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Subject : health-sciences
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1. What causes mitral valve prolapse?






2. What are the sx of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?






3. With what developmental disorder is VSD associated?






4. What are Janeway lesions?






5. What two things cause coronary artery vasospasm?






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






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






8. What conditions can cause nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis?






9. Drug that vasodilates both arteries and veins but mostly veins. Used to decrease preload to heart.






10. What is the etiology of S viridans endocarditis?






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






12. What causes prinzmetal angina?






13. What is the murmur of mitral regurg?






14. What is Dressler syndrome? When does it occur?






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






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






17. What causes unstable angina?






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






19. Fever - murmur - Janeway lesions - Osler nodes - splinter hemorrhages - anemia of chronic disease?






20. What is the most common cause of endocarditis in IV drug users?






21. What is the tx for VSD?






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






23. What is the characteristic murmurr of mitral stenosis?






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






25. What are the sx of cardiac myxoma?






26. With what condition are rhabdomyomas associated?






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






28. What type of ischemia does stable angina cause?






29. What are the minor critera of the Jones criteria?






30. What does nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis cause?






31. Lower extremity cyanosis later in life - holostystolic machine like murmur.






32. How does stable angina present?






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






34. What is an important complication of ASD?






35. What structures are susceptible to rupture post MI?






36. What complication occurs 1-3 days post MI?






37. What is the major cause of MI?






38. What type of shunt dose PDA cause?






39. Is scar tissue or myocardium stronger?






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






41. What is dilated cardiomyopathy?






42. What is the most common cause of aortic stenosis?






43. Holosystolic blowing murmur that increases w/expiration?






44. What type of tumor is a rhabdomyoma?






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






46. What are the sx of aortic regurg?






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






48. What is the most comon cause of aortic regurg? What are the other causes?






49. Tender lesions on fingers or toes.






50. What causes wear and tear aortic stenosis?