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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. In what disease states is blood viscosity increased?






2. What does the LAD supply?






3. What causes the midsystolic click






4. stroke volume x HR =?






5. What are common causes of mitral regurg?






6. In an acute MI - are there any visible changes via LM in the first 2-4 hours






7. friction rub - 3-5 days post MI






8. What does FROM JANE stand for in bacterial endocarditis?


9. What is the gold standard for dx of MI in the first 6 hours






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






11. In terms of starling forces - why does heart failure cause edema?






12. congenital heart defect withdown syndrome






13. How does aldosterone raise MAP






14. What causes aortic stenosis






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






16. What are aschoff bodies






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






18. What kind of infarct show ST depression






19. What kind of dysfunction ensues in restrictive cardiomyopathy






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






21. What do the carotid and aortic bodies respond to?






22. in the JVP - What is the a wave?






23. most common primary cardiac tumor in children - associated with tuberous sclerosis






24. absecnce of tricuspid valve - hypoplastic RV






25. If HR is too fast (V tach) what happens during diastole?






26. What does FAN MY SKIN On Wednesday stand for?






27. What does mitral prolapse predeispose to?






28. What does the atria release in response to inc blood volume and atrial pressure






29. Given P = QR - what factors influence resistance?






30. Endothelial malignancy of the skin assocated with HHV-8 and HIV


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






32. What does autoregulation do?






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






34. What is the danger of torsades to pointes?






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






36. Which bacteria causes endocarditis in the presence of colon cancer






37. What is the effect on the slope of phase 4 in pacemaker cells by catecholamines and






38. In terms of starling forces - why does nephrotic syndrome or liver failure cause edems






39. congenital heart defect with marfan's






40. What are the systolic heart sounds






41. Does eccentric hypertrophy or concentric hypertrophy cause systolic disfunction






42. segmental thrombosing vasculitis of small and medium vessels in smokers with intermittent claudication - superficial nodular phlebitis - raynaud's - gangrene and severe pain - autoamputation of digits is possible


43. list the coronary vessels most likely to be occluded






44. most common heart tumor






45. dyspnea - fatigue - edema and rales - multiple causes






46. congenital heart defect with 22q11






47. What is the difference between adult and infantile type aortic coarctation?






48. Which murmur do you hear in mitral stenosis?






49. Which organ gets the largest share of systemic cardiac output






50. Equilibration of diastolic pressures in all 4 chambers - decreased CO from compression of heart by fluid in pericardium