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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Endothelial malignancy of the skin assocated with HHV-8 and HIV

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2. Equilibration of diastolic pressures in all 4 chambers - decreased CO from compression of heart by fluid in pericardium






3. How do beta blockers decrease contractility?






4. What causes tet of fallot?






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






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






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






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






9. What does an isoelectric ST segment indicate?






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






11. What causes ankle - sacral edema - jugular venous distention






12. 2/3 diastolic + 1/3 systolic






13. What causes the cushing reflex and why






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






15. What causes aortic stenosis






16. What are the systolic heart sounds






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






18. What masks atrial repolarization?






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






20. PCWP is an estimate of...






21. Which kind of infarct show ST elevation - and/or pathologic Q waves






22. port wine stains on face - intracerebral AVM - siezures - early onset glaucoma - congenital






23. Left to right shunts are more common in babies or kids?






24. When does EF decrease






25. friction rub - 3-5 days post MI






26. What causes the early cyanosis in Tet of Fallot?






27. What does T wave inversion indicated?






28. What is the difference between adult and infantile type aortic coarctation?






29. What do patients die early from in rheumatic heart disease?






30. fibrinous pericarditis several weeks post MI

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






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






33. segmental thrombosing vasculitis of small and medium vessels in smokers with intermittent claudication - superficial nodular phlebitis - raynaud's - gangrene and severe pain - autoamputation of digits is possible

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34. What is the progression of atherosclerosis?






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






36. Do dihydropyridine or non - dihyrdropyridine Ca channel blockers decrease contractility






37. failure of truncus arteriosus to divide?






38. Where does coronary artery occlusion occur most commonly?






39. with what heart sounds do ASD usually present?






40. How does digitatlis increase contractility?






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






42. exaggerated decrease in pulse during inspiration.

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43. Exercise - overtransfusiion and excitiment causes and increase in...?






44. How does angiotensin II raise MAP






45. What does TAPVR stand for






46. decrease stretch in baroreceptors leads to what response?






47. What other syndrom is associated with infantile aortic coarctation






48. PCWP > LV diastolic pressure






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






50. What causes aortic regurg