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Subject : health-sciences
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1. What type of collagen is involved in fibrosis?






2. How do ACE inhibitors tx MI?






3. What typically causes hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?






4. At What age does wear and tear aortic stenosis present? What congenital disease hastens the onset?






5. Fever - murmur - Janeway lesions - Osler nodes - splinter hemorrhages - anemia of chronic disease?






6. What are other (not atherosclerotic) causes of MI?






7. What is the most common cause of dilated cardiomyopathy? What are other causes?






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






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






10. What is the most common tumor of the heart?






11. What shunt does tetralogy of fallot produce?






12. What are the tx for MI?






13. Which coronary artery supplies the anterior wall and anterior septum?






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






15. Infects predamaged valves after transient bacteremia?






16. With what other congenital heart defect is tricuspid atresia associated? What type of shunt is present?






17. What distinguishes stenosis caused by chronic rheumatic heart disease from wear and tear aortic stenosis?






18. What are the sx of right - to - left shunt?






19. What is typically the mechanims of sudden cardiac death?






20. Turner syndrome is associated with which congenital heart defect?






21. Lower extremity cyanosis in infants? In adults?






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






23. What is the most common type of endocarditis?






24. What are the clinical features of LHF due to?






25. What gross and microscopic changes occur 4-24 hours after an MI?






26. What is the gross and microscopic appearance of cardiac myxomas?






27. What are the two effects of ATII?






28. With what condition are rhabdomyomas associated?






29. Low voltage EKG w/diminished QRS amplitude.






30. With what congenital heart defect is ADULT coarctation of the aorta associated?






31. When would arrhythmia occur after MI?






32. What does rupture of a papillary muscle cause?






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






34. What genetic conditions predispose a pt to mitral valve prolapse?






35. What coronary arterysupplies the lateral wall of the LV?






36. Which angina is relieved by Ca channel blockers?






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






38. In which chamber of the heart are cardiac myxomas found?






39. How does contraction band necrosis occur?






40. What is the etiology of S viridans endocarditis?






41. What effect does chronic rheumatic heart disease have the mitral valve?






42. How does ischemia cause LHF?






43. What type of shunt does a VSD cause?






44. What congenital heart defect does indomethacin tx?






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






46. Hypertension in upper extremities - hypotension in lower extremities - notching of ribs on CXR.






47. What causes wear and tear aortic stenosis?






48. What does granulation tissue contain?






49. What are the Jones criteria?






50. What are complications of dilated cardiomyopathy?