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Subject : health-sciences
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1. What type of shunt does transposition of the great vessels cause?






2. What is the most common cause of infectious endocarditis?






3. What is the tx for aortic stenosis?






4. What is the effect of acute vs chronic rheumatic disease off the mitral valve?






5. What gross and microscopic changes occur 4-24 hours after an MI?






6. What is the 1day-1wk -1mo mneumonic for MI?






7. What shunt does tetralogy of fallot produce?






8. Chest pain the arises with exertion or emotional stress and is relieved by NG or rest. The pain lasts <20 min and radiates to the left arm or jaw. There is also diaphoresis and SOB - EKG shows ST- segment depression.






9. What causes acute endocarditis?






10. Tender lesions on fingers or toes.






11. How does reperfusion injury occur?






12. What type of shunt dose PDA cause?






13. What drugs can cause dilated cardiomyopathy?






14. What are the HACEK organisms? With what condition are they associated?






15. What is the tx for LHF?






16. In which chamber of the heart are rhabdomyomas found?






17. What heart sound manifest with an ASD?






18. What is the basic principle of CHF?






19. What is typically the mechanims of sudden cardiac death?






20. Small - sterile fibrin deposits randomly arranged on closure of valve leaflets in a pt w/metastatic colon cancer?






21. Dense layer of elastic and fibrotic tissue in the endocardium.






22. What are the two effects of ATII?






23. Holosystolic blowing murmur that increases w/expiration?






24. Unexpected death due to cardiac disease w/o sx or <1hr after sx arise?






25. Erythematous nontender lesions on palms and soles.






26. What structures are susceptible to rupture post MI?






27. What is the most common form of cardiomyopathy?






28. What effect does aortic stenosis have on the chambers of the heart?






29. What % stenosis causes stable angina?






30. How do beta blockers tx MI?






31. What is the most common cause of sudden cardiac death? What are less common causes of sudden cardiac death?






32. What areas of the heart does the RCA supply?






33. What is an important complication of ASD?






34. Low voltage EKG w/diminished QRS amplitude.






35. What is the murmur of mitral regurg?






36. Which angina(s) cause subendocardial ischemia? Transmural ischemia?






37. When would arrhythmia occur after MI?






38. What is the only Jones criteria that doesn't resolve with time?






39. How does subendocardial MI/ischemia present on EKG?






40. With what other congenital heart defect is tricuspid atresia associated? What type of shunt is present?






41. What is the tx for mitral valve prolapse?






42. Episodic chest pain unrelated to exertion due to coronary vasospasm. ST- segment elevation. Relieved by NG or Ca channel blockers.






43. What does rupture of the LV free wall cause?






44. How does aortic regurg affect the heart chambers?






45. What causes wear and tear aortic stenosis?






46. What type of collagen is involved in fibrosis?






47. Which coronary artery supplies the posterior wall of the LV and posterior septum?






48. What is the tx for VSD?






49. What are the clinical features of RHF due to?






50. What is the most common cause of death during the acute phase of rheumatic fever?