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Subject : health-sciences
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1. What type of vegetations does nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (marantic endocarditis) cause?






2. What does chronic ischemic heart disease progress to?






3. What does Libman - Sacks endocarditis cause?






4. What is the etiology of S viridans endocarditis?






5. Return of O2 and inflammatory cells cause FR generation - further damaging myocytes.






6. Tender lesions on fingers or toes.






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






8. Poor myocardial fx due to chronic ischemic damage?






9. With what condition are rhabdomyomas associated?






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






11. How does asprin/heparin tx MI?






12. What is a complication of chronic rheumatic heart disease?






13. What are the clinical features of RHF?






14. Sudden death in a young athlete.






15. Hypertension in upper extremities - hypotension in lower extremities - notching of ribs on CXR.






16. How do you prevent S viridans endocarditis?






17. When do neutrophils infiltrate the myocardium post MI?






18. What is diastolic dysfx?






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






20. What two things happen when a blocked vessel is opened after an MI?






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






22. How do you tx prinzmetal angina?






23. What is systolic dysfx?






24. What two things cause coronary artery vasospasm?






25. What causes heart failure cells?






26. What is the rate of mitral valve prolapse in the US?






27. EKG for stable angina?






28. What type of ischemia does stable angina cause?






29. What is the gross and microscopic appearance of cardiac myxomas?






30. What are the clinical features of LHF due to?






31. How does adult coarctation of the aorta present?






32. What is an Aschoff body?






33. What heart sound manifest with an ASD?






34. With what endocarditis is S epidermidis associated?






35. What causes an early - blowing diastolic murmur?






36. What are the HACEK organisms? With what condition are they associated?






37. What characterizes acute rheumatic fever endocarditiis?






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






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






40. What coronary artery supplies the mitral valve papillary muscles?






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






42. What are Osler nodes?






43. Erythematous nontender lesions on palms and soles.






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






45. What causes endocarditis of prosthetic valves?






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






47. What are the four defects in tetralogy of fallot?






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






49. What causes mitral valve prolapse?






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