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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. what conditions are associated with pulsus paradoxus






2. Which channel accounts for automaticity of the SA and AV nodes?






3. Restrictive cardiomyopathy causes






4. necrotizing granulomas in lung and upper airways - nectrotizing GN - small vessel vasculitis


5. Which artery supplies the SA and AV nodes?






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






7. What are the different etiologies of dialted cardiomyopathy






8. decrease stretch in baroreceptors leads to what response?






9. What happens in phase 0 of the cardiac ventricular action potential?






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






11. What does the atria release in response to inc blood volume and atrial pressure






12. What masks atrial repolarization?






13. What causes orthopnea?






14. Why is contractility decreased in heart failure?






15. disruption of the vasa vasorum of aorta - dilation of aorta and valve ring - tree bark appearance (calcifications on aortic root)






16. Rank the following by speed of conduction - av node - atria - purkinjee - ventricles






17. In an EKG - What is the p wave?






18. What kind of infarct show ST depression






19. What does HTN predispose to?






20. Which valve is commonly involved in bacterial endocarditis from IV drug use and Which bacteria are most common?


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






22. The aortic arch receptors transmit along which nerve?






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






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


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






26. prolonged PR interval






27. What is the S1 sound?






28. What other syndrom is associated with infantile aortic coarctation






29. What causes the cushing reflex and why






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






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






32. What is a normal EF






33. What are anitschkow's cells






34. congenital heart defect with turner's






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






36. friction rub - 3-5 days post MI






37. What are the systolic heart sounds






38. What is the characteristic pulse in aortic stenosis?






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






40. The cause of pulmonary edema - paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea?






41. Why is there edema after burns or during infection






42. Rank the pacemakers cells






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






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






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






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






47. failure of truncus arteriosus to divide?






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






49. What are the complications of atherosclerosis?






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