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Subject : health-sciences
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1. What causes an early - blowing diastolic murmur?






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






3. What causes the split S2 in ASD?






4. What is the only Jones criteria that doesn't resolve with time?






5. What does nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis cause?






6. What is the tx for mitral valve prolapse?






7. What causes heart failure cells?






8. What are the clinical features of RHF?






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






10. What cardiac disease is associated with tuberous sclerosis?






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






12. What endocarditis is commonly found in patients with colon cancer?






13. What is the characteristic murmur of aortic stenosis?






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






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






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






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






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






19. When do macrophagess infiltrate the myocardium post MI?






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






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






22. What is the definition of ischemia?






23. What congenital heart defect presents later in life with lower extremity cyanosis?






24. Which vasculitis can cause MI?






25. How does hypertension cause LHF?


26. What does rupture of a papillary muscle cause?






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






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






29. Opening snap followed by diastolic rumble.






30. What is the tx for VSD?






31. When is a post - MI pt at highest risk for an aneurysm? With what microscopic change is this complication associated?






32. What valves are involved in rhuematic endocarditis?






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






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






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






36. What complications occur within 4 hrs post MI?






37. What does rupture of the IV septum cause?






38. Foci of chronic inflammation - reactive histiocytes with slender - wavy nuclei - giant cells - and fibrinoid material.






39. Friction rub and chest pain.






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






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






42. Is scar tissue or myocardium stronger?






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






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






45. What conditions can cause nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis?






46. When is a post - MI pt at highest risk for Dressler syndrome? With what microscopic change is this complication associated?






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






48. What causes unstable angina?






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






50. What increases the volume of mitral regurg murmur?