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Subject : health-sciences
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1. What is the definition of ischemia?






2. When is a post - MI pt at highest risk for a mural thrombus? With what microscopic change is this complication associated?






3. What are the sx of cardiac myxoma?






4. What is a Quincke pulse?






5. What causes an early - blowing diastolic murmur?






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






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






8. What effect does chronic rheumatic heart disease have the mitral valve?






9. What typically causes hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?






10. How does ischemia cause LHF?






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






12. What is an Anitschow cell?






13. What congenital heart defect is associated with fetal alcohol syndrome?






14. Infects predamaged valves after transient bacteremia?






15. What % of MIs involve the LAD?






16. What does nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis cause?






17. How does restrictive cardiomyopathy present?






18. What causes mitral valve prolapse?






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






20. In which pts does S viridans cause endocarditits?






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






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






23. How does stable angina present?






24. Reactive histiocyte with slender - wavy 'caterpillar' nucleus.






25. What effect does aortic regurg have on the pulse pressure? Why?






26. What causes wear and tear aortic stenosis?






27. Holosystolic blowing murmur that increases w/expiration?






28. What causes acute endocarditis?






29. What areas of the heart does the LAD supply?






30. What causes the dependent pitting edema in RHF?






31. Myofiber hypertrophy with disarray.






32. What type of shunt does truncus arteriosus cause?






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






34. How do beta blockers tx MI?






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






36. What determines the extent of shunting and cyanosis in tetralogy of fallot?






37. What increases the risk for chronic rheumatic heart disease?






38. Opening snap followed by diastolic rumble.






39. When is a post - MI pt at highest risk for an aneurysm? With what microscopic change is this complication associated?






40. What is the characteristic murmur of aortic stenosis?






41. What is the effect of mitral regurg on the heart?






42. Dilated cardiomyopathy is a late complication of what illness?






43. What is the tx for aortic stenosis?






44. What are heart failure cells?






45. How does adult coarctation of the aorta present?






46. What structures are susceptible to rupture post MI?






47. What are the sx of pericardiits?






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






49. How does Eisenmeger syndrome occur?






50. What are the sx of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?