Author Question: George has cardiovascular disease (CVD), is 64 years old, has a total cholesterol of 280 mg/dL, has ... (Read 55 times)

khang · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

George has cardiovascular disease (CVD), is 64 years old, has a total cholesterol of 280 mg/dL, has a systolic blood pressure (BP) of 158, and is being treated for hypertension. You are doing a Framingham Risk Assessment on him.

Which assessment factor would give him the highest number of points on the scale?
a. His age
b. His cholesterol level
c. His systolic BP
d. The fact that he is on antihypertensive medication

Question 2

Which heart sound may be heard with poorly controlled hypertension, angina, and ischemic heart disease?

a. A physiologic split S2 c. S3
b. A fixed split S2 d. S4