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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. disease of elastic arteries and large and medium sized muscular arteries






2. In an acute MI - are there any visible changes via LM in the first 2-4 hours






3. What is the machine like murmur? What is the heart pathology and the predisposing causes






4. What is the definition of HTN?






5. What is the danger of torsades to pointes?






6. What does the U wave indicated?






7. Wegener's presentation






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






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






10. Which murmur is heard with mitral prolapse?






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






12. Which bacteria can cause endocarditis from prosthetic valves?






13. What are aschoff bodies






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






15. machine murmer






16. What are the systolic heart sounds






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






18. What cardiac change occurs in pregnancy?






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






20. What channels do the the pacemaker cells lack?






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






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






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






24. fibrinous pericarditis several weeks post MI

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






26. How are sarcomeres added in concentric hypertrophy?






27. Which organ has ht highest blood flow per gram of tissue






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






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






30. How does acidosis affect contractility?






31. What does FEVERSS stand for in rheumatic heart disease






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






33. fibrous plaques and atheromas in intima of arteries






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






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






36. MAP is also known as






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






38. How do beta blockers decrease contractility?






39. Which bacteria causes rheumatic heart disease






40. congenital heart defect with marfan's






41. What does an isoelectric ST segment indicate?






42. The cause of dyspnea on exertion?






43. In an anteroseptal infarct - which artery is effected - and which leads show Q waves?






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






45. congenital heart defect with 22q11






46. Expiration causes an increase in which sided heart sounds






47. How are the sarcomeres added in eccentric hypertrophy?






48. Which murmur is heard in aortic stenosis?






49. Fatal arrhythmia






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