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Cardiology

Subject : health-sciences
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1. dyspnea - fatigue - edema and rales - multiple causes






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






3. How do catecholamines increase contractility?






4. fibrinous pericarditis several weeks post MI

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5. highly lethal malignancy of the liver - associated with vinyl chloride - arsenic - and thorosrast exposure






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






7. immune mediated transmural vasculitis with fibrinoid necrosis - small and medium vessels - renal and viscera - not pulm arteries - hep B seropos in 30% of pts






8. What does the LAD supply?






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






10. diaphoresis - N/V - severe retrosternal pain - pain in left arm/jaw - SOB - fatigue - adrenergic symptoms






11. fibrous plaques and atheromas in intima of arteries






12. Which bacteria causes endocarditis in the presence of colon cancer






13. delta wave on ECG - accesory conduction pathway from atria to ventricles - reentry leading to supraventricular tachycardia






14. cavernous lymphangioma of the neck - associated with turner's






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






16. Which organ has the largest arteriovenous difference






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






18. What 4 things drive myocardial 02 demand?






19. What does the starling curve show?






20. What are the 5 T's of cyanoitc babies






21. no change in PR interval followed by dropped beat






22. Which lab value indicates blood viscosity?






23. What does increasing intracellular Ca do?






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






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






26. Which enzymes are useful for diagnosing reinfarction






27. What are the complications from bacterial endocarditis?






28. with what heart sounds do ASD usually present?






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






30. What do the starling forces determine






31. In an anterior wall infarct - which artery is effected and which leads show Q waves






32. What stimulates release of calcium from the SR?






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






34. Which class of drugs decrease the murmur heard in aortic regurg?






35. In normal S2 splitting - which valve closes first? What increases it?






36. Churg Strauss - presentation and test






37. CO x Total peripheral resistance






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






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






40. Most common vasculitis affecting medium and large arteries






41. list the coronary vessels most likely to be occluded






42. absecnce of tricuspid valve - hypoplastic RV






43. Which murmur is characteristic of mitral/tricuspid regurg?






44. EDV is also known as






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

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46. What does autoregulation do?






47. What is the progression of atherosclerosis?






48. moncekberg






49. Which vessels account for the most total peripheral resistance






50. Which class of drugs decreases afterload?