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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Right to left shunts are more common in babies or kids?






2. What do the carotid and aortic bodies respond to?






3. What is the association with wide S2 splitting?






4. list the coronary vessels most likely to be occluded






5. What does TAPVR stand for






6. What is the S2 sound?






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






8. What is the characteristic pulse in aortic stenosis?






9. What channels do the the pacemaker cells lack?






10. congenital heart defect withdown syndrome






11. Which class of drugs decrease preload






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






13. friction rub - 3-5 days post MI






14. What does an isoelectric ST segment indicate?






15. Expiration causes an increase in which sided heart sounds






16. What cardiac change occurs in pregnancy?






17. fibrous plaques and atheromas in intima of arteries






18. polypoid capillary hemangioma that can ulcerate and bleed






19. What does HTN predispose to?






20. PCWP is an estimate of...






21. 2/3 diastolic + 1/3 systolic






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






23. What is the progression of atherosclerosis?






24. Chronic mitral stenosis can lead to what changes in size of the LA






25. What is the effect on the slope of phase 4 in pacemaker cells by catecholamines and






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






27. When and why is the S3 sound heard?






28. What stimulates release of calcium from the SR?






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






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






31. What are the four most common locations for atherosclerosis?






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






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






34. How are cadiac myocytes eltrically coupled?






35. what happens to capillaries in lymphatic blockage






36. congenital heart defect with marfan's






37. In an EKG - What is the QT interval?






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






39. Which class of drugs decreases afterload?






40. What are the diastolic heart sounds?






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






42. What causes tet of fallot?






43. serum marker for wegener's






44. Why is contractility decreased in heart failure?






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






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






47. What happens with a decrease of extracellular Na






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






49. dyspnea - fatigue - edema and rales - multiple causes






50. What is the cushing triad?