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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. What other congenital abnormality is necessary for life for a patient with transposition of the great vesses?






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






3. What causes the midsystolic click






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






5. What causes the cushing reflex and why






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






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






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






9. In an anterolateral infarct - which artery is effected and which leads show Q waves






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






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






12. When and why do you hear the S4 sound






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






14. When and why is the S3 sound heard?






15. In an anterior wall infarct - which artery is effected and which leads show Q waves






16. What does the starling curve show?






17. exaggerated decrease in pulse during inspiration.

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






19. most common heart tumor






20. 2/3 diastolic + 1/3 systolic






21. no change in PR interval followed by dropped beat






22. What causes the murmur heard in tricuspid regurg to enhance






23. What are the systolic heart sounds






24. Which two mechanisms sense decrease MAP?






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






26. Unilateral headache - jaw claudication - impaired vision






27. What happens with a decrease of extracellular Na






28. How does aldosterone raise MAP






29. tearing chest pain radiation to the back - associated with marfan






30. On the cardiac cycle graph - on which corners do the opening and closing of the aortic and mitral valves occur?






31. The aortic arch receptors transmit along which nerve?






32. systolic - diastolic






33. In what disease states is blood viscosity increased?






34. pulmonary veins drain into right heart circulation (SVC - coronary sinus)






35. What does increasing intracellular Ca do?






36. How does digitatlis increase contractility?






37. PCWP > LV diastolic pressure






38. 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

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39. Which class of drugs decrease the murmur heard in aortic regurg?






40. What is the cushing triad?






41. What do the starling forces determine






42. What does the U wave indicated?






43. Why is contractility decreased in heart failure?






44. What cardiac change occurs in pregnancy?






45. What is the association with wide S2 splitting?






46. wartiike - sterile vegetations occur on both sides of the valve - commonly causes mitral regurg. SLE causes it






47. congenital heart defect with turner's






48. failure of truncus arteriosus to divide?






49. What is association with fixed S2 splitting - does not increase with inspiration






50. How do catecholamines increase contractility?