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Subject : health-sciences
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1. What complication occurs 1-3 days post MI?






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






3. What disesase has Aschoff bodies?






4. Is scar tissue or myocardium stronger?






5. What type of shunt results in cyanosis at birth?






6. What is the cause of the red border around granulation tissue?






7. What is the most common cause of endocarditis in IV drug users?






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






9. Pericarditis 6-8 wks post MI.






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






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






12. What is the etiology of S viridans endocarditis?






13. What is the classic EKG finding of restrictive cardiomyopathy?






14. What is the murmur of mitral regurg?






15. Dilated cardiomyopathy is a late complication of what illness?






16. What bug causes acute rheumatic fever?






17. What effect does aortic stenosis have on the chambers of the heart?






18. With what condition are rhabdomyomas associated?






19. What are the causes of restrictive cardiomyopathy in adults?






20. Tender lesions on fingers or toes.






21. What is the most common type of ASD? What %?






22. Are most congenital heart defects spontaneous or inherited?






23. What characterizes acute rheumatic fever endocarditiis?






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






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






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






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






28. Poor myocardial fx due to chronic ischemic damage?






29. What determines the extent of shunting and cyanosis in tetralogy of fallot?






30. Holosystolic blowing murmur that increases w/expiration?






31. Which angina is relieved by Ca channel blockers?






32. Opening snap followed by diastolic rumble.






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






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






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






36. What is the characteristic murmur of aortic stenosis?






37. Which coronary artery supplies the posterior wall of the LV and posterior septum?






38. What type of shunt does ASD cause?






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






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






41. With what endocarditis is S epidermidis associated?






42. What typically causes hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?






43. What is an Aschoff body?






44. What is endocardial fibroelastosis? In what population is it found?






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






46. Why are cardiac enzymes elevated after an MI?






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






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






49. What % of MIs involve the LAD?






50. What type of collagen is involved in fibrosis?