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Subject : health-sciences
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1. What type of vegetations are associated with Libman - Sacks endocarditis?






2. What causes endocarditis of prosthetic valves?






3. What is the most common type of endocarditis?






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






5. How does squating decrease hypoxemia in tetralogy of fallot?






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






7. How does fibrinolysis/angioplasty tx MI?






8. What iis the tx for aortic regurg?






9. What causes unstable angina?






10. When do troponin levels rise - peak - and return to normal?






11. What is the definition of ischemia?






12. Which artery is most often occluded in an MI?






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






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






15. What heart sound manifest with an ASD?






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






17. What always follows necrosis?






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






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






20. What is the most common form of cardiomyopathy?






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






22. Is scar tissue or myocardium stronger?






23. EKG for stable angina?






24. What increases the risk for chronic rheumatic heart disease?






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






26. What is systolic dysfx?






27. What is eythema marginatum? What parts of the body does it commonly involve?






28. What are the laboratory findings of bacterial endocarditis?






29. What does rupture of a papillary muscle cause?






30. Myofiber hypertrophy with disarray.






31. What does rupture of the IV septum cause?






32. What is the most common congenital heart defect?






33. What is the foundation of a scar?






34. What type of shunt does a VSD cause?






35. L- to - R shunt switching to R- to - L shunt.






36. What compensatory mechanism do tetralogy of fallot pts learn?






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






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






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






40. What is dilated cardiomyopathy?






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






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






43. With what virus is PDA associated?






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






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






46. What are heart failure cells?






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






48. What generally causes ischemic heart disease?






49. Which chambers of the heart are generally spared in an MI?






50. What type of endocarditis is associated with SLE?