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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Which artery supplies the SA and AV nodes?






2. What does autoregulation do?






3. stroke volume x HR =?






4. What are common causes of mitral regurg?






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






6. When do you find hemosiderin laden macrophages in the lungs?






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






8. What cardiac change occurs in pregnancy?






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






10. moncekberg






11. The cause of dyspnea on exertion?






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






13. Unilateral headache - jaw claudication - impaired vision






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






15. What does T wave inversion indicated?






16. SV CAP means?






17. What is the machine like murmur? What is the heart pathology and the predisposing causes






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






19. What is the formula for EF?






20. Churg Strauss - presentation and test






21. How do beta blockers decrease contractility?






22. no relation between p waves and QRS intervals - treatment and predisposing factor






23. What do the starling forces determine






24. What is the difference between the fetal and neonatal direction of blood flow in a patent ductus arteriosus






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






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






27. fibrous plaques and atheromas in intima of arteries






28. Restrictive cardiomyopathy causes






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






30. Why is there edema after burns or during infection






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






32. The cause of cardiac dilation?






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






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






35. Which two mechanisms sense decrease MAP?






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






37. What stimulates release of calcium from the SR?






38. systolic - diastolic






39. congenital heart defect with turner's






40. Which valve is most commonly involved in bacterial endocarditis?






41. Where does coronary artery occlusion occur most commonly?






42. Right to left shunts are more common in babies or kids?






43. When do coronary arteries fill?






44. What 4 things drive myocardial 02 demand?






45. How does aldosterone raise MAP






46. What masks atrial repolarization?






47. decrease blood flow to the skin due to arteriolar vasospasm in cold temp - emotional stress - also in SLE and CREST






48. The aortic arch receptors transmit along which nerve?






49. What kind of infarct show ST depression






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