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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. What does the atria release in response to inc blood volume and atrial pressure






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






3. exaggerated decrease in pulse during inspiration.

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






5. Which enzymes are useful for diagnosing reinfarction






6. tearing chest pain radiation to the back - associated with marfan






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






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

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9. PROVe






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






11. retrosternal chest main with exertion - ST depression on ECG - likely due atherosclerosis






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






13. What causes hepatomegaly?






14. How does aldosterone raise MAP






15. Which two mechanisms sense decrease MAP?






16. What do the carotid and aortic bodies respond to?






17. Unilateral headache - jaw claudication - impaired vision






18. L to R shunt becomes R to L due to increase pulm pressures from original congenital heart defect

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19. Central chemoreceptors do not respond directly to which parameter?






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






21. in the JVP - What is the c wave?






22. Which artery supplies the SA and AV nodes?






23. What kind of dysfunction ensues in restrictive cardiomyopathy






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






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 is indicated when CO and venous return are equal?






27. What causes aortic regurg






28. The aortic arch receptors transmit along which nerve?






29. In a lateral wall infarct - which artery is effected - and which leads show Q waves?






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






31. Restrictive cardiomyopathy causes






32. What is the result of not have fast sodium channels in pacemaker cells?






33. What are anitschkow's cells






34. coronary artery spasm - ST elevation






35. What does mitral prolapse predeispose to?






36. What does the U wave indicated?






37. What does FEVERSS stand for in rheumatic heart disease






38. What is the most common cause of right heart failure






39. progressive lengthening of PR until beat is dropped - a p wave not followed by QRS






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






41. What is the cushing triad?






42. What does hypoxia cause in the lung versus other tissues?






43. What is the gold standard for dx of MI in the first 6 hours






44. congenital heart defect with congenital rubella






45. How does acidosis affect contractility?






46. Wegener's presentation






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






48. most common primary cardiac tumor in children - associated with tuberous sclerosis






49. What causes the ejection click in the Cres - decres murmur?






50. What does TAPVR stand for