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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. What does TAPVR stand for






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






3. no change in PR interval followed by dropped beat






4. What is the S2 sound?






5. When do you find hemosiderin laden macrophages in the lungs?






6. Wegener's tx






7. Which enzymes are useful for diagnosing reinfarction






8. What are tendinous xanthoma - atheromas - and corneal arcus signs of?






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






10. What does T wave inversion indicated?






11. What is the danger of torsades to pointes?






12. What causes hepatomegaly?






13. congenital heart defect with turner's






14. In terms of starling forces - why does nephrotic syndrome or liver failure cause edems






15. What are the complications from bacterial endocarditis?






16. disruption of the vasa vasorum of aorta - dilation of aorta and valve ring - tree bark appearance (calcifications on aortic root)






17. friction rub - 3-5 days post MI






18. How are cadiac myocytes eltrically coupled?






19. 2/3 diastolic + 1/3 systolic






20. Unilateral headache - jaw claudication - impaired vision






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






22. What are aschoff bodies






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






24. Which bacteria causes rheumatic heart disease






25. The carotid sinus transmits along which nerve?






26. L to R shunt becomes R to L due to increase pulm pressures from original congenital heart defect

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27. failure of truncus arteriosus to divide?






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






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






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






31. How are the sarcomeres added in eccentric hypertrophy?






32. Most common vasculitis affecting medium and large arteries






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






34. serum marker for wegener's






35. What is the gold standard for dx of MI in the first 6 hours






36. sawtooth wave

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






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






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






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






41. Hyperplastic onion skinning






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






43. benign capillary skin papules in AIDS patients mistaken for kaposi sarcoma - caused by bartonella henselae






44. What cardiac change occurs in pregnancy?






45. Where are pacemaker cells?






46. What is the definition of HTN?






47. What causes the CO curve to shift upwards?






48. Where does coronary artery occlusion occur most commonly?






49. Rank the pacemakers cells






50. congenital heart defect in an infant with a diabetic mother?