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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Where is the most posterior portion of the heart and What can it cause?






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






3. Which murmur is heard in aortic stenosis?






4. thrombosis w/o necrosis - ST elevation - worsening chest pain at rest or with minimal exertion






5. What happens in phase 0 of the cardiac ventricular action potential?






6. What kind of infarct show ST depression






7. Which two mechanisms sense decrease MAP?






8. In a lateral wall infarct - which artery is effected - and which leads show Q waves?






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






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






11. The aortic arch receptors transmit along which nerve?






12. How does aldosterone raise MAP






13. Which bacteria can cause endocarditis from prosthetic valves?






14. Which murmur is heard with VSD?






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






16. What does HTN predispose to?






17. What are the four most common locations for atherosclerosis?






18. The carotid sinus transmits along which nerve?






19. What are tendinous xanthoma - atheromas - and corneal arcus signs of?






20. segmental thrombosing vasculitis of small and medium vessels in smokers with intermittent claudication - superficial nodular phlebitis - raynaud's - gangrene and severe pain - autoamputation of digits is possible

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






22. Irregularly irregular ECG - no p waves: dx and treatment






23. The 7 complications of MI

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24. Mitral stenosis is most often secondary to which condition?






25. What are aschoff bodies






26. Equilibration of diastolic pressures in all 4 chambers - decreased CO from compression of heart by fluid in pericardium






27. EDV is also known as






28. In an EKG - What is the PR interval?






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






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






31. How do beta blockers decrease contractility?






32. Which enzyme rises after 4 hours and is elevated for 7 to 10 days after an MI?






33. What stimulates release of calcium from the SR?






34. What happens with a decrease of extracellular Na






35. On the cardiac cycle graph - on which corners do the opening and closing of the aortic and mitral valves occur?






36. What are the different etiologies of dialted cardiomyopathy






37. When during cardiac nodal cells depolarize?






38. Hyperplastic onion skinning






39. Which murmur is heard with mitral prolapse?






40. How does a patient with Tet of fallot learn to improve symptoms?






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






42. L to R shunt becomes R to L due to increase pulm pressures from original congenital heart defect

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43. Does eccentric hypertrophy or concentric hypertrophy cause systolic disfunction






44. Exercise - overtransfusiion and excitiment causes and increase in...?






45. wartiike - sterile vegetations occur on both sides of the valve - commonly causes mitral regurg. SLE causes it






46. What kind of dysfunction ensues in restrictive cardiomyopathy






47. What is sudden cardiac death most commonly due to...






48. Which organ gets the largest share of systemic cardiac output






49. Most common vasculitis affecting medium and large arteries






50. decrease stretch in baroreceptors leads to what response?