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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. wartiike - sterile vegetations occur on both sides of the valve - commonly causes mitral regurg. SLE causes it






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






3. What constitues the upstroke in pacemaker cells?






4. Restrictive cardiomyopathy causes






5. sudden death in young atheletes - S4 - apical impulses - outflow obstruction






6. What does an isoelectric ST segment indicate?






7. What kind of infarct show ST depression






8. What cardiac change occurs in pregnancy?






9. What causes hepatomegaly?






10. EDV - ESV






11. What is the characteristic pulse in aortic stenosis?






12. What does HTN predispose to?






13. If HR is too fast (V tach) what happens during diastole?






14. What is the difference between the fetal and neonatal direction of blood flow in a patent ductus arteriosus






15. How does acidosis affect contractility?






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






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






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






19. In the evolution of an MI - when the risk for free wall rupture - tamponade - papillary muscle rupture - or interventricular septal rupture the hightest? Why?






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






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






22. The cause of cardiac dilation?






23. Rank the following by speed of conduction - av node - atria - purkinjee - ventricles






24. What are the complications of atherosclerosis?






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






26. Which organ has the largest arteriovenous difference






27. Which class of drugs decrease preload






28. coronary artery spasm - ST elevation






29. SV CAP means?






30. congenital heart defect with 22q11






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






32. The 7 complications of MI


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






34. What causes aortic stenosis






35. In an EKG - What is the T wave?






36. In an EKG - What is the p wave?






37. What does FEVERSS stand for in rheumatic heart disease






38. Wegener's tx






39. The cause of dyspnea on exertion?






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






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






42. benign cap hemangioma of infancy - spont regresses






43. The aortic arch receptors transmit along which nerve?






44. How does angiotensin II raise MAP






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






46. What does hypoxia cause in the lung versus other tissues?






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






48. What other sign is often present with congenital long QT syndrome - why?






49. What is the progression of atherosclerosis?






50. Where are pacemaker cells?