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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. What are the complications from bacterial endocarditis?






2. delta wave on ECG - accesory conduction pathway from atria to ventricles - reentry leading to supraventricular tachycardia






3. absecnce of tricuspid valve - hypoplastic RV






4. In an EKG - What is the T wave?






5. What is the most common cause of MI






6. How are the sarcomeres added in eccentric hypertrophy?






7. What supplies the posterior left ventricle?






8. Which lab value indicates blood viscosity?






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






10. In terms of starling forces - why does heart failure cause edema?






11. What causes tet of fallot?






12. What other congenital abnormality is necessary for life for a patient with transposition of the great vesses?






13. What kind of infarct show ST depression






14. moncekberg






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






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






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






18. What is the cushing triad?






19. When does EF decrease






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






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






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






23. What are anitschkow's cells






24. Does eccentric hypertrophy or concentric hypertrophy cause systolic disfunction






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






26. Which two mechanisms sense decrease MAP?






27. What are the diastolic heart sounds?






28. which ethnic groups have higher association with HTN?






29. Which murmur is heard with VSD?






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






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






32. benign cap hemangioma of infancy - spont regresses






33. The carotid sinus transmits along which nerve?






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


35. what conditions are associated with pulsus paradoxus






36. Given P = QR - what factors influence resistance?






37. failure of truncus arteriosus to divide?






38. benign capillary skin papules in AIDS patients mistaken for kaposi sarcoma - caused by bartonella henselae






39. In an anterolateral infarct - which artery is effected and which leads show Q waves






40. What kind of dysfunction ensues in restrictive cardiomyopathy






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






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






43. What causes the midsystolic click






44. disruption of the vasa vasorum of aorta - dilation of aorta and valve ring - tree bark appearance (calcifications on aortic root)






45. clinical signs of cardiac tamponade






46. friction rub - 3-5 days post MI






47. Which bacteria can cause endocarditis from prosthetic valves?






48. When is the scar completely formed in an MI?






49. cavernous lymphangioma of the neck - associated with turner's






50. what percentage of HTN is secondary to renal disease?