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1. What compensatory mechanism do tetralogy of fallot pts learn?






2. Episodic chest pain unrelated to exertion due to coronary vasospasm. ST- segment elevation. Relieved by NG or Ca channel blockers.






3. What type of shunt does transposition of the great vessels cause?






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






5. What is the most common form of cardiomyopathy?






6. What is a Quincke pulse?






7. How does contraction band necrosis occur?






8. What type of endocarditis is associated with SLE?






9. How does aortic regurg affect the heart chambers?






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






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






12. What is the murmur of mitral valve prolapse?






13. How long can cardiac myocytes be deprived of oxygen before they become irreversibly injured?






14. What are the causes of LHF?






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






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






17. What causes unstable angina?






18. What effect does aortic regurg have on the pulse pressure? Why?






19. In what pt population does S aureus commonly cause valvular disease?






20. How does Eisenmeger syndrome occur?






21. When would arrhythmia occur after MI?






22. What is diastolic dysfx?






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






24. What causes prinzmetal angina?






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






26. Poor myocardial fx due to chronic ischemic damage?






27. What causes the dependent pitting edema in RHF?






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






29. What cardiac enzyme is useful for detecting reinfarction?






30. EKG for stable angina?






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






32. What does nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis cause?






33. When is a post - MI pt at highest risk for rupture of a LV structure? With what microscopic change is this complication associated?






34. Infects predamaged valves after transient bacteremia?






35. What type of vegetations does Strep viridans cause?






36. What is a common complication of cardiac metastasis?






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






38. What cardiac disease is associated with tuberous sclerosis?






39. Holosystolic blowing murmur that increases w/expiration?






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






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






42. What type of tumor is a rhabdomyoma?






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






44. What is an Aschoff body?






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






46. What is the tx for LHF?






47. In transposition of the great vessels - What is required for survival? How is this achieved?






48. How does hypertension cause LHF?

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49. Is injury due angina reversible or irreversible?






50. What are the sx of aortic regurg?