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Subject : health-sciences
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1. What is the most common tumor of the heart?






2. What type of vegetations form in nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis?






3. What is the most common cause of sudden cardiac death? What are less common causes of sudden cardiac death?






4. When does the heart have a yellow pallor post MI?






5. What is the tx for mitral valve prolapse?






6. What is Dressler syndrome? When does it occur?






7. What is the tx for LHF?






8. What type of endocarditis is associated with SLE?






9. What is the tx for VSD?






10. What are the laboratory findings of bacterial endocarditis?






11. What gross and microscopic changes occur 1-3 weeks after an MI?






12. In what pt population does S aureus commonly cause valvular disease?






13. What is the effect of mitral regurg on the heart?






14. What causes prinzmetal angina?






15. Which coronary artery supplies the posterior wall of the LV and posterior septum?






16. What two things cause coronary artery vasospasm?






17. What effect does aortic stenosis have on the chambers of the heart?






18. What is the most common cause of endocarditis in IV drug users?






19. When would arrhythmia occur after MI?






20. What is the effect of acute vs chronic rheumatic disease off the mitral valve?






21. Foci of chronic inflammation - reactive histiocytes with slender - wavy nuclei - giant cells - and fibrinoid material.






22. In which pts does S viridans cause endocarditits?






23. Tender lesions on fingers or toes.






24. What complication occurs 1-3 days post MI?






25. What effect does dilated cardiomyopathy have on the heart?






26. Which chambers of the heart are generally spared in an MI?






27. What structures are susceptible to rupture post MI?






28. What type of shunt does a VSD cause?






29. What type of valvular vegetations does S aureus cause?






30. How does restrictive cardiomyopathy present?






31. What congenital heart defect does indomethacin tx?






32. What gross and microscopic changes occur months after an MI?






33. Boot - shaped heart on x- ray?






34. When do CK- MB levels rise - peak - and return to normal?






35. What is endocardial fibroelastosis? In what population is it found?






36. What type of vegetations does Strep viridans cause?






37. Is injury due angina reversible or irreversible?






38. What are complications of dilated cardiomyopathy?






39. Reperfusion of irreversibly damaged cells results in Ca influx - leading to hypercontraction of myofibrils.






40. What type of shunt does transposition of the great vessels cause?






41. Which angina(s) show ST elevation on EKG? ST depression?






42. With what disease is Libman - Sacks endocarditis associated?






43. What is the most common type of endocarditis?






44. How do nitrates tx MI?






45. What are the tx for MI?






46. What is the most common form of cardiomyopathy?






47. What is the most common cause of aortic stenosis?






48. What are the causes of restrictive cardiomyopathy in adults?






49. What are the sx of cardiac myxoma?






50. Pericarditis 6-8 wks post MI.