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Subject : health-sciences
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1. What congenital heart defect is associated with fetal alcohol syndrome?






2. What is the etiology of S viridans endocarditis?






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






4. Tx for PDA?






5. What heart sound manifest with an ASD?






6. What is the most common cause of RHF? What are others?






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






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






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






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






11. What two things cause coronary artery vasospasm?






12. What is the gold standard blood marker for MI?






13. What is the JOneS mneumonic?






14. What is diastolic dysfx?






15. Holosystolic blowing murmur that increases w/expiration?






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






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






18. What is a Quincke pulse?






19. What complications occur within 4 hrs post MI?






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






21. Which angina(s) show ST elevation on EKG? ST depression?






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






23. What causes the nutmeg color in nutmeg liver?






24. How does transmural MI/ischemia present on EKG?






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






26. What is migratory polyarthritis?






27. What are the forward and backward sx of LHF?






28. What are the sx of PDA at birth?






29. What disesase has Aschoff bodies?






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






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






32. What maintains patency of the PDA?






33. What are the clinical features of RHF due to?






34. What is endocardial fibroelastosis? In what population is it found?






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






36. Which angina(s) cause subendocardial ischemia? Transmural ischemia?






37. What type of shunt does a VSD cause?






38. What type of ASD is associated w/Down syndrome?






39. What complications occur 4-7 days post MI?






40. What is the murmur of mitral valve prolapse?






41. With what developmental disorder is VSD associated?






42. What are the four defects in tetralogy of fallot?






43. What murmur ccan be heard in PDA?






44. Pericarditis 6-8 wks post MI.






45. What is chronic rheumatic heart disease?






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






47. How long can cardiac myocytes be deprived of oxygen before they become irreversibly injured?






48. What imaging test is useful for detecting lesions on valves?






49. What are the complications of mitral stenosis?






50. What is the most common cause of infectious endocarditis?