impella is based on?

How much CO can an Impella 5.0 deliver?

What RPM does the Impella run at?

True or False: You can turn the Impella off when it is not needed.

What is the proximal placement of an IABP catheter?

Where is the distal tip placement of an IABP?

How does the balloon pump catheter inflate?

What does an IABP do?

How does an IABP increase SV?

What are the contraindications to an IABP?

How is an IABP typically timed?

What is this?

What is this item?

What is the name of the solution cardiac biopsy samples are placed in?

What size wire does the Swan Ganz Catheter use?

In a normal inflation/deflation timing of a balloon pump, when does inflation occur?

In a normal inflation/deflation timing of a balloon pump, when does deflation occur?

When using an IABP, what is this waveform?

When using an IABP, what is this waveform?

When using an IABP, what is this waveform?

What area is associated with an anterior wall MI?

What are the signs and symptoms of an anterior wall MI?

An anterior MI is the most serious MI and is associated with the worst prognosis. True or False?

Can you give NTG during an anterior MI?