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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Fatal arrhythmia






2. What are common causes of mitral regurg?






3. What are the systolic heart sounds






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






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






6. acute - self limiting necrotizing vasculitis in children associated with fever - conjunctivitis - strawberry tongue - desquamatous skin rash - lymphadenitis - coronary sinus aneurysms. Seen in asians






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






8. Which murmur is heard with VSD?






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






10. What causes the CO curve to shift downwards?






11. Which valve is commonly involved in bacterial endocarditis from IV drug use and Which bacteria are most common?


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






13. What stimulates release of calcium from the SR?






14. What happens in phase 2 of the cardiac ventricular action potential?






15. What causes the cushing reflex and why






16. What does an isoelectric ST segment indicate?






17. Do dihydropyridine or non - dihyrdropyridine Ca channel blockers decrease contractility






18. Most common vasculitis affecting medium and large arteries






19. What cardiac change occurs in pregnancy?






20. decrease blood flow to the skin due to arteriolar vasospasm in cold temp - emotional stress - also in SLE and CREST


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






22. What causes hepatomegaly?






23. When does EF decrease






24. no change in PR interval followed by dropped beat






25. What causes orthopnea?






26. Which artery supplies the SA and AV nodes?






27. congenital heart defect with marfan's






28. What do the starling forces determine






29. What are the 5 T's of cyanoitc babies






30. machine murmer






31. absecnce of tricuspid valve - hypoplastic RV






32. What is the most common cause of MI






33. What 4 things drive myocardial 02 demand?






34. What happens in phase 3 of the cardiac ventricular action potential?






35. rate of 02 consumption/ arterial 02 - venous 02 ccontent=CO






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






37. congenital heart defect with congenital rubella






38. Given P = QR - what factors influence resistance?






39. PCWP is an estimate of...






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






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






42. What is the S1 sound?






43. The cause of dyspnea on exertion?






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






45. What does HTN predispose to?






46. When during cardiac nodal cells depolarize?






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






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






49. Which class of drugs decreases afterload?






50. What causes the CO curve to shift upwards?