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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Fatal arrhythmia






2. The carotid sinus transmits along which nerve?






3. list the coronary vessels most likely to be occluded






4. What do patients die early from in rheumatic heart disease?






5. What constitues the upstroke in pacemaker cells?






6. When and why do you hear the S4 sound






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






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






9. congenital heart defect with congenital rubella






10. How do catecholamines increase contractility?






11. 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

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






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






14. EDV is also known as






15. bening capillary hemangioma of elderly - does not regress






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






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






18. What does increasing intracellular Ca do?






19. What supplies the posterior left ventricle?






20. What can cause mitral prolapse?






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






22. Inspiration causes an increase in which sided heart sounds?






23. What is indicated when CO and venous return are equal?






24. What is the time frame for arrhythmia risk in the evolution of MI






25. Which lab value indicates blood viscosity?






26. fibrinous pericarditis several weeks post MI

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27. The cause of dyspnea on exertion?






28. In an anterolateral infarct - which artery is effected and which leads show Q waves






29. What causes the early cyanosis in Tet of Fallot?






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






31. What is the classic X ray finding for tet of fallot?






32. Which organ has the largest arteriovenous difference






33. Restrictive cardiomyopathy causes






34. In an EKG - What is the QRS complex?






35. Which murmur do you hear in mitral stenosis?






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






37. What are the different etiologies of dialted cardiomyopathy






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






39. What are common causes of mitral regurg?






40. In normal S2 splitting - which valve closes first? What increases it?






41. highly lethal malignancy of the liver - associated with vinyl chloride - arsenic - and thorosrast exposure






42. In an inferior wall infarct - which artery is affected and which leads show Q waves






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






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






45. most common heart tumor






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






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

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48. Churg Strauss - presentation and test






49. What are the complications from bacterial endocarditis?






50. What is the association with wide S2 splitting?