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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. What causes the murmur heard in MR to enhance?






2. skin rash on buttocks and legs - arthralgia - intestinal hemorrhage - abdominal pain - melena. Follows URI - IgA immune complex - most common childhood systemic vasculitis






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






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






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






6. pulseless disease - granulomatous thickening of the aortic arch and/or proximal great vessels - elev ESR - asian females > 40


7. When and why do you hear the S4 sound






8. machine murmer






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


10. Expiration causes an increase in which sided heart sounds






11. What does T wave inversion indicated?






12. Which enzyme rises after 4 hours and is elevated for 7 to 10 days after an MI?






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






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






15. rate of 02 consumption/ arterial 02 - venous 02 ccontent=CO






16. Which organ has ht highest blood flow per gram of tissue






17. How are sarcomeres added in concentric hypertrophy?






18. Which lab value indicates blood viscosity?






19. Wegener's presentation






20. Wegener's tx






21. PROVe






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






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






24. failure of truncus arteriosus to divide?






25. immune mediated transmural vasculitis with fibrinoid necrosis - small and medium vessels - renal and viscera - not pulm arteries - hep B seropos in 30% of pts






26. What are aschoff bodies






27. How are the sarcomeres added in eccentric hypertrophy?






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






29. systolic - diastolic






30. MAP is also known as






31. What constitues the upstroke in pacemaker cells?






32. What channels do the the pacemaker cells lack?






33. What is associated with paradoxical spliting of S2






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






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






36. What can cause mitral prolapse?






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






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






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






40. How does aldosterone raise MAP






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






42. What does the LAD supply?






43. The cause of dyspnea on exertion?






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






45. fibrous plaques and atheromas in intima of arteries






46. congenital heart defect with congenital rubella






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






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






49. What causes the midsystolic click






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