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1. necrotizing granulomas in lung and upper airways - nectrotizing GN - small vessel vasculitis
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2. In an EKG - What is the QT interval?
Aortic disecction - intraluminal tear forming false lumen
Mechanican contraction of the ventricles
Fluid movement through capillaries
Rapid repol - massive K influx - opening of voltage gated slow K channels and closure of Ca channels
3. thrombosis w/o necrosis - ST elevation - worsening chest pain at rest or with minimal exertion
Kaposi's sarcoma
RCA
CK- MB
Unstable/crescendo angina
4. What is the difference between the fetal and neonatal direction of blood flow in a patent ductus arteriosus
Mean arterial pressure
Cystic hygroma
Fetal right to left - neonate left to right leading to RVH and failure
Decreased
5. Which class of drugs decrease preload
CK- MB
Changes in CO as a function of preload
S. bovis
Venodilators (nitrogylcerine)
6. The cause of dyspnea on exertion?
The LA - can cause dysphagia because of compression of the esophageal nerve or hoarseness by compressing the the recurrent laryngeal nerve
In parallel
Failure of LV to in CO during exercise
Medullary vasomotor center senses baroreceptors and JGA
7. rate of 02 consumption/ arterial 02 - venous 02 ccontent=CO
Inc afterload - inc contractility - inc heart rate - inc heart size (inc wall tension)
Prinzmetal angina
Dilated cardiomyopathy
Fick principle
8. diaphoresis - N/V - severe retrosternal pain - pain in left arm/jaw - SOB - fatigue - adrenergic symptoms
Increased SV
MI
Buerger's disease
Calcification in media of arteries esp radial and ulnar - does not obstruct blood flow - intima not involved
9. no change in PR interval followed by dropped beat
Transposition of great vessels
2nd degree AV block - mobitz type 2 - may progess to 3rd degree block
Slow conduction velocity - used by AV node prolongs transmission from atria to ventrical
Extracellular calcium - calcium induced calcium release
10. sudden death in young atheletes - S4 - apical impulses - outflow obstruction
Dilated cardiomyopathy
Indomethacin closes - and pge keeps it open
Hypertrophied cardiomyopathy
CO
11. Where is the most posterior portion of the heart and What can it cause?
Hemorrhage
Aortic/pulmonic stenosis and mitral/tricuspid regurg
Septal defects - PDA - pulm art stenosis
The LA - can cause dysphagia because of compression of the esophageal nerve or hoarseness by compressing the the recurrent laryngeal nerve
12. What does FAN MY SKIN On Wednesday stand for?
Fever - roth's spots - osler's nodes - murmur - janeway lesions - anemia - nail - bed hemorrhages - emboli
The LA - can cause dysphagia because of compression of the esophageal nerve or hoarseness by compressing the the recurrent laryngeal nerve
Fever - Arthritis - Night sweats - Myalgia - SKIN nodules - Ocular disturbances - Weak pulses in upper extremities
In series
13. What are the 5 T's of cyanoitc babies
Fick principle
Tetralogy of fallot - transposition of great vessels - truncus arteriosus - tricuspid atresia - TAPVR
Calcification in media of arteries esp radial and ulnar - does not obstruct blood flow - intima not involved
MAP
14. which heart valves are afected most in rheumatic heart diseease
2nd degree AV block - mobitz type 1
Mitral>aortic>>tricuspid - high pressure valves affected most
Hematocrit
Varicose veins - thromboembolism rare
15. decrease stretch in baroreceptors leads to what response?
Aburpt halting of valve leaflets
Atrial fiutter - identical back to back atrial depol's - convert to sinus - cal IA - IC or III antiarrhythmics
CK- MB
Increased efferent SANS and decreased efferent PANS
16. In the cardiac cycle - which period has the highest 02 consumption?
Vasodilators
Preload
Fluid movement through capillaries
Isovolumetric contraction
17. In an anterior wall infarct - which artery is effected and which leads show Q waves
ANP
LAD - V1 - V4
MI
1st degree AV blodck
18. Why is contractility decreased in heart failure?
Systolic dysfunction
Left atrial pressure
Buerger's disease
Fetal right to left - neonate left to right leading to RVH and failure
19. How does acidosis affect contractility?
Venodilators (nitrogylcerine)
Crescendo - decrescendo systolic ejection murmur following ejection click
Decreased
Mitral valve prolapse
20. What does FEVERSS stand for in rheumatic heart disease
Pulse pressure
LCX - I - aVL
5-10 days - macs have degraded structural components
Fever - erythema marginatum - valvular damage - ESR - red hot joints - subQ nodules - St. vitus dance (chorea)
21. lymphatic malignancy associated with persistant lymphadema - post radical mastectomy
Tricuspid - don't tri drugs - S. aureus - pseudomonas - candida
Cyclophosphamide and corticosteroids
Wolff - Parkinson white syndrome
Lymphangiosarcoma
22. What are anitschkow's cells
ANP
Fever - erythema marginatum - valvular damage - ESR - red hot joints - subQ nodules - St. vitus dance (chorea)
Aburpt halting of valve leaflets
Activated histiocytes
23. How do beta blockers decrease contractility?
Decrease in cAMP
Decrease in activity of Na/Ca exhanger and increase in contractility
Lymphangiosarcoma
S. epidermidis
24. benign capillary skin papules in AIDS patients mistaken for kaposi sarcoma - caused by bartonella henselae
Black > white > asian
Decrease in cAMP
...
