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Subject : health-sciences
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1. What is the most common type of ASD? What %?






2. What are the clinical features of RHF due to?






3. What structures are susceptible to rupture post MI?






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






5. What heart sound manifest with an ASD?






6. What iis the tx for aortic regurg?






7. When does the heart have a yellow pallor post MI?






8. Which congenital heart defect is associated with congenital rubella?






9. What are the sx of PDA at birth?






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






11. What does granulation tissue contain?






12. How do you prevent S viridans endocarditis?






13. What always follows necrosis?






14. Is scar tissue or myocardium stronger?






15. What is the tx for LHF?






16. What maintains patency of the PDA?






17. What is the rate of congenital heart defects?






18. What distinguishes stenosis caused by chronic rheumatic heart disease from wear and tear aortic stenosis?






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






20. What causes an early - blowing diastolic murmur?






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






22. Drug that vasodilates both arteries and veins but mostly veins. Used to decrease preload to heart.






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






24. What causes acute endocarditis?






25. What is the tx for aortic stenosis?






26. Erythematous nontender lesions on palms and soles.






27. What causes the split S2 in ASD?






28. Pericarditis 6-8 wks post MI.






29. With what developmental disorder is VSD associated?






30. What is the characteristic murmur of aortic stenosis?






31. What imaging test is useful for detecting lesions on valves?






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






33. What tests show prior group A beta - hemolytic strep infection?






34. What causes unstable angina?






35. Is injury due angina reversible or irreversible?






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






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






38. Why would cardiac enzymes continue to increase after the initial MI?






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






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






41. When do neutrophils infiltrate the myocardium post MI?






42. When do CK- MB levels rise - peak - and return to normal?






43. EKG for stable angina?






44. What is the JOneS mneumonic?






45. What causes endocarditis of prosthetic valves?






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






47. What is systolic dysfx?






48. What bug causes acute rheumatic fever?






49. What is the definition of ischemia?






50. What generally causes ischemic heart disease?