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Subject : health-sciences
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1. What is endocardial fibroelastosis? In what population is it found?






2. What does chronic ischemic heart disease progress to?






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






4. What is the tx for mitral valve prolapse?






5. What is systolic dysfx?






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






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






8. What are other (not atherosclerotic) causes of MI?






9. Which chambers of the heart are generally spared in an MI?






10. What is the characteristic murmurr of mitral stenosis?






11. What is the classic EKG finding of restrictive cardiomyopathy?






12. What does Libman - Sacks endocarditis cause?






13. What is the JOneS mneumonic?






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






15. When do CK- MB levels rise - peak - and return to normal?






16. What iis the tx for aortic regurg?






17. Poor myocardial fx due to chronic ischemic damage?






18. When do macrophagess infiltrate the myocardium post MI?






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






20. What is the most common congenital heart defect?






21. What are the causes of LHF?






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






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






24. What are the complications of aortic stenosis?






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






26. What causes heart failure cells?






27. Myofiber hypertrophy with disarray.






28. What are the clinical features of RHF?






29. How does O2 tx MI?






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






31. How does fibrinolysis/angioplasty tx MI?






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






33. Is scar tissue or myocardium stronger?






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






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






36. How does reperfusion injury occur?






37. What is eythema marginatum? What parts of the body does it commonly involve?






38. What type of shunt results in cyanosis at birth?






39. What are the cancers that most commonly metastasize to the heart?






40. What causes wear and tear aortic stenosis?






41. What disesase has Aschoff bodies?






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






43. Reperfusion of irreversibly damaged cells results in Ca influx - leading to hypercontraction of myofibrils.






44. What is the most common type of ASD? What %?






45. What is the tx for dilated cardiomyopathy?






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






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






48. Systolic ejection click followed by crescendo - decrescendo murmur.






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






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