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Subject : health-sciences
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1. What is migratory polyarthritis?






2. What effect does chronic rheumatic heart disease have on the aortic valve?

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3. What does Libman - Sacks endocarditis cause?






4. What bug causes acute rheumatic fever?






5. What cardiac disease is associated with tuberous sclerosis?






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






7. What causes acute endocarditis?






8. Myofiber hypertrophy with disarray.






9. What is the characteristic finding on CXR in tetralogy of fallot?






10. What endocarditis is commonly found in patients with colon cancer?






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






12. What is Loeffler syndrome?






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






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






15. Lower extremity cyanosis in infants? In adults?






16. What gross and microscopic changes occur 4-7 days after an MI?






17. Which angina is relieved by Ca channel blockers?






18. What is molecular mimicry?






19. How does contraction band necrosis occur?






20. What is the leading cause of death in the US?






21. Which angina(s) cause subendocardial ischemia? Transmural ischemia?






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






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






24. Is scar tissue or myocardium stronger?






25. What disesase has Aschoff bodies?






26. How do beta blockers tx MI?






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






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






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






30. What congenital heart defect often is present with infantile coarctation of the aorta?






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






32. Opening snap followed by diastolic rumble.






33. Where is the coarctation in infantile coarctation of the aorta?






34. What causes the split S2 in ASD?






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






36. What effect does mitral stenosis have on the heart chambers?






37. What are the Jones criteria?






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






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

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40. Dense layer of elastic and fibrotic tissue in the endocardium.






41. Low voltage EKG w/diminished QRS amplitude.






42. What is the most common type of endocarditis?






43. Crushing chest pain lasting >20 minutes that radiates to left arm or jaw - diaphoresis - and dyspnea. Sx not relieved by NG.






44. What is the characteristic murmur of aortic stenosis?






45. How does fibrinolysis/angioplasty tx MI?






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






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






48. Which congenital heart defect is associated with congenital rubella?






49. What causes heart failure cells?






50. What valves are involved in rhuematic endocarditis?