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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. absecnce of tricuspid valve - hypoplastic RV






2. What is the result of not have fast sodium channels in pacemaker cells?






3. most common heart tumor






4. What causes the CO curve to shift upwards?






5. What can cause mitral prolapse?






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






7. What does mitral prolapse predeispose to?






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






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






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






11. What murmur is heard with aortic regurg?






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






13. What causes the ejection click in the Cres - decres murmur?






14. What are common causes of mitral regurg?






15. failure of truncus arteriosus to divide?






16. most common primary cardiac tumor in adults - ball - valve obstruction in left atrium






17. polypoid capillary hemangioma that can ulcerate and bleed






18. moncekberg






19. What do the starling forces determine






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






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






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






23. What is association with fixed S2 splitting - does not increase with inspiration






24. What does HTN predispose to?






25. Which area of the endocardium is especially vulnerable to infarction? Why?






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






27. Right to left shunts are more common in babies or kids?






28. list the coronary vessels most likely to be occluded






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






30. What causes aortic regurg






31. what conditions are associated with pulsus paradoxus






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






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






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






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






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






37. Hyperplastic onion skinning






38. What does FEVERSS stand for in rheumatic heart disease






39. What is the most common cause of MI






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






41. Chronic mitral stenosis can lead to what changes in size of the LA






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






43. clinical signs of cardiac tamponade






44. highly lethal malignancy of the liver - associated with vinyl chloride - arsenic - and thorosrast exposure






45. which ethnic groups have higher association with HTN?






46. What is the formula for EF?






47. What is the cushing triad?






48. What constitues the upstroke in pacemaker cells?






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






50. What does autoregulation do?