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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. L to R shunt becomes R to L due to increase pulm pressures from original congenital heart defect

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2. benign capillary skin papules in AIDS patients mistaken for kaposi sarcoma - caused by bartonella henselae






3. How do beta blockers decrease contractility?






4. When does extracellular calcium enter the cardiac muscle cells during contraction?






5. What are the complications of atherosclerosis?






6. Which two mechanisms sense decrease MAP?






7. When and why do you hear the S4 sound






8. Most common vasculitis affecting medium and large arteries






9. Where is the most posterior portion of the heart and What can it cause?






10. S3 - dilated heart on US - balloon appearance on CXR - eccentric hypertrophy






11. What is the progression of atherosclerosis?






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






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






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






15. EDV - ESV






16. What is the definition of HTN?






17. Which bacteria can cause endocarditis from prosthetic valves?






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






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






20. What does autoregulation do?






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






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






23. Unilateral headache - jaw claudication - impaired vision






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






25. Which murmur is heard in aortic stenosis?






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






27. CO x Total peripheral resistance






28. failure of truncus arteriosus to divide?






29. What are aschoff bodies






30. What is the early and late lesion in rheumatic heart disease






31. What happends in phase 1 of the ventricular cardiac action potential?






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






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






34. Where does coronary artery occlusion occur most commonly?






35. Churg Strauss - presentation and test






36. When do coronary arteries fill?






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






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






39. Chronic mitral stenosis can lead to what changes in size of the LA






40. congenital heart defect with marfan's






41. How does a patient with Tet of fallot learn to improve symptoms?






42. How does digitatlis increase contractility?






43. what conditions are associated with pulsus paradoxus






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






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






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






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






48. clinical signs of cardiac tamponade






49. Which murmur is heard with mitral prolapse?






50. What are common causes of mitral regurg?