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Subject : health-sciences
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1. When do troponin levels rise - peak - and return to normal?






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






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






4. Low voltage EKG w/diminished QRS amplitude.






5. Systolic ejection click followed by crescendo - decrescendo murmur.






6. What is the etiology of S viridans endocarditis?






7. Poor myocardial fx due to chronic ischemic damage?






8. What does a biopsy of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy look like?






9. What are the tx for MI?






10. Why are cardiac enzymes elevated after an MI?






11. What are the clinical features of endocarditis? What causes each feature?






12. What is the characteristic murmur of aortic stenosis?






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






14. What is the cause of restrictive cardiomyopathy in children?






15. What is the characteristic murmurr of mitral stenosis?






16. What causes unstable angina?






17. What is the 1day-1wk -1mo mneumonic for MI?






18. Lower extremity cyanosis later in life - holostystolic machine like murmur.






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






20. What type of shunt does ASD cause?






21. What is the tx for LHF?






22. What are the clinical features of RHF due to?






23. What type of shunt does a VSD cause?






24. What gross and microscopic changes occur 1-3 weeks after an MI?






25. Which angina(s) show ST elevation on EKG? ST depression?






26. What heart sound manifest with an ASD?






27. Small - sterile fibrin deposits randomly arranged on closure of valve leaflets in a pt w/metastatic colon cancer?






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






29. What causes microangiopathic hemolytic anemia in aortic stenosis?






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






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






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






33. Holosystolic blowing murmur that increases w/expiration?






34. What causes heart failure cells?






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






36. 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.






37. How does Eisenmeger syndrome occur?






38. What vavular defect results from acute rheumatic fever?






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






40. What is dilated cardiomyopathy?






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






42. What maintains patency of the PDA?






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






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






45. What type of collagen is involved in fibrosis?






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






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






48. What causes an early - blowing diastolic murmur?






49. Is injury due angina reversible or irreversible?






50. What murmur ccan be heard in PDA?