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1. How does digitatlis increase contractility?
Vagus to medulla
Increase intracellular Na - resulting in increased Ca
Glossopharyngeal to soliary nucleus of medulla
Resting potential high K perm
2. sawtooth wave
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3. In an EKG - What is the QRS complex?
Polyarteritis nodosum
Ventricular depolarization - nl < 120 msec
Calcification in media of arteries esp radial and ulnar - does not obstruct blood flow - intima not involved
Aburpt halting of valve leaflets
4. In normal S2 splitting - which valve closes first? What increases it?
The aortic before pulmonic - inspiration increases diff
C - ANCA
MAP
Vasodilators
5. What are the different etiologies of dialted cardiomyopathy
Liver
Prinzmetal angina
Ischemic heart dz - mitral valve prolapse - LV dilation
EtOh - wet Beriberi - Coxsackie B - cocaine - chagas - doxorubicin - hemochromatosis - peripartum cardiomyopathy
6. What causes the murmur heard in tricuspid regurg to enhance
Hemoptysis - hematuria - perforation of nasal septum - chronic sinusitis - otitis media - mastoiditis - cough dyspnea
During diastole
In RA return (inspiration)
Holosystoiic
7. systolic - diastolic
Aortic insuffic - late
Pulse pressure
Aortic stenosis or LBBB
1st degree AV blodck
8. Equilibration of diastolic pressures in all 4 chambers - decreased CO from compression of heart by fluid in pericardium
Varicose veins - thromboembolism rare
Age related calcifications or bicuspid aortic valve
Cardiac tamponde
Fick principle
9. smaller vegetations - congenitally abnormal or diseased valves - sequela of dental procedures. Insidious onset
Viridans streptococci
Systolic dysfunction
Inc blood volume
Arteriorles
10. pulmonary veins drain into right heart circulation (SVC - coronary sinus)
Patent ductus arteriosus - congenital rubella or prematurity
TAPVR
The plateau period
Shunt - VSD - PDA or patent foramen ovale - due to failure of the aorticopulmonary septum to spiral
11. In terms of starling forces - why does heart failure cause edema?
Increase in Pc
10%
Fick principle
Chordae rupture - GN - suppurative pericarditis - emboli
12. How does angiotensin II raise MAP
In parallel
Vasocxn
Microscopic polyangiitis - like wegener's without granulomas
Transmural
13. When do you find hemosiderin laden macrophages in the lungs?
During HF from microhemorrhages from inc pulm cap pressure
Polycythemia - hyperproteinemic states (multiple myeloma) - hereditary spherocytosis
Stroke volume
Aortic stenosis or LBBB
14. What causes the early cyanosis in Tet of Fallot?
Pyogenic granuloma - associated with trauma and pregnancy
Inc afterload - inc contractility - inc heart rate - inc heart size (inc wall tension)
R to L shunt caused by stenoic pulmonic valve
LAD - V1- V2
15. MAP is also known as
Afterload (proportional to peripheral resistance)
Buerger's disease
Abdominal aorta>coronary artery>popliteal artery>carotid artery ACoPCa
Diastolic
16. Which bacteria causes endocarditis in the presence of colon cancer
Increase contractility
S. bovis
Non
Pyogenic granuloma - associated with trauma and pregnancy
17. list the coronary vessels most likely to be occluded
LAD > RCA > circumflex
Hypertrophied cardiomyopathy
Aburpt halting of valve leaflets
Vasocxn - while other tissues it causes vasodilation
18. What causes the ejection click in the Cres - decres murmur?
Aburpt halting of valve leaflets
Mechanican contraction of the ventricles
Infective endocarditis
Tricuspid atresia - requires ASD and VSD
19. what happens to capillaries in lymphatic blockage
Inc interstitial osmotic pressure pulling fliud out of capillaries
Polycythemia - hyperproteinemic states (multiple myeloma) - hereditary spherocytosis
Purkingee>atria>ventricles>AV node
Rapid upstroke - voltage gated Na channels open
20. In an anterolateral infarct - which artery is effected and which leads show Q waves
LCX - V4- V6
Endothelial cell dysfxn - mac and LDL accum - foam cell - fatty streaks - smooth muscle cell migration - fibrous plaque - comlex atheromas
Greater ventricular EDV
Indomethacin closes - and pge keeps it open
21. coronary artery spasm - ST elevation
Increase - increase the chance the If are open
Cherry hemangioma
Prinzmetal angina
Early deaths from myocarditis
22. CO x Total peripheral resistance
Microscopic polyangiitis - like wegener's without granulomas
Increasing activity of Ca pump in SR
Mean arterial pressure
Neg inotropy - HF - narcotic overdose
23. Central chemoreceptors do not respond directly to which parameter?
P02
Acute thrombosis of coronary artery
Purkingee>atria>ventricles>AV node
Fast volatge gated Na channels
24. Given P = QR - what factors influence resistance?
Inc interstitial osmotic pressure pulling fliud out of capillaries
Proportional to viscosity and inversely proportional to the radius to the 4th power
Hypertrophied cardiomyopathy
3rd degree syphillus - syphillit heart disease can lead to aortic valve incompetence
25. thrombosis w/o necrosis - ST elevation - worsening chest pain at rest or with minimal exertion
Proportional to viscosity and inversely proportional to the radius to the 4th power
Vasodilators - (hydrAlAzine)
The operating point of the heart
Unstable/crescendo angina
26. On the cardiac cycle graph - on which corners do the opening and closing of the aortic and mitral valves occur?
Lower right - MC - upper right - AO - upper right AC - lower left MO
Sudden tensing of chordae tendinae
Takayasu's arteritis
Atherosclerosis
27. congenital heart defect in an infant with a diabetic mother?