In RA return (inspiration)
25. On the cardiac cycle graph - on which corners do the opening and closing of the aortic and mitral valves occur?
Viridans streptococci
Systolic dysfunction
Lower right - MC - upper right - AO - upper right AC - lower left MO
In parallel
26. Weak pulses - notching of the ribs on xray - HTN in upper extremeties and weak peripheral pulses
Inc afterload - inc contractility - inc heart rate - inc heart size (inc wall tension)
The plateau period
S. bovis
Adult type aortic coarctation
27. What are the four most common locations for atherosclerosis?
Heart - 02 extraction is always around 100%
Abdominal aorta>coronary artery>popliteal artery>carotid artery ACoPCa
Late diastolic murmur following an opening snap
CFX
28. Restrictive cardiomyopathy causes
Sarcoid - amyloid - postradiation fibrosis - endocardial fibroelastosis - Loffler - hemochromatosis
C - ANCA
Mechanican contraction of the ventricles
Mitral valve
29. In an EKG - What is the p wave?
Venodilators (nitrogylcerine)
Tetralogy of fallot - transposition of great vessels - truncus arteriosus - tricuspid atresia - TAPVR
Atrial contraction
Inc ICP - cerebral ischemia - inc SANS tone (HTN) and reflex bradycardia
30. What do patients die early from in rheumatic heart disease?
S. epidermidis
Inc RA pressure - due to filling against closed tricupsid valve
Early deaths from myocarditis
Conduction delay through AV node - nl < 200 msec
31. stroke volume x HR =?
Arteriolosclerosis in malignant hypertension
Kids
TAPVR
CO
32. tearing chest pain radiation to the back - associated with marfan
Aortic disecction - intraluminal tear forming false lumen
LV failure - pulm venous distention transudation of fluid
During diastole
Atherosclerosis - LVH - stroke - CHF - renal failure - retinopathy - aortic dissection
33. disruption of the vasa vasorum of aorta - dilation of aorta and valve ring - tree bark appearance (calcifications on aortic root)
LAD - V1 - V4
Boot shaped heart
R to L shunt caused by stenoic pulmonic valve
3rd degree syphillus - syphillit heart disease can lead to aortic valve incompetence
34. How does digitatlis increase contractility?
Increased efferent SANS and decreased efferent PANS
2-4 day - early coag necrosis on the first day
Increase intracellular Na - resulting in increased Ca
During diastole
35. Right to left shunts are more common in babies or kids?
Sturge weber - vasculitis of caps
Venodilators (nitrogylcerine)
Normal in children and pregs - assoc with inc filling pressures - early in diastole during rapid ventricular filling
Babies
36. Do dihydropyridine or non - dihyrdropyridine Ca channel blockers decrease contractility
Rapid repol - massive K influx - opening of voltage gated slow K channels and closure of Ca channels
Filling is incomplete and CO falls
Non
Inc blood volume
37. What is the characteristic pulse in aortic stenosis?
Preload
Fluid movement through capillaries
Pulsus parvus and tardus - weak - can lead to syncope
Increased SV
38. Which bacteria causes rheumatic heart disease
Group a beta hemolytic strep
The plateau period
ANP
Cystic hygroma
39. What is the association with wide S2 splitting?
2nd degree AV block - mobitz type 2 - may progess to 3rd degree block
Torsades de pointes
Pulmonic stenosis and RBBB
Strawberry hemangioma
40. most common heart tumor
LAD - V1 - V4
Ventricular repolarization
Varicose veins - thromboembolism rare
Metastasis from melanoma or lymphoma
41. How does aldosterone raise MAP
Inc blood volume
LAD - V1- V2
Sturge weber - vasculitis of caps
Kids
42. serum marker for wegener's
The plateau period
If sodium channel
No
C - ANCA
43. Which class of drugs decrease the murmur heard in aortic regurg?
Vasodilators
Fick principle
Atrial contraction
Viridans streptococci
44. What 4 things drive myocardial 02 demand?
Inc venous return exaccerbates pulm vasc congestion
3rd degree block - pacemaker - Lyme disease
The operating point of the heart
Inc afterload - inc contractility - inc heart rate - inc heart size (inc wall tension)
45. pulmonary veins drain into right heart circulation (SVC - coronary sinus)
Fever - roth's spots - osler's nodes - murmur - janeway lesions - anemia - nail - bed hemorrhages - emboli
Diastolic
TAPVR
Preload
46. What can cause mitral prolapse?
Inc interstitial osmotic pressure pulling fliud out of capillaries
Squat. Compression of femoral arteries - inc TPR - dec
2-4 day - early coag necrosis on the first day
Myxomatous degeneration - RF - chordae rupture
47. disease of elastic arteries and large and medium sized muscular arteries
CHF
Atherosclerosis - LVH - stroke - CHF - renal failure - retinopathy - aortic dissection
Fever - erythema marginatum - valvular damage - ESR - red hot joints - subQ nodules - St. vitus dance (chorea)
Atherosclerosis
48. Where does coronary artery occlusion occur most commonly?
Late systolic crescendo murmur with a midsystolic click
Decrease in cAMP
Non
LAD
49. moncekberg
Calcification in media of arteries esp radial and ulnar - does not obstruct blood flow - intima not involved
Cystic hygroma
Babies
EtOh - wet Beriberi - Coxsackie B - cocaine - chagas - doxorubicin - hemochromatosis - peripartum cardiomyopathy
50. friction rub - 3-5 days post MI
Postinfarction fibrinous pericarditis
Tricuspid atresia - requires ASD and VSD
No
Aortic/pulmonic stenosis and mitral/tricuspid regurg
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