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Question: Mr. Andrews is a 45-year-old architect who was admitted 2 days ago to hospital following a blackout whilst watching a football match with N his son. His past medical history indicates that he is on no medication and seemed to be a reasonably fit man for his age with no existing diagnosed medical conditions, He is slightly overweight at 182 lbs, he smokes 25 cigarettes per day and drinks approximately 25 units of alcohol per week. His blood pressure on admission was 165/80 mmHg with a heart rate of 90 beats per minute. This degree of raised blood pressure and heart rate has been maintained over the last 48 hours. He is subsequently diagnosed as having tachycardia and hypertension. 01:57:36

A. What is tachycardia? What are potential complications from this diagnosis?

B. What is hypertension? What are some risk factors for hypertension? C. When considering his diagnosis, how is the cardiac output affected in this patient? (Make sure to describe how each diagnosis affects cardiac output and its constituents. D. The patient is prescribed antihypertensive medications. Using your knowledge from the blood and heart chapters, explain what potential complications might arise from aggressive hypertensive medications. E. Applying your knowledge of heart anatomy, explain the consequences of right heart failure (right side of the heart fails to pump blood adequately) and compare them to left heart failure (left side of the heart fails to pump blood adequately).

Which type of failure is more serious? Justify your answer. Essay Toolbar navigation