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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. What is the danger of torsades to pointes?






2. Do dihydropyridine or non - dihyrdropyridine Ca channel blockers decrease contractility






3. progressive lengthening of PR until beat is dropped - a p wave not followed by QRS






4. in the JVP - What is the v wave?






5. What kind of infarct show ST depression






6. What are common causes of mitral regurg?






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






8. In an EKG - What is the QT interval?






9. In an EKG - What is the PR interval?






10. polypoid capillary hemangioma that can ulcerate and bleed






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






12. congenital heart defect with congenital rubella






13. What is the formula for EF?






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






15. What murmur is heard with aortic regurg?






16. In the evolution of an MI - when the risk for free wall rupture - tamponade - papillary muscle rupture - or interventricular septal rupture the hightest? Why?






17. What channels do the the pacemaker cells lack?






18. tearing chest pain radiation to the back - associated with marfan






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






20. The carotid sinus transmits along which nerve?






21. What does mitral prolapse predeispose to?






22. What does HTN predispose to?






23. Wegener's tx






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






25. acute - self limiting necrotizing vasculitis in children associated with fever - conjunctivitis - strawberry tongue - desquamatous skin rash - lymphadenitis - coronary sinus aneurysms. Seen in asians






26. most common heart tumor






27. When during cardiac nodal cells depolarize?






28. serum marker for wegener's






29. What causes the cushing reflex and why






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






31. What causes aortic stenosis






32. Which bacteria can cause endocarditis from prosthetic valves?






33. How does aldosterone raise MAP






34. clinical signs of cardiac tamponade






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






36. When do you find hemosiderin laden macrophages in the lungs?






37. exaggerated decrease in pulse during inspiration.

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

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39. What does TAPVR stand for






40. p - anca

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41. What are anitschkow's cells






42. wartiike - sterile vegetations occur on both sides of the valve - commonly causes mitral regurg. SLE causes it






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






44. Wegener's presentation






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






46. What does the starling curve show?






47. What causes hepatomegaly?






48. rate of 02 consumption/ arterial 02 - venous 02 ccontent=CO






49. What is the cushing triad?






50. What are aschoff bodies