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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. The cause of dyspnea on exertion?






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






3. Expiration causes an increase in which sided heart sounds






4. Where is the most posterior portion of the heart and What can it cause?






5. necrotizing granulomas in lung and upper airways - nectrotizing GN - small vessel vasculitis

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6. What other sign is often present with congenital long QT syndrome - why?






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






8. Which organ has the largest arteriovenous difference






9. thrombosis w/o necrosis - ST elevation - worsening chest pain at rest or with minimal exertion






10. Rank the pacemakers cells






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






12. diaphoresis - N/V - severe retrosternal pain - pain in left arm/jaw - SOB - fatigue - adrenergic symptoms






13. What is a normal EF






14. pulmonary veins drain into right heart circulation (SVC - coronary sinus)






15. Left to right shunts are more common in babies or kids?






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






17. immune mediated transmural vasculitis with fibrinoid necrosis - small and medium vessels - renal and viscera - not pulm arteries - hep B seropos in 30% of pts






18. What cardiac change occurs in pregnancy?






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






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






21. EDV is also known as






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






23. What are aschoff bodies






24. When do you see extensive coagulative necrosis in an MI






25. What does TAPVR stand for






26. What causes the cushing reflex and why






27. SV CAP means?






28. How do beta blockers decrease contractility?






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






30. What is the most common cause of right heart failure






31. CO x Total peripheral resistance






32. Central chemoreceptors do not respond directly to which parameter?






33. The cause of cardiac dilation?






34. What does FEVERSS stand for in rheumatic heart disease






35. How are cadiac myocytes eltrically coupled?






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






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






38. The carotid sinus transmits along which nerve?






39. What are the different etiologies of dialted cardiomyopathy






40. Which enzyme rises after 4 hours and is elevated for 7 to 10 days after an MI?






41. What causes hepatomegaly?






42. congenital heart defect withdown syndrome






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






44. In an anteroseptal infarct - which artery is effected - and which leads show Q waves?






45. When during cardiac nodal cells depolarize?






46. Wegener's tx






47. What other syndrom is associated with infantile aortic coarctation






48. absecnce of tricuspid valve - hypoplastic RV






49. What happens with a decrease of extracellular Na






50. MAP is also known as