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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. What is the characteristic pulse in aortic stenosis?






2. How are the sarcomeres added in eccentric hypertrophy?






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






4. delta wave on ECG - accesory conduction pathway from atria to ventricles - reentry leading to supraventricular tachycardia






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






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






7. How does angiotensin II raise MAP






8. list the coronary vessels most likely to be occluded






9. moncekberg






10. What can cause mitral prolapse?






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






12. When do coronary arteries fill?






13. serum marker for wegener's






14. polypoid capillary hemangioma that can ulcerate and bleed






15. Which class of drugs decrease preload






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






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

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






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






20. What is the cushing triad?






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






22. What happens in phase 2 of the cardiac ventricular action potential?






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






24. How do beta blockers decrease contractility?






25. What causes tet of fallot?






26. What causes the cushing reflex and why






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






28. What does HTN predispose to?






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






30. In the evolution of an MI - when the risk for free wall rupture - tamponade - papillary muscle rupture - or interventricular septal rupture the hightest? Why?






31. What are the complications of atherosclerosis?






32. necrotizing granulomas in lung and upper airways - nectrotizing GN - small vessel vasculitis

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33. Which organ has ht highest blood flow per gram of tissue






34. What causes hepatomegaly?






35. When and why is the S3 sound heard?






36. What is the danger of torsades to pointes?






37. friction rub - 3-5 days post MI






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






39. What are anitschkow's cells






40. What channels do the the pacemaker cells lack?






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






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






43. When and why do you hear the S4 sound






44. Which channel accounts for automaticity of the SA and AV nodes?






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






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






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






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






49. absecnce of tricuspid valve - hypoplastic RV






50. What are common causes of mitral regurg?