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Subject : health-sciences
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1. In which chamber of the heart are cardiac myxomas found?






2. What cardiac disease is associated with tuberous sclerosis?






3. When do neutrophils infiltrate the myocardium post MI?






4. Are most congenital heart defects spontaneous or inherited?






5. What causes endocarditis of prosthetic valves?






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






7. Episodic chest pain unrelated to exertion due to coronary vasospasm. ST- segment elevation. Relieved by NG or Ca channel blockers.






8. With what disease is infantile coarctation of the aorta associated?






9. What causes the dependent pitting edema in RHF?






10. What is a water - hammer pulse?






11. In which pts does S viridans cause endocarditits?






12. What are the cancers that most commonly metastasize to the heart?






13. When does the heart have dark discoloration post MI?






14. What effect does transposition of the great vessels have on the ventricles?






15. What areas of the heart does the RCA supply?






16. Ostium primum ASD is associated with what congenital disorder?






17. How does restrictive cardiomyopathy present?






18. What type of tumor is a rhabdomyoma?






19. How does O2 tx MI?






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






21. What causes acute endocarditis?






22. How does Eisenmeger syndrome occur?






23. What % of MIs involve the LAD?






24. What is the most common type of endocarditis?






25. What disesase has Aschoff bodies?






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






27. What does rupture of the IV septum cause?






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






29. With what virus is PDA associated?






30. What does rupture of a papillary muscle cause?






31. What are the sx of cardiac myxoma?






32. What two things cause coronary artery vasospasm?






33. Friction rub and chest pain.






34. With what developmental disorder is VSD associated?






35. When is an MI pt at greatest risk for cardiogenic shock?






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






37. With what disease is transposition of the great vessels associated?






38. What type of vegetations does nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (marantic endocarditis) cause?






39. What does rupture of the LV free wall cause?






40. Chest pain the arises with exertion or emotional stress and is relieved by NG or rest. The pain lasts <20 min and radiates to the left arm or jaw. There is also diaphoresis and SOB - EKG shows ST- segment depression.






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






42. How do you prevent S viridans endocarditis?






43. What are the sx of PDA at birth?






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






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






46. What imaging test is useful for detecting lesions on valves?






47. What are the complications that occur months after an MI?






48. What congenital heart defect presents later in life with lower extremity cyanosis?






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






50. Early - blowing diastolic murmur - bounding pulse - pulsating nail bed - and head bobbing.