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Subject : health-sciences
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1. Reperfusion of irreversibly damaged cells results in Ca influx - leading to hypercontraction of myofibrils.






2. What does nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis cause?






3. What % stenosis causes stable angina?






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






5. With what endocarditis is S epidermidis associated?






6. Large vegetations on tricuspid valve?






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






8. What causes endocarditis of prosthetic valves?






9. What does a biopsy of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy look like?






10. What is the most common cause of infectious endocarditis?






11. With what condition are rhabdomyomas associated?






12. In which chamber of the heart are cardiac myxomas found?






13. What vavular defect results from acute rheumatic fever?






14. What is the definition of ischemia?






15. What are the sx of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?






16. What is the most common cause of aortic stenosis?






17. In which pts does S viridans cause endocarditits?






18. How does Eisenmeger syndrome occur?






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






20. What cardiac disease is associated with tuberous sclerosis?






21. What causes an early - blowing diastolic murmur?






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






23. What cardiac enzyme is useful for detecting reinfarction?






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






25. What characterizes acute rheumatic fever endocarditiis?






26. Which artery is most often occluded in an MI?






27. What type of collagen is involved in fibrosis?






28. What bug causes acute rheumatic fever?






29. What is the most common cause of RHF? What are others?






30. What is the most common primary cardiac tumor in adults? Is it malignant or benign?






31. What does rupture of a papillary muscle cause?






32. How does O2 tx MI?






33. Crushing chest pain lasting >20 minutes that radiates to left arm or jaw - diaphoresis - and dyspnea. Sx not relieved by NG.






34. How does restrictive cardiomyopathy present?






35. What is chronic rheumatic heart disease?






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






37. What causes acute endocarditis?






38. What causes unstable angina?






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






40. Systolic ejection click followed by crescendo - decrescendo murmur.






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






42. What are the minor critera of the Jones criteria?






43. What causes wear and tear aortic stenosis?






44. What type of ischemia does stable angina cause?






45. When do macrophagess infiltrate the myocardium post MI?






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






47. Why are cardiac enzymes elevated after an MI?






48. What is the most common valve infected by S aureus?






49. How long after pharyngitis does acute rheumatic fever occur?






50. What are the sx of aortic regurg?