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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Which murmur is heard with mitral prolapse?






2. 2/3 diastolic + 1/3 systolic






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






4. clinical signs of cardiac tamponade






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






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






7. What causes the CO curve to shift downwards?






8. Which class of drugs decrease the murmur heard in aortic regurg?






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






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






11. bening capillary hemangioma of elderly - does not regress






12. benign capillary skin papules in AIDS patients mistaken for kaposi sarcoma - caused by bartonella henselae






13. what happens to capillaries in lymphatic blockage






14. When during cardiac nodal cells depolarize?






15. Which murmur is heard in aortic stenosis?






16. What channels do the the pacemaker cells lack?






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






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






19. Which valve is most commonly involved in bacterial endocarditis?






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






21. Wegener's tx






22. What are tendinous xanthoma - atheromas - and corneal arcus signs of?






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






24. What causes the cushing reflex and why






25. list the coronary vessels most likely to be occluded






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






27. prolonged PR interval






28. moncekberg






29. What are the complications from bacterial endocarditis?






30. How are the sarcomeres added in eccentric hypertrophy?






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






32. congenital heart defect with marfan's






33. Which kind of infarct show ST elevation - and/or pathologic Q waves






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






35. How do catecholamines increase contractility?






36. What does hypoxia cause in the lung versus other tissues?






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






38. serum marker for wegener's






39. What causes the CO curve to shift upwards?






40. What happens in phase 2 of the cardiac ventricular action potential?






41. What other congenital abnormality is necessary for life for a patient with transposition of the great vesses?






42. What does prolonged QT predispose to?






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






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






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






46. What causes aortic stenosis






47. sudden death in young atheletes - S4 - apical impulses - outflow obstruction






48. What causes the murmur heard in tricuspid regurg to enhance






49. How does a patient with Tet of fallot learn to improve symptoms?






50. Why is there edema after burns or during infection






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