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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. failure of truncus arteriosus to divide?






2. what conditions are associated with pulsus paradoxus






3. Which vessels account for the most total peripheral resistance






4. What does the LAD supply?






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






6. What happens in phase 3 of the cardiac ventricular action potential?






7. What is the characteristic pulse in aortic stenosis?






8. decrease stretch in baroreceptors leads to what response?






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






10. Fatal arrhythmia






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






12. What does HTN predispose to?






13. What is the S1 sound?






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






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






16. Which artery supplies the SA and AV nodes?






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






18. Which bacteria can cause endocarditis from prosthetic valves?






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






20. In an inferior wall infarct - which artery is affected and which leads show Q waves






21. PCWP > LV diastolic pressure






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






23. What causes the midsystolic click






24. CO x Total peripheral resistance






25. Which murmur is heard with mitral prolapse?






26. When do you see extensive coagulative necrosis in an MI






27. What cardiac change occurs in pregnancy?






28. which ethnic groups have higher association with HTN?






29. What does mitral prolapse predeispose to?






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






31. Which lab value indicates blood viscosity?






32. What masks atrial repolarization?






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






34. polypoid capillary hemangioma that can ulcerate and bleed






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






36. What happens with a decrease of extracellular Na






37. In the evolution of an MI - when the risk for free wall rupture - tamponade - papillary muscle rupture - or interventricular septal rupture the hightest? Why?






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






39. What are common causes of mitral regurg?






40. What murmur is heard with aortic regurg?






41. Which area of the endocardium is especially vulnerable to infarction? Why?






42. What are the complications from bacterial endocarditis?






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






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






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






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






47. absecnce of tricuspid valve - hypoplastic RV






48. In an EKG - What is the QRS complex?






49. When do coronary arteries fill?






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