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Subject : health-sciences
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1. What are the sx/complications of myocarditis?






2. What are the sx of PDA at birth?






3. What characterizes acute rheumatic fever endocarditiis?






4. What type of vegetations does Strep viridans cause?






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






6. Why are cardiac enzymes elevated after an MI?






7. What are the sx of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?






8. Vegetations on surface and undersurface of mitral valve.






9. What artery is the 2nd most often occluded in an MI?






10. How does fibrinolysis/angioplasty tx MI?






11. What causes an early - blowing diastolic murmur?






12. What causes heart failure cells?






13. What are the causes of restrictive cardiomyopathy in adults?






14. What is the murmur of mitral regurg?






15. What are the sx of cardiac myxoma?






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






17. What always follows necrosis?






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






19. When would arrhythmia occur after MI?






20. What type of shunt does ASD cause?






21. What are Osler nodes?






22. What type of tumor is a rhabdomyoma?






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






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






25. What does Libman - Sacks endocarditis cause?






26. When do neutrophils infiltrate the myocardium post MI?






27. What is an Aschoff body?






28. With what virus is PDA associated?






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






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






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






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






33. What causes the nutmeg color in nutmeg liver?






34. What does nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis cause?






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






36. What type of shunt dose PDA cause?






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






38. In which pts does S viridans cause endocarditits?






39. What murmur ccan be heard in PDA?






40. What causes endocarditis of prosthetic valves?






41. What is the leading cause of death in the US?






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






43. Which angina is relieved by Ca channel blockers?






44. Is scar tissue or myocardium stronger?






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






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






47. What are the complications of mitral stenosis?






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






49. How do you prevent S viridans endocarditis?






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