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Subject : health-sciences
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1. What is the etiology of S viridans endocarditis?






2. Are most congenital heart defects spontaneous or inherited?






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






4. Why are cardiac enzymes elevated after an MI?






5. How does restrictive cardiomyopathy cause LHF?

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6. What effect does squatting have on the murmur of mitral valve prolapse? Why?






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






8. What is the effect of acute vs chronic rheumatic disease off the mitral valve?






9. How does reperfusion injury occur?






10. What is the effect of mitral regurg on the heart?






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






12. What cardiac enzyme is useful for detecting reinfarction?






13. Reactive histiocyte with slender - wavy 'caterpillar' nucleus.






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






15. What are heart failure cells?






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






17. Unexpected death due to cardiac disease w/o sx or <1hr after sx arise?






18. How does ischemia cause LHF?






19. Sudden death in a young athlete.






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






21. What gross and microscopic changes occur 1-3 days after an MI?






22. What are the sx of pericardiits?






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






24. Which coronary artery supplies the anterior wall and anterior septum?






25. What does chronic ischemic heart disease progress to?






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






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






28. What is the murmur of mitral valve prolapse?






29. What is the gold standard blood marker for MI?






30. What are the tx for MI?






31. 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.






32. Tender lesions on fingers or toes.






33. How do you prevent S viridans endocarditis?






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






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






36. What are the complications of mitral stenosis?






37. Is injury due angina reversible or irreversible?






38. What causes the dependent pitting edema in RHF?






39. What is the characteristic murmur of aortic stenosis?






40. When would arrhythmia occur after MI?






41. Lower extremity cyanosis in infants? In adults?






42. What artery is the 2nd most often occluded in an MI?






43. Is scar tissue or myocardium stronger?






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






45. What is the rate of congenital heart defects?






46. What iis the tx for aortic regurg?






47. How does MI cause LHF?






48. When do macrophagess infiltrate the myocardium post MI?






49. What type of valvular vegetations does S aureus cause?






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