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Subject : health-sciences
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1. What % of MIs involve the LAD?






2. How does fibrinolysis/angioplasty tx MI?






3. What type of collagen is involved in fibrosis?






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






5. What does rupture of a papillary muscle cause?






6. What causes microangiopathic hemolytic anemia in aortic stenosis?






7. What are the clinical features of LHF due to?






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






9. What gross and microscopic changes occur 4-7 days after an MI?






10. What are the Jones criteria?






11. Why are cardiac enzymes elevated after an MI?






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






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






14. In transposition of the great vessels - What is required for survival? How is this achieved?






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






16. What causes the dependent pitting edema in RHF?






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






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






19. What are the two effects of ATII?






20. 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.






21. What is chronic rheumatic heart disease?






22. How does asprin/heparin tx MI?






23. In which pts does S viridans cause endocarditits?






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






25. Return of O2 and inflammatory cells cause FR generation - further damaging myocytes.






26. What are the causes of LHF?






27. What are the complications of mitral stenosis?






28. When does the heart have a yellow pallor post MI?






29. What heart sound manifest with an ASD?






30. Opening snap followed by diastolic rumble.






31. What makes the MV prolapse murmur louder? Why?






32. Is scar tissue or myocardium stronger?






33. What is the murmur of mitral regurg?






34. Boot - shaped heart on x- ray?






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






36. How do ACE inhibitors tx MI?






37. What compensatory mechanism do tetralogy of fallot pts learn?






38. What cardiac enzyme is useful for detecting reinfarction?






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






40. If a pt has an endocarditis caused by Streptococcus bovis - what underlying condition should you test for?






41. What shunt does tetralogy of fallot produce?






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






43. What effect does mitral stenosis have on the heart chambers?






44. How do beta blockers tx MI?






45. Which congenital heart defect is associated with maternal diabetes?






46. What is systolic dysfx?






47. Large vegetations on tricuspid valve?






48. Dyspnea - PND - orthopnea - crackles - fluid rentention - heart failure cells.






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






50. What is a common complication of cardiac metastasis?