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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. What does HTN predispose to?






2. Where does coronary artery occlusion occur most commonly?






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






4. What are the 5 T's of cyanoitc babies






5. fibrinous pericarditis several weeks post MI


6. What causes the midsystolic click






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






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






9. EDV - ESV






10. Which bacteria can cause endocarditis from prosthetic valves?






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






12. In a lateral wall infarct - which artery is effected - and which leads show Q waves?






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






14. which ethnic groups have higher association with HTN?






15. In what disease states is blood viscosity increased?






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






17. What is the cushing triad?






18. Rank the following by speed of conduction - av node - atria - purkinjee - ventricles






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






20. The aortic arch receptors transmit along which nerve?






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






22. Which murmur is heard in aortic stenosis?






23. What is the most common cause of MI






24. SV CAP means?






25. which heart valves are afected most in rheumatic heart diseease






26. What is the most common cause of right heart failure






27. what happens to capillaries in lymphatic blockage






28. which medications are used to maintain patency or close the ductus arteriosus?






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






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






31. MAP is also known as






32. How does digitatlis increase contractility?






33. What is the S2 sound?






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






35. Fatal arrhythmia






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






37. What does mitral prolapse predeispose to?






38. Which class of drugs decrease preload






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


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






41. What causes ankle - sacral edema - jugular venous distention






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






43. PCWP is an estimate of...






44. What happens with a decrease of extracellular Na






45. Does eccentric hypertrophy or concentric hypertrophy cause systolic disfunction






46. Which artery supplies the inferior portion of the left ventricle and posterior septum?






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






48. How does acidosis affect contractility?






49. congenital heart defect with congenital rubella






50. L to R shunt becomes R to L due to increase pulm pressures from original congenital heart defect