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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. thrombosis w/o necrosis - ST elevation - worsening chest pain at rest or with minimal exertion






2. machine murmer






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






4. cavernous lymphangioma of the neck - associated with turner's






5. In an EKG - What is the T wave?






6. What causes the CO curve to shift upwards?






7. What are the systolic heart sounds






8. In normal S2 splitting - which valve closes first? What increases it?






9. SV CAP means?






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






11. Which organ has ht highest blood flow per gram of tissue






12. Which murmur do you hear in mitral stenosis?






13. no change in PR interval followed by dropped beat






14. Which lab value indicates blood viscosity?






15. Which artery supplies the SA and AV nodes?






16. In the cardiac and vascular function curves - In what instance is the vascular curve shifted to the right?






17. On the cardiac cycle graph - on which corners do the opening and closing of the aortic and mitral valves occur?






18. serum marker for wegener's






19. what happens to capillaries in lymphatic blockage






20. most common heart tumor






21. How are sarcomeres added in concentric hypertrophy?






22. What causes ankle - sacral edema - jugular venous distention






23. Which class of drugs decreases afterload?






24. congenital heart defect in an infant with a diabetic mother?






25. What supplies the posterior left ventricle?






26. The 7 complications of MI


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






28. Which area of the endocardium is especially vulnerable to infarction? Why?






29. congenital heart defect withdown syndrome






30. benign cap hemangioma of infancy - spont regresses






31. What happens in phase 4 of the cardiac ventricular action potential?






32. What are anitschkow's cells






33. The cause of dyspnea on exertion?






34. The cause of cardiac dilation?






35. What is association with fixed S2 splitting - does not increase with inspiration






36. What causes orthopnea?






37. What are the complications of atherosclerosis?






38. systolic - diastolic






39. What is the characteristic pulse in aortic stenosis?






40. What is a normal EF






41. disruption of the vasa vasorum of aorta - dilation of aorta and valve ring - tree bark appearance (calcifications on aortic root)






42. Wegener's tx






43. What does mitral prolapse predeispose to?






44. pulseless disease - granulomatous thickening of the aortic arch and/or proximal great vessels - elev ESR - asian females > 40


45. When does extracellular calcium enter the cardiac muscle cells during contraction?






46. which medications are used to maintain patency or close the ductus arteriosus?






47. What kind of infarct show ST depression






48. What causes aortic stenosis






49. decrease stretch in baroreceptors leads to what response?






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