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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. What happens in phase 4 of the cardiac ventricular action potential?






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






3. What does the LAD supply?






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






5. coronary artery spasm - ST elevation






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






7. What is the definition of HTN?






8. What is indicated when CO and venous return are equal?






9. What causes the murmur heard in MR to enhance?






10. What are the complications of atherosclerosis?






11. What is the classic X ray finding for tet of fallot?






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






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






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






15. Which lab value indicates blood viscosity?






16. Which artery supplies the SA and AV nodes?






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






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






19. Where does coronary artery occlusion occur most commonly?






20. Which bacteria can cause endocarditis from prosthetic valves?






21. Why is contractility decreased in heart failure?






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






23. with what heart sounds do ASD usually present?






24. serum marker for wegener's






25. What does the U wave indicated?






26. Most common vasculitis affecting medium and large arteries






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






28. What is the cushing triad?






29. In an acute MI - are there any visible changes via LM in the first 2-4 hours






30. Which class of drugs decreases afterload?






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






32. What causes tet of fallot?






33. What causes the CO curve to shift upwards?






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






35. What stimulates release of calcium from the SR?






36. What does increasing intracellular Ca do?






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






38. Does eccentric hypertrophy or concentric hypertrophy cause systolic disfunction






39. what percentage of HTN is secondary to renal disease?






40. What is the progression of atherosclerosis?






41. in the JVP - What is the a wave?






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






43. What cardiac change occurs in pregnancy?






44. Where are pacemaker cells?






45. What is the characteristic pulse in aortic stenosis?






46. The cause of pulmonary edema - paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea?






47. Mitral stenosis is most often secondary to which condition?






48. Which murmur is heard with mitral prolapse?






49. What is the most common cause of right heart failure






50. How are sarcomeres added in concentric hypertrophy?