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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. rate of 02 consumption/ arterial 02 - venous 02 ccontent=CO






2. When during cardiac nodal cells depolarize?






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






4. What are tendinous xanthoma - atheromas - and corneal arcus signs of?






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






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






7. benign capillary skin papules in AIDS patients mistaken for kaposi sarcoma - caused by bartonella henselae






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






9. dyspnea - fatigue - edema and rales - multiple causes






10. What happens with a decrease of extracellular Na






11. bening capillary hemangioma of elderly - does not regress






12. PROVe






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






14. What do the carotid and aortic bodies respond to?






15. coronary artery spasm - ST elevation






16. Which organ has the largest arteriovenous difference






17. When does EF decrease






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






19. What is the progression of atherosclerosis?






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






21. Unilateral headache - jaw claudication - impaired vision






22. What is the association with wide S2 splitting?






23. What cardiac change occurs in pregnancy?






24. in the JVP - What is the v wave?






25. dilated tortous veins due to chronically inc venous pressure - poor wound healing - varicose ulcers






26. Why is there edema after burns or during infection






27. Where are pacemaker cells?






28. stroke volume x HR =?






29. What is a normal EF






30. How do beta blockers decrease contractility?






31. Which class of drugs decrease the murmur heard in aortic regurg?






32. congenital heart defect with marfan's






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






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






35. What does autoregulation do?






36. What stimulates release of calcium from the SR?






37. lymphatic malignancy associated with persistant lymphadema - post radical mastectomy






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






39. What causes the murmur heard in tricuspid regurg to enhance






40. Which two mechanisms sense decrease MAP?






41. Weak pulses - notching of the ribs on xray - HTN in upper extremeties and weak peripheral pulses






42. Does eccentric hypertrophy or concentric hypertrophy cause systolic disfunction






43. What do patients die early from in rheumatic heart disease?






44. What is the effect on the slope of phase 4 in pacemaker cells by catecholamines and






45. What constitues the upstroke in pacemaker cells?






46. Churg Strauss - presentation and test






47. clinical signs of cardiac tamponade






48. Which murmur is heard in aortic stenosis?






49. What is the definition of HTN?






50. When and why is the S3 sound heard?