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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. What are the diastolic heart sounds?






2. How are cadiac myocytes eltrically coupled?






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






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






5. What does an isoelectric ST segment indicate?






6. fibrous plaques and atheromas in intima of arteries






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






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






9. which heart valves are afected most in rheumatic heart diseease






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






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






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






13. Fatal arrhythmia






14. sawtooth wave


15. in the JVP - What is the c wave?






16. What does T wave inversion indicated?






17. bening capillary hemangioma of elderly - does not regress






18. What is the definition of HTN?






19. When and why is the S3 sound heard?






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






21. Which bacteria causes endocarditis in the presence of colon cancer






22. How does a patient with Tet of fallot learn to improve symptoms?






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






24. Which class of drugs decrease preload






25. systolic - diastolic






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






27. what conditions are associated with pulsus paradoxus






28. What is the difference between adult and infantile type aortic coarctation?






29. The aortic arch receptors transmit along which nerve?






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






31. Which class of drugs decreases afterload?






32. What causes aortic regurg






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






34. serum marker for wegener's






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






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






37. How are sarcomeres added in concentric hypertrophy?






38. On the cardiac cycle graph - on which corners do the opening and closing of the aortic and mitral valves occur?






39. Which murmur do you hear in mitral stenosis?






40. Do you see elevaged ASO titers in rheumatic heart disease






41. Which two mechanisms sense decrease MAP?






42. In an EKG - What is the QT interval?






43. Which sympathetic receptors raise MAP






44. progressive lengthening of PR until beat is dropped - a p wave not followed by QRS






45. What does the starling curve show?






46. What channels do the the pacemaker cells lack?






47. What does the U wave indicated?






48. Which bacteria can cause endocarditis from prosthetic valves?






49. What is a normal EF






50. What does FAN MY SKIN On Wednesday stand for?