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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. How are sarcomeres added in concentric hypertrophy?






2. How does angiotensin II raise MAP






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






4. EDV is also known as






5. no change in PR interval followed by dropped beat






6. What causes the ejection click in the Cres - decres murmur?






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






8. Why is there edema after burns or during infection






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






10. fibrous plaques and atheromas in intima of arteries






11. When during cardiac nodal cells depolarize?






12. delta wave on ECG - accesory conduction pathway from atria to ventricles - reentry leading to supraventricular tachycardia






13. no relation between p waves and QRS intervals - treatment and predisposing factor






14. How do catecholamines increase contractility?






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






16. What causes the CO curve to shift upwards?






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






18. What is the association with wide S2 splitting?






19. What causes orthopnea?






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






21. stroke volume x HR =?






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


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






24. What do the starling forces determine






25. How do beta blockers decrease contractility?






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






27. 2/3 diastolic + 1/3 systolic






28. How does digitatlis increase contractility?






29. What are aschoff bodies






30. What is the most common cause of MI






31. In the cardiac cycle - which period has the highest 02 consumption?






32. How are cadiac myocytes eltrically coupled?






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






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






35. What is the cushing triad?






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






37. What is a normal EF






38. machine murmer






39. benign - painful - red - blue tumor under fingernails from smooth muscle cells






40. sawtooth wave


41. Why is contractility decreased in heart failure?






42. What happens with a decrease of extracellular Na






43. What constitues the upstroke in pacemaker cells?






44. What does the starling curve show?






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






46. When is the scar completely formed in an MI?






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






48. What is the characteristic pulse in aortic stenosis?






49. Fatal arrhythmia






50. What is the effect on the slope of phase 4 in pacemaker cells by Ach or adenosine?