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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. What are the four most common locations for atherosclerosis?






2. Do you see elevaged ASO titers in rheumatic heart disease






3. What causes ankle - sacral edema - jugular venous distention






4. What causes the midsystolic click






5. Which vessels account for the most total peripheral resistance






6. Which valve is most commonly involved in bacterial endocarditis?






7. Which valve is commonly involved in bacterial endocarditis from IV drug use and Which bacteria are most common?

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8. exaggerated decrease in pulse during inspiration.

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9. What is indicated when CO and venous return are equal?






10. Which bacteria can cause endocarditis from prosthetic valves?






11. What is the association with wide S2 splitting?






12. bacterial endocarditis - previously normal valves - rapid onset - Which bacteria?






13. How does angiotensin II raise MAP






14. Which artery supplies the inferior portion of the left ventricle and posterior septum?






15. In the cardiac and vascular function curves - In what instance is the vascular curve shifted to the left?






16. In an EKG - What is the p wave?






17. Weak pulses - notching of the ribs on xray - HTN in upper extremeties and weak peripheral pulses






18. What does increasing intracellular Ca do?






19. How does digitatlis increase contractility?






20. What are the systolic heart sounds






21. What causes aortic regurg






22. PROVe






23. What is a normal EF






24. no relation between p waves and QRS intervals - treatment and predisposing factor






25. Which murmur is heard with mitral prolapse?






26. S3 - dilated heart on US - balloon appearance on CXR - eccentric hypertrophy






27. congenital heart defect with 22q11






28. Which lab value indicates blood viscosity?






29. What is the classic X ray finding for tet of fallot?






30. What stimulates release of calcium from the SR?






31. What is the difference between the fetal and neonatal direction of blood flow in a patent ductus arteriosus






32. What causes tet of fallot?






33. smaller vegetations - congenitally abnormal or diseased valves - sequela of dental procedures. Insidious onset






34. In normal S2 splitting - which valve closes first? What increases it?






35. Which artery supplies the SA and AV nodes?






36. In an acute MI - are there any visible changes via LM in the first 2-4 hours






37. Churg Strauss - presentation and test






38. which heart valves are afected most in rheumatic heart diseease






39. dilated tortous veins due to chronically inc venous pressure - poor wound healing - varicose ulcers






40. PCWP > LV diastolic pressure






41. necrotizing granulomas in lung and upper airways - nectrotizing GN - small vessel vasculitis

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42. acute - self limiting necrotizing vasculitis in children associated with fever - conjunctivitis - strawberry tongue - desquamatous skin rash - lymphadenitis - coronary sinus aneurysms. Seen in asians






43. What is the time frame for arrhythmia risk in the evolution of MI






44. What is the most common cause of right heart failure






45. What do patients die early from in rheumatic heart disease?






46. PCWP is an estimate of...






47. What does the U wave indicated?






48. What are common causes of mitral regurg?






49. When and why do you hear the S4 sound






50. What does autoregulation do?