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Subject : health-sciences
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1. What congenital heart defect often is present with infantile coarctation of the aorta?






2. What causes the split S2 in ASD?






3. What causes mitral valve prolapse?






4. What is systolic dysfx?






5. What type of tumor is a rhabdomyoma?






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






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






8. Chest pain the arises with exertion or emotional stress and is relieved by NG or rest. The pain lasts <20 min and radiates to the left arm or jaw. There is also diaphoresis and SOB - EKG shows ST- segment depression.






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






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






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






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






13. EKG for stable angina?






14. What causes endocarditis of prosthetic valves?






15. When do neutrophils infiltrate the myocardium post MI?






16. What is migratory polyarthritis?






17. What type of endocarditis is associated w/metastatic cancer and wasting conditions?






18. What is the effect of mitral regurg on the heart?






19. In which chamber of the heart are rhabdomyomas found?






20. What areas of the heart does the RCA supply?






21. What is a water - hammer pulse?






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






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






24. What type of vegetations form in nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis?






25. What does chronic ischemic heart disease progress to?






26. What effect does chronic rheumatic heart disease have the mitral valve?






27. What is the most common type of endocarditis?






28. At what point in development do congenital heart defects arise?






29. What causes heart failure cells?






30. How does O2 tx MI?






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






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






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






34. What is the tx for aortic stenosis?






35. What is typically the mechanims of sudden cardiac death?






36. What is the etiology of S viridans endocarditis?






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






38. With what congenital heart defect is ADULT coarctation of the aorta associated?






39. Early - blowing diastolic murmur - bounding pulse - pulsating nail bed - and head bobbing.






40. What are the sx of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?






41. What are the clinical features of endocarditis? What causes each feature?






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






43. Infects predamaged valves after transient bacteremia?






44. What complication occurs 1-3 days post MI?






45. What causes acute endocarditis?






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






47. Endomyocardial fibrosis w/eosinophilic infiltrate and eosinophilia.






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






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






50. How does aortic regurg affect the heart chambers?