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Subject : health-sciences
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1. What coronary artery supplies the mitral valve papillary muscles?






2. With what condition are rhabdomyomas associated?






3. What is a Quincke pulse?






4. Crushing chest pain lasting >20 minutes that radiates to left arm or jaw - diaphoresis - and dyspnea. Sx not relieved by NG.






5. Foci of chronic inflammation - reactive histiocytes with slender - wavy nuclei - giant cells - and fibrinoid material.






6. What gross and microscopic changes occur 1-3 days after an MI?






7. Lower extremity cyanosis later in life - holostystolic machine like murmur.






8. What is the basic principle of CHF?






9. Hypertension in upper extremities - hypotension in lower extremities - notching of ribs on CXR.






10. What is the definition of ischemia?






11. In what pt population does S aureus commonly cause valvular disease?






12. What two things happen when a blocked vessel is opened after an MI?






13. What type of tumor is a rhabdomyoma?






14. How long can cardiac myocytes be deprived of oxygen before they become irreversibly injured?






15. What are the sx of right - to - left shunt?






16. How does aortic regurg affect the heart chambers?






17. What characterizes acute rheumatic fever endocarditiis?






18. What endocarditis is commonly found in patients with colon cancer?






19. What valves are most commonly involved in chronic rheumatic heart disease?






20. What iis the tx for aortic regurg?






21. What is the tx for VSD?






22. What causes a mid - systolic click followed by a regurgitation murmur?






23. In which pts does S viridans cause endocarditits?






24. What % of MIs involve the LAD?






25. When is a post - MI pt at highest risk for Dressler syndrome? With what microscopic change is this complication associated?






26. When does the heart have dark discoloration post MI?






27. Vegetations on surface and undersurface of mitral valve.






28. How does contraction band necrosis occur?






29. What is the most common congenital heart defect?






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






31. What is the most common valve infected by S aureus?






32. What is an Anitschow cell?






33. What is systolic dysfx?






34. What imaging test is useful for detecting lesions on valves?






35. Turner syndrome is associated with which congenital heart defect?






36. What are the sx of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?






37. Which artery is most often occluded in an MI?






38. When is a post - MI pt at highest risk for rupture of a LV structure? With what microscopic change is this complication associated?






39. What is an important complication of ASD?






40. What coronary arterysupplies the lateral wall of the LV?






41. What is the most common primary cardiac tumor in children? Is it malignant or benign?






42. How do beta blockers tx MI?






43. What is the tx for dilated cardiomyopathy?






44. What congenital heart defect does indomethacin tx?






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






46. What are the major criteria of the Jones criteria?






47. How does transmural MI/ischemia present on EKG?






48. What does nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis cause?






49. What increases the volume of mitral regurg murmur?






50. What does chronic ischemic heart disease progress to?