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Cardiovascular NCLEX Questions Questions
Question 1 of 5
A 45-year-old man was just started anti-hypertensive therapy and then developed a persistent dry cough. Which of the following drugs could cause this side effect?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Enalapril, an ACE inhibitor, commonly causes a dry cough.
Question 2 of 5
An increase in heart rate by the sympathetic nervous system is a____
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: A positive chronotropic effect increases heart rate due to enhanced activity of the sympathetic nervous system.
Question 3 of 5
A 70 year old man with diminished pulses and a history of angina and syncope with exercise has an ejection type murmur radiating into the carotid arteries. Likely cause is:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Aortic stenosis causes an ejection murmur radiating to the carotids, with symptoms like angina, syncope, and diminished pulses due to outflow obstruction.
Question 4 of 5
A lung mass of a 50 pack-year smoker is biopsied. If ADH levels were grossly increased, what would most likely be the histologic appearance of this mass?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Small cell lung cancer, common in heavy smokers, produces ADH (SIADH) and shows sheets of small, round, hyperchromatic cells on histology.
Question 5 of 5
When is used to make artificial valves, the valves last long a long time, but blood clotting can result.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Metal or plastic artificial valves are durable but can cause blood clotting, unlike animal tissue which is less prone to clotting but less durable.