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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. congenital heart defect with congenital rubella






2. which ethnic groups have higher association with HTN?






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






4. What does mitral prolapse predeispose to?






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






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






7. disease of elastic arteries and large and medium sized muscular arteries






8. What causes the CO curve to shift upwards?






9. in the JVP - What is the a wave?






10. Which bacteria can cause endocarditis from prosthetic valves?






11. How are sarcomeres added in concentric hypertrophy?






12. benign cap hemangioma of infancy - spont regresses






13. most common primary cardiac tumor in children - associated with tuberous sclerosis






14. What causes the cushing reflex and why






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






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






17. decrease stretch in baroreceptors leads to what response?






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






19. PCWP is an estimate of...






20. Which two mechanisms sense decrease MAP?






21. What kind of dysfunction ensues in restrictive cardiomyopathy






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






23. Rank the pacemakers cells






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






25. What does prolonged QT predispose to?






26. CO x Total peripheral resistance






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






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






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






30. Which enzymes are useful for diagnosing reinfarction






31. Which vessels account for the most total peripheral resistance






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






33. machine murmer






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






35. Wegener's presentation






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






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






38. What does the LAD supply?






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






40. What are anitschkow's cells






41. PROVe






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






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






44. What is the definition of HTN?






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






46. EDV is also known as






47. What does FEVERSS stand for in rheumatic heart disease






48. most common heart tumor






49. clinical signs of cardiac tamponade






50. How does digitatlis increase contractility?