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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Which class of drugs decrease preload






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






3. What cardiac change occurs in pregnancy?






4. What does an isoelectric ST segment indicate?






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






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






7. Which enzyme rises after 4 hours and is elevated for 7 to 10 days after an MI?






8. What are common causes of mitral regurg?






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






10. pulmonary veins drain into right heart circulation (SVC - coronary sinus)






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






12. Which sympathetic receptors raise MAP






13. systolic - diastolic






14. Central chemoreceptors do not respond directly to which parameter?






15. What causes tet of fallot?






16. What murmur is heard with aortic regurg?






17. Which bacteria can cause endocarditis from prosthetic valves?






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






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






20. The aortic arch receptors transmit along which nerve?






21. What does the LAD supply?






22. Which kind of infarct show ST elevation - and/or pathologic Q waves






23. delta wave on ECG - accesory conduction pathway from atria to ventricles - reentry leading to supraventricular tachycardia






24. EDV - ESV






25. congenital heart defect with 22q11






26. what happens to capillaries in lymphatic blockage






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






28. Which murmur is heard with mitral prolapse?






29. stroke volume x HR =?






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






31. What does the U wave indicated?






32. What causes the midsystolic click






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






34. How does digitatlis increase contractility?






35. Churg Strauss - presentation and test






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






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






38. PROVe






39. Restrictive cardiomyopathy causes






40. What happens with a decrease of extracellular Na






41. Which murmur is heard with VSD?






42. Where is the most posterior portion of the heart and What can it cause?






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






44. How are cadiac myocytes eltrically coupled?






45. How do beta blockers decrease contractility?






46. Wegener's tx






47. Which vessels account for the most total peripheral resistance






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






49. How does aldosterone raise MAP






50. What is the time frame for arrhythmia risk in the evolution of MI