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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. bacterial endocarditis - previously normal valves - rapid onset - Which bacteria?






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






3. What causes orthopnea?






4. Wegener's tx






5. coronary artery spasm - ST elevation






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






7. What causes the murmur heard in MR to enhance?






8. EDV is also known as






9. What masks atrial repolarization?






10. The cause of cardiac dilation?






11. What causes the CO curve to shift downwards?






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






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






14. skin rash on buttocks and legs - arthralgia - intestinal hemorrhage - abdominal pain - melena. Follows URI - IgA immune complex - most common childhood systemic vasculitis






15. What happens in phase 0 of the cardiac ventricular action potential?






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






17. What is the characteristic pulse in aortic stenosis?






18. S3 - dilated heart on US - balloon appearance on CXR - eccentric hypertrophy






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






20. What does mitral prolapse predeispose to?






21. What causes the CO curve to shift upwards?






22. What are common causes of mitral regurg?






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






24. smaller vegetations - congenitally abnormal or diseased valves - sequela of dental procedures. Insidious onset






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






26. What cardiac change occurs in pregnancy?






27. What does an isoelectric ST segment indicate?






28. In an EKG - What is the p wave?






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






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






31. When during cardiac nodal cells depolarize?






32. what percentage of HTN is secondary to renal disease?






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






34. The 7 complications of MI


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






36. Where are pacemaker cells?






37. Which bacteria can cause endocarditis from prosthetic valves?






38. In the evolution of an MI - when the risk for free wall rupture - tamponade - papillary muscle rupture - or interventricular septal rupture the hightest? Why?






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






40. What is the most common cause of MI






41. 2/3 diastolic + 1/3 systolic






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






43. what happens to capillaries in lymphatic blockage






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






45. What is the S2 sound?






46. What causes the midsystolic click






47. Which murmur is characteristic of mitral/tricuspid regurg?






48. tearing chest pain radiation to the back - associated with marfan






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






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