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Subject : health-sciences
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1. What heart sound manifest with an ASD?






2. At What age does wear and tear aortic stenosis present? What congenital disease hastens the onset?






3. What generally causes ischemic heart disease?






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






5. What is chronic rheumatic heart disease?






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






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






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






9. What is migratory polyarthritis?






10. L- to - R shunt switching to R- to - L shunt.






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






12. What are the complications of mitral valve prolapse? Are they common?






13. Why would cardiac enzymes continue to increase after the initial MI?






14. What complications occur within 4 hrs post MI?






15. What are the causes of LHF?






16. What is the most common cause of mitral stenosis?






17. Early - blowing diastolic murmur - bounding pulse - pulsating nail bed - and head bobbing.






18. With what disease is transposition of the great vessels associated?






19. What type of endocarditis is associated with SLE?






20. With what developmental disorder is VSD associated?






21. What are the laboratory findings of bacterial endocarditis?






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






23. What type of shunt dose PDA cause?






24. What cardiac disease is associated with tuberous sclerosis?






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






26. What type of vegetations are associated with Libman - Sacks endocarditis?






27. What tests show prior group A beta - hemolytic strep infection?






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






29. When do troponin levels rise - peak - and return to normal?






30. What is an Anitschow cell?






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






32. When would arrhythmia occur after MI?






33. What is the most common cause of aortic stenosis?






34. What congenital heart defect often is present with infantile coarctation of the aorta?






35. What is the definition of ischemia?






36. How does Eisenmeger syndrome occur?






37. What does granulation tissue contain?






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






39. What shunt does tetralogy of fallot produce?






40. With what disease is Libman - Sacks endocarditis associated?






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






42. What is the JOneS mneumonic?






43. What type of vegetations does nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis (marantic endocarditis) cause?






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






45. What is the foundation of a scar?






46. What effect does dilated cardiomyopathy have on the heart?






47. What is the most common congenital heart defect?






48. What does chronic ischemic heart disease progress to?






49. Erythematous nontender lesions on palms and soles.






50. Which coronary artery supplies the anterior wall and anterior septum?