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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. What causes aortic stenosis






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






4. Inspiration causes an increase in which sided heart sounds?






5. sudden death in young atheletes - S4 - apical impulses - outflow obstruction






6. What does prolonged QT predispose to?






7. in the JVP - What is the a wave?






8. Which bacteria can cause endocarditis from prosthetic valves?






9. most common primary cardiac tumor in children - associated with tuberous sclerosis






10. How does angiotensin II raise MAP






11. Where does coronary artery occlusion occur most commonly?






12. Which lab value indicates blood viscosity?






13. How does aldosterone raise MAP






14. In terms of starling forces - why does nephrotic syndrome or liver failure cause edems






15. Churg Strauss - presentation and test






16. What causes the murmur heard in MR to enhance?






17. If HR is too fast (V tach) what happens during diastole?






18. systolic - diastolic






19. Most common vasculitis affecting medium and large arteries






20. Where are pacemaker cells?






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






22. Do dihydropyridine or non - dihyrdropyridine Ca channel blockers decrease contractility






23. What are the systolic heart sounds






24. How do beta blockers decrease contractility?






25. What happens in phase 2 of the cardiac ventricular action potential?






26. Does blood flow across the actual ASD account for abnormal heart sounds? What is the reason?






27. Central chemoreceptors do not respond directly to which parameter?






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






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






30. What happens in phase 4 of the cardiac ventricular action potential?






31. Which murmur is characteristic of mitral/tricuspid regurg?






32. The cause of pulmonary edema - paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea?






33. bening capillary hemangioma of elderly - does not regress






34. Which enzymes are useful for diagnosing reinfarction






35. What is the effect on the slope of phase 4 in pacemaker cells by Ach or adenosine?






36. what conditions are associated with pulsus paradoxus






37. Unilateral headache - jaw claudication - impaired vision






38. The 7 complications of MI


39. What is the early and late lesion in rheumatic heart disease






40. Does eccentric hypertrophy or concentric hypertrophy cause systolic disfunction






41. with what heart sounds do ASD usually present?






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






43. The aortic arch receptors transmit along which nerve?






44. What does FROM JANE stand for in bacterial endocarditis?


45. In an anterior wall infarct - which artery is effected and which leads show Q waves






46. What is the danger of torsades to pointes?






47. most common primary cardiac tumor in adults - ball - valve obstruction in left atrium






48. How does digitatlis increase contractility?






49. retrosternal chest main with exertion - ST depression on ECG - likely due atherosclerosis






50. progressive lengthening of PR until beat is dropped - a p wave not followed by QRS