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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. what happens to capillaries in lymphatic blockage






2. segmental thrombosing vasculitis of small and medium vessels in smokers with intermittent claudication - superficial nodular phlebitis - raynaud's - gangrene and severe pain - autoamputation of digits is possible


3. 2/3 diastolic + 1/3 systolic






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






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






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






7. disease of elastic arteries and large and medium sized muscular arteries






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


9. Which bacteria can cause endocarditis from prosthetic valves?






10. What causes orthopnea?






11. What does FEVERSS stand for in rheumatic heart disease






12. What is associated with paradoxical spliting of S2






13. PROVe






14. Equilibration of diastolic pressures in all 4 chambers - decreased CO from compression of heart by fluid in pericardium






15. What is a normal EF






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






17. Exercise - overtransfusiion and excitiment causes and increase in...?






18. congenital heart defect with 22q11






19. What channels do the the pacemaker cells lack?






20. Does blood flow across the actual ASD account for abnormal heart sounds? What is the reason?






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






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






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






24. immune mediated transmural vasculitis with fibrinoid necrosis - small and medium vessels - renal and viscera - not pulm arteries - hep B seropos in 30% of pts






25. What is the machine like murmur? What is the heart pathology and the predisposing causes






26. What is the characteristic pulse in aortic stenosis?






27. moncekberg






28. Endothelial malignancy of the skin assocated with HHV-8 and HIV


29. What kind of dysfunction ensues in restrictive cardiomyopathy






30. What causes the ejection click in the Cres - decres murmur?






31. What can cause mitral prolapse?






32. What causes hepatomegaly?






33. Which organ gets the largest share of systemic cardiac output






34. EDV is also known as






35. What causes tet of fallot?






36. exaggerated decrease in pulse during inspiration.


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






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






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






40. What other congenital abnormality is necessary for life for a patient with transposition of the great vesses?






41. absecnce of tricuspid valve - hypoplastic RV






42. Which enzymes are useful for diagnosing reinfarction






43. What are the complications from bacterial endocarditis?






44. Most common vasculitis affecting medium and large arteries






45. what conditions are associated with pulsus paradoxus






46. What causes aortic stenosis






47. What are the complications of atherosclerosis?






48. Why is contractility decreased in heart failure?






49. The aortic arch receptors transmit along which nerve?






50. sawtooth wave