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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Equilibration of diastolic pressures in all 4 chambers - decreased CO from compression of heart by fluid in pericardium






2. Restrictive cardiomyopathy causes






3. friction rub - 3-5 days post MI






4. What cardiac change occurs in pregnancy?






5. What is indicated when CO and venous return are equal?






6. What does the U wave indicated?






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






8. Which class of drugs decreases afterload?






9. Which two mechanisms sense decrease MAP?






10. disease of elastic arteries and large and medium sized muscular arteries






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






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






13. When and why is the S3 sound heard?






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






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

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






17. What other syndrom is associated with infantile aortic coarctation






18. What masks atrial repolarization?






19. EDV - ESV






20. congenital heart defect with 22q11






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






22. Which bacteria can cause endocarditis from prosthetic valves?






23. What are the complications from bacterial endocarditis?






24. congenital heart defect with marfan's






25. exaggerated decrease in pulse during inspiration.

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26. What causes the murmur heard in MR to enhance?






27. What is the characteristic pulse in aortic stenosis?






28. Rank the pacemakers cells






29. What causes aortic regurg






30. benign cap hemangioma of infancy - spont regresses






31. How are sarcomeres added in concentric hypertrophy?






32. When is the scar completely formed in an MI?






33. What is the most common cause of MI






34. What are anitschkow's cells






35. failure of truncus arteriosus to divide?






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






37. What causes tet of fallot?






38. What 4 things drive myocardial 02 demand?






39. Inspiration causes an increase in which sided heart sounds?






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






41. which ethnic groups have higher association with HTN?






42. what percentage of HTN is secondary to renal disease?






43. wartiike - sterile vegetations occur on both sides of the valve - commonly causes mitral regurg. SLE causes it






44. What is the machine like murmur? What is the heart pathology and the predisposing causes






45. congenital heart defect in an infant with a diabetic mother?






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






47. How does aldosterone raise MAP






48. What kind of infarct show ST depression






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






50. which medications are used to maintain patency or close the ductus arteriosus?