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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. What causes tet of fallot?






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






3. What kind of dysfunction ensues in restrictive cardiomyopathy






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






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






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






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






8. Where are pacemaker cells?






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






10. benign - painful - red - blue tumor under fingernails from smooth muscle cells






11. How does angiotensin II raise MAP






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






13. sawtooth wave

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14. clinical signs of cardiac tamponade






15. What do the starling forces determine






16. What other sign is often present with congenital long QT syndrome - why?






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

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18. systolic - diastolic






19. When during cardiac nodal cells depolarize?






20. what happens to capillaries in lymphatic blockage






21. What is the effect on the slope of phase 4 in pacemaker cells by catecholamines and






22. What are the diastolic heart sounds?






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






24. In the cardiac cycle - which period has the highest 02 consumption?






25. What causes the CO curve to shift downwards?






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






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






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






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






30. Which bacteria can cause endocarditis from prosthetic valves?






31. What are the systolic heart sounds






32. What does FAN MY SKIN On Wednesday stand for?






33. PCWP is an estimate of...






34. Endothelial malignancy of the skin assocated with HHV-8 and HIV

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35. most common heart tumor






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






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






38. What is association with fixed S2 splitting - does not increase with inspiration






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






40. What stimulates release of calcium from the SR?






41. fibrinous pericarditis several weeks post MI

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42. In an anteroseptal infarct - which artery is effected - and which leads show Q waves?






43. What causes the cushing reflex and why






44. Left to right shunts are more common in babies or kids?






45. Which enzymes are useful for diagnosing reinfarction






46. dyspnea - fatigue - edema and rales - multiple causes






47. Which murmur do you hear in mitral stenosis?






48. disease of elastic arteries and large and medium sized muscular arteries






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






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