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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. What causes ankle - sacral edema - jugular venous distention






2. Fatal arrhythmia






3. thrombosis w/o necrosis - ST elevation - worsening chest pain at rest or with minimal exertion






4. What are anitschkow's cells






5. Which vessels account for the most total peripheral resistance






6. What is the association with wide S2 splitting?






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






8. coronary artery spasm - ST elevation






9. What is the effect on the slope of phase 4 in pacemaker cells by Ach or adenosine?






10. What does FEVERSS stand for in rheumatic heart disease






11. What causes aortic stenosis






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

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13. prolonged PR interval






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






15. When is the scar completely formed in an MI?






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






17. Which two mechanisms sense decrease MAP?






18. Does eccentric hypertrophy or concentric hypertrophy cause systolic disfunction






19. What causes aortic regurg






20. What constitues the upstroke in pacemaker cells?






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






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






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






24. What are the different etiologies of dialted cardiomyopathy






25. friction rub - 3-5 days post MI






26. How does angiotensin II raise MAP






27. What does the starling curve show?






28. What does autoregulation do?






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






30. bacterial endocarditis - previously normal valves - rapid onset - Which bacteria?






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






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






33. What kind of dysfunction ensues in restrictive cardiomyopathy






34. moncekberg






35. What does increasing intracellular Ca do?






36. What does HTN predispose to?






37. What is the definition of HTN?






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






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






40. with what heart sounds do ASD usually present?






41. pulseless disease - granulomatous thickening of the aortic arch and/or proximal great vessels - elev ESR - asian females > 40

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






43. What is the S2 sound?






44. Why is there edema after burns or during infection






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






46. congenital heart defect with 22q11






47. The aortic arch receptors transmit along which nerve?






48. The carotid sinus transmits along which nerve?






49. What is a normal EF






50. benign cap hemangioma of infancy - spont regresses