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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. PCWP > LV diastolic pressure






2. failure of truncus arteriosus to divide?






3. What masks atrial repolarization?






4. congenital heart defect withdown syndrome






5. What is the S1 sound?






6. When during cardiac nodal cells depolarize?






7. EDV - ESV






8. Where are pacemaker cells?






9. Which sympathetic receptors raise MAP






10. Why is there edema after burns or during infection






11. What causes the CO curve to shift upwards?






12. S3 - dilated heart on US - balloon appearance on CXR - eccentric hypertrophy






13. What is the most common cause of MI






14. In a lateral wall infarct - which artery is effected - and which leads show Q waves?






15. What causes the murmur heard in MR to enhance?






16. When and why do you hear the S4 sound






17. What is the characteristic pulse in aortic stenosis?






18. What are the 5 T's of cyanoitc babies






19. Which kind of infarct show ST elevation - and/or pathologic Q waves






20. What happens in phase 3 of the cardiac ventricular action potential?






21. What does an isoelectric ST segment indicate?






22. How do beta blockers decrease contractility?






23. Fatal arrhythmia






24. port wine stains on face - intracerebral AVM - siezures - early onset glaucoma - congenital






25. What are the systolic heart sounds






26. Which class of drugs decrease preload






27. prolonged PR interval






28. in the JVP - What is the c wave?






29. most common primary cardiac tumor in adults - ball - valve obstruction in left atrium






30. EDV is also known as






31. What is the time frame for arrhythmia risk in the evolution of MI






32. The cause of pulmonary edema - paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea?






33. skin rash on buttocks and legs - arthralgia - intestinal hemorrhage - abdominal pain - melena. Follows URI - IgA immune complex - most common childhood systemic vasculitis






34. benign capillary skin papules in AIDS patients mistaken for kaposi sarcoma - caused by bartonella henselae






35. What are the four most common locations for atherosclerosis?






36. Right to left shunts are more common in babies or kids?






37. Which channel accounts for automaticity of the SA and AV nodes?






38. Which murmur is characteristic of mitral/tricuspid regurg?






39. What channels do the the pacemaker cells lack?






40. sudden death in young atheletes - S4 - apical impulses - outflow obstruction






41. What does increasing intracellular Ca do?






42. What is the classic X ray finding for tet of fallot?






43. What happends in phase 1 of the ventricular cardiac action potential?






44. How does digitatlis increase contractility?






45. What causes the early cyanosis in Tet of Fallot?






46. What stimulates release of calcium from the SR?






47. retrosternal chest main with exertion - ST depression on ECG - likely due atherosclerosis






48. Where does coronary artery occlusion occur most commonly?






49. What causes hepatomegaly?






50. What is the early and late lesion in rheumatic heart disease