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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. sudden death in young atheletes - S4 - apical impulses - outflow obstruction






2. congenital heart defect withdown syndrome






3. Irregularly irregular ECG - no p waves: dx and treatment






4. When does extracellular calcium enter the cardiac muscle cells during contraction?






5. What does autoregulation do?






6. How does angiotensin II raise MAP






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






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






9. disruption of the vasa vasorum of aorta - dilation of aorta and valve ring - tree bark appearance (calcifications on aortic root)






10. Do you see elevaged ASO titers in rheumatic heart disease






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






12. benign cap hemangioma of infancy - spont regresses






13. What does mitral prolapse predeispose to?






14. bening capillary hemangioma of elderly - does not regress






15. What does increasing intracellular Ca do?






16. Most common vasculitis affecting medium and large arteries






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






18. What cardiac change occurs in pregnancy?






19. Does blood flow across the actual ASD account for abnormal heart sounds? What is the reason?






20. Unilateral headache - jaw claudication - impaired vision






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






22. Which bacteria can cause endocarditis from prosthetic valves?






23. What is the cushing triad?






24. Which organ has the largest arteriovenous difference






25. necrotizing granulomas in lung and upper airways - nectrotizing GN - small vessel vasculitis


26. polypoid capillary hemangioma that can ulcerate and bleed






27. What is sudden cardiac death most commonly due to...






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






29. list the coronary vessels most likely to be occluded






30. MAP is also known as






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






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






33. What happens in phase 3 of the cardiac ventricular action potential?






34. Which class of drugs decrease preload






35. Which lab value indicates blood viscosity?






36. Which sympathetic receptors raise MAP






37. The carotid sinus transmits along which nerve?






38. What does the starling curve show?






39. What can cause mitral prolapse?






40. What causes tet of fallot?






41. Which valve is commonly involved in bacterial endocarditis from IV drug use and Which bacteria are most common?


42. p - anca


43. Which bacteria causes rheumatic heart disease






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






45. Mitral stenosis is most often secondary to which condition?






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






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






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






49. What are the different etiologies of dialted cardiomyopathy






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