PDA
The first 4 days
Transposition of great vessels
Preload
28. How do beta blockers decrease contractility?
Total anomalous pulmonary trunk venous return
Ventricular repolarization
Resting potential high K perm
Decrease in cAMP
29. When do you see extensive coagulative necrosis in an MI
2-4 day - early coag necrosis on the first day
Unstable/crescendo angina
Initial repol - inactivation of of voltage gated Na channels - voltage gated K channels begin to open
Postinfarction fibrinous pericarditis
30. prolonged PR interval
CO
Temporal arteritis
1st degree AV blodck
Decrease in activity of Na/Ca exhanger and increase in contractility
31. diaphoresis - N/V - severe retrosternal pain - pain in left arm/jaw - SOB - fatigue - adrenergic symptoms
Ischemic heart dz - mitral valve prolapse - LV dilation
Increased SV
MI
Maintain blood flow to organ over wide range of perfussion pressures
32. Which murmur do you hear in mitral stenosis?
Cherry hemangioma
Hematocrit
Late diastolic murmur following an opening snap
Tetrology of fallot - pulmonary stenosis - RVH - overiding aorta - VSD
33. congenital heart defect with turner's
Coarcation of aorta
Gap junctions
Increase contractility
Hypertrophied cardiomyopathy
34. what percentage of HTN is secondary to renal disease?
10%
Fever - Arthritis - Night sweats - Myalgia - SKIN nodules - Ocular disturbances - Weak pulses in upper extremities
Stable angina
Granuloma with giant cells
35. The cause of pulmonary edema - paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea?
LV failure - pulm venous distention transudation of fluid
S. bovis
Inc TPR and LA return (expiration)
Lower right - MC - upper right - AO - upper right AC - lower left MO
36. What does TAPVR stand for
Total anomalous pulmonary trunk venous return
Vasodilators
Troponin I
RV failure - in venous pressure
37. What is indicated when CO and venous return are equal?
Calcification in media of arteries esp radial and ulnar - does not obstruct blood flow - intima not involved
The operating point of the heart
Glomus tumor
R to L shunt caused by stenoic pulmonic valve
38. Exercise - overtransfusiion and excitiment causes and increase in...?
Heart - 02 extraction is always around 100%
Aortic/pulmonic stenosis and mitral/tricuspid regurg
Preload
Fluid movement through capillaries
39. What are the systolic heart sounds
Aortic and pulmonary closing
Tetralogy of fallot - transposition of great vessels - truncus arteriosus - tricuspid atresia - TAPVR
Aortic/pulmonic stenosis and mitral/tricuspid regurg
Atherosclerosis
40. What cardiac change occurs in pregnancy?
Henoch - Schlonlein purpura
Right sided
Increased SV
Atrial contraction
41. What do the carotid and aortic bodies respond to?
Tricuspid - don't tri drugs - S. aureus - pseudomonas - candida
Vasocxn - while other tissues it causes vasodilation
In RA return (inspiration)
Dec P02 - inc PC02 and dec pH
42. How does aldosterone raise MAP
Inc blood volume
3rd degree syphillus - syphillit heart disease can lead to aortic valve incompetence
Initial repol - inactivation of of voltage gated Na channels - voltage gated K channels begin to open
Dec plasma proteins
43. What causes the murmur heard in MR to enhance?
Initial repol - inactivation of of voltage gated Na channels - voltage gated K channels begin to open
Inc TPR and LA return (expiration)
Increase - increase the chance the If are open
S. aureus
44. Which organ has the largest arteriovenous difference
Heart - 02 extraction is always around 100%
Chordae rupture - GN - suppurative pericarditis - emboli
S. bovis
LV failure - pulm venous distention transudation of fluid
45. serum marker for wegener's
Unstable/crescendo angina
Inc ICP - cerebral ischemia - inc SANS tone (HTN) and reflex bradycardia
C - ANCA
Adult type aortic coarctation
46. What is the result of not have fast sodium channels in pacemaker cells?
Slow conduction velocity - used by AV node prolongs transmission from atria to ventrical
Late diastolic murmur following an opening snap
Indomethacin closes - and pge keeps it open
Patent ductus arteriosus - congenital rubella or prematurity
47. congenital heart defect with 22q11
Diastolic
Turners
Late systolic crescendo murmur with a midsystolic click
Truncus - tet of fallot
48. How does a patient with Tet of fallot learn to improve symptoms?
Squat. Compression of femoral arteries - inc TPR - dec
Glossopharyngeal to soliary nucleus of medulla
Beta 1 inc HR and cont - alpha 1 venocxn - alpha 1 arteriolar vascxn
Neg inotropy - HF - narcotic overdose
49. What does increasing intracellular Ca do?
Atrial contraction
Increase contractility
Temporal arteritis
Troponin I
50. When do coronary arteries fill?
LAD - V1 - V4
Buerger's disease
During diastole
Sudden tensing of chordae tendinae
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