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Subject : health-sciences
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1. Large vegetations on tricuspid valve?






2. How long can cardiac myocytes be deprived of oxygen before they become irreversibly injured?






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






4. What is the most common cause of mitral stenosis?






5. What vavular defect results from acute rheumatic fever?






6. What two things cause coronary artery vasospasm?






7. What type of shunt does truncus arteriosus cause?






8. Opening snap followed by diastolic rumble.






9. What type of endocarditis is associated w/metastatic cancer and wasting conditions?






10. What is the rate of mitral valve prolapse in the US?






11. Holosystolic blowing murmur that increases w/expiration?






12. What is the tx for mitral valve prolapse?






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






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






15. When is an MI patent at highest risk for fibrionous pericarditis?






16. What maintains patency of the PDA?






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






18. What is chronic rheumatic heart disease?






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






20. How does aortic regurg affect the heart chambers?






21. What increases the volume of mitral regurg murmur?






22. Myofiber hypertrophy with disarray.






23. What gross and microscopic changes occur 1-3 days after an MI?






24. In which chamber of the heart are rhabdomyomas found?






25. What disesase has Aschoff bodies?






26. What shunt does tetralogy of fallot produce?






27. What structures are susceptible to rupture post MI?






28. What type of ASD is associated w/Down syndrome?






29. What is a Quincke pulse?






30. What congenital heart defect does indomethacin tx?






31. What areas of the heart does the LAD supply?






32. What are Janeway lesions?






33. Swelling and pain in a large joint that resolves within days and migrates to involve another large joint.






34. What valves are most commonly involved in chronic rheumatic heart disease?






35. What is a water - hammer pulse?






36. What is the most common cause of RHF? What are others?






37. What complications occur 4-7 days post MI?






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






39. What creates the immune reaction in acute rhuematic fever?

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40. What is an Aschoff body?






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






42. What tests show prior group A beta - hemolytic strep infection?






43. What typically causes hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?






44. What are the complications of mitral valve prolapse? Are they common?






45. Which angina is relieved by Ca channel blockers?






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






47. What is the tx for dilated cardiomyopathy?






48. What causes notching of the ribs in adult coarctation of the aorta?






49. What two things happen when a blocked vessel is opened after an MI?






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