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Subject : health-sciences
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1. What increases the risk for chronic rheumatic heart disease?






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






3. What are the forward and backward sx of LHF?






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






5. What is systolic dysfx?






6. What causes endocarditis of prosthetic valves?






7. What are the clinical features of LHF due to?






8. What complications occur 4-7 days post MI?






9. What are complications of dilated cardiomyopathy?






10. When would arrhythmia occur after MI?






11. What drug relieves stable angina?






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






13. What complications occur within 4 hrs post MI?






14. What causes angina and syncope in aortic stenosis?

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






16. What is the main cause of MV regurg? What are other causes?






17. What is the 1day-1wk -1mo mneumonic for MI?






18. What causes an early - blowing diastolic murmur?






19. What is a water - hammer pulse?






20. In which pts does S viridans cause endocarditits?






21. What are the sx of cardiac myxoma?






22. What congenital heart defect does indomethacin tx?






23. What is Dressler syndrome? When does it occur?






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






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






26. What is an Aschoff body?






27. Dilated cardiomyopathy is a late complication of what illness?






28. How does reperfusion injury occur?






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






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






31. What is endocardial fibroelastosis? In what population is it found?






32. What shunt does tetralogy of fallot produce?






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






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






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






36. How does fibrinolysis/angioplasty tx MI?






37. How does aortic regurg affect the heart chambers?






38. How does ischemia cause LHF?






39. Unexpected death due to cardiac disease w/o sx or <1hr after sx arise?






40. What causes the split S2 in ASD?






41. Is injury due angina reversible or irreversible?






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






43. What causes unstable angina?






44. Are most congenital heart defects spontaneous or inherited?






45. What two things cause coronary artery vasospasm?






46. 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.






47. What is the rate of congenital heart defects?






48. What genetic conditions predispose a pt to mitral valve prolapse?






49. What gross and microscopic changes occur 4-24 hours after an MI?






50. With what developmental disorder is VSD associated?