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Subject : health-sciences
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1. Friction rub and chest pain.






2. What causes heart failure cells?






3. What causes microangiopathic hemolytic anemia in aortic stenosis?






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






5. Which congenital heart defect is associated with maternal diabetes?






6. Drug that vasodilates both arteries and veins but mostly veins. Used to decrease preload to heart.






7. What are the four defects in tetralogy of fallot?






8. How does MI cause LHF?






9. L- to - R shunt switching to R- to - L shunt.






10. Low voltage EKG w/diminished QRS amplitude.






11. When do neutrophils infiltrate the myocardium post MI?






12. What causes the dependent pitting edema in RHF?






13. With what developmental disorder is VSD associated?






14. What causes a mid - systolic click followed by a regurgitation murmur?






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






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






17. What is the most common cause of myocarditis?






18. What murmur ccan be heard in PDA?






19. What is the tx for LHF?






20. What type of endocarditis is associated with SLE?






21. What are the minor critera of the Jones criteria?






22. Sudden death in a young athlete.






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






24. Vegetations on surface and undersurface of mitral valve.






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






26. What is the only Jones criteria that doesn't resolve with time?






27. What causes angina and syncope in aortic stenosis?

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28. Which artery is most often occluded in an MI?






29. Is scar tissue or myocardium stronger?






30. What type of vegetations are associated with Libman - Sacks endocarditis?






31. How does adult coarctation of the aorta present?






32. How does fibrinolysis/angioplasty tx MI?






33. What type of collagen is involved in fibrosis?






34. What is chronic rheumatic heart disease?






35. When is a post - MI pt at highest risk for rupture of a LV structure? With what microscopic change is this complication associated?






36. Jugular venous distension - painful hepatosplenomegaly w/nutmeg liver - pitting edema.






37. What is the most common valve infected by S aureus?






38. What is the most common primary cardiac tumor in adults? Is it malignant or benign?






39. How does dilated cardiomyopathy cause LHF?






40. What is the most common primary cardiac tumor in children? Is it malignant or benign?






41. When would arrhythmia occur after MI?






42. How long after pharyngitis does acute rheumatic fever occur?






43. What causes the split S2 in ASD?






44. What is the most common cause of death during the acute phase of rheumatic fever?






45. What is the JOneS mneumonic?






46. What congenital heart defect is associated with fetal alcohol syndrome?






47. What are the complications of mitral stenosis?






48. Poor myocardial fx due to chronic ischemic damage?






49. What typically causes hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?






50. What type of shunt does a VSD cause?