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Subject : health-sciences
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1. What type of shunt does a VSD cause?






2. When do neutrophils infiltrate the myocardium post MI?






3. How does restrictive cardiomyopathy present?






4. Dense layer of elastic and fibrotic tissue in the endocardium.






5. What is the tx for mitral valve prolapse?






6. What is the tx for dilated cardiomyopathy?






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






8. What causes the dependent pitting edema in RHF?






9. What are the sx of aortic regurg?






10. Early - blowing diastolic murmur - bounding pulse - pulsating nail bed - and head bobbing.






11. What is an important complication of ASD?






12. What is the cause of the red border around granulation tissue?






13. What is cardiogenic shock?






14. What gross and microscopic changes occur 4-24 hours after an MI?






15. What side of the heart do carcinoid tumors affect? Why?






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






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






18. What distinguishes stenosis caused by chronic rheumatic heart disease from wear and tear aortic stenosis?






19. With what disease is infantile coarctation of the aorta associated?






20. In which pts does S viridans cause endocarditits?






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






22. Which congenital heart defect is associated with congenital rubella?






23. What disesase has Aschoff bodies?






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






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






26. With what disease is transposition of the great vessels associated?






27. When is a post - MI pt at highest risk for rupture of a LV structure? With what microscopic change is this complication associated?






28. How does hypertension cause LHF?

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






30. What is systolic dysfx?






31. What is an Aschoff body?






32. What increases the volume of mitral regurg murmur?






33. Pericarditis 6-8 wks post MI.






34. What characterizes acute rheumatic fever endocarditiis?






35. What iis the tx for aortic regurg?






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






37. What two things cause coronary artery vasospasm?






38. What is the cause of restrictive cardiomyopathy in children?






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






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






41. What is the etiology of S viridans endocarditis?






42. How do nitrates tx MI?






43. What are the clinical features of endocarditis? What causes each feature?






44. What genetic conditions predispose a pt to mitral valve prolapse?






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






46. Which coronary artery supplies the posterior wall of the LV and posterior septum?






47. What conditions can cause nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis?






48. What is a water - hammer pulse?






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






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