Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 31: One complication that may occur _____ - 5 days post-MI is interventricular septal rupture, which causes a ventricular septal defect (VSD)

Answer: 3

Flashcard 32: A _____ interval between A2 (of S2) and the opening snap sounds of a mitral stenosis murmur correlates with increased disease severity

Answer: decreased

Flashcard 33: _____-capillary pulmonary hypertension involves WHO Group 2.

Answer: Post

Extra: WHO Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension: - Group 1: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) [Pre-capillary] - Group 2: PH due to Left Heart Disease [Post-capillary] - Group 3: PH due to Lung Disease/Hypoxia [Pre-capillary] - Group 4: Chronic Thromboembolic PH (CTEPH) [Pre-capillary] - Group 5: PH with unclear multifactorial mechanisms (Variable)

Flashcard 34: Hemochromatosis can cause _____ cardiomyopathy or dilated cardiomyopathy

Answer: restrictive

Flashcard 35: _____ is a virus that causes myocarditis which progresses to dilated cardiomyopathy

Answer: Coxsackie B

Flashcard 36: 2nd degree Mobitz type I AV block is characterized by a _____, irregular patterned rhythm on ECG

Answer: regularly

Flashcard 37: Aortic _____ may cause macroangiopathic hemolytic anemia as RBCs are damaged while crossing the calcified valve, producing schistocytes

Answer: stenosis

Flashcard 38: In _____, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) is greater than LV end diastolic pressure

Answer: mitral stenosis

Flashcard 39: Aortic _____ may present with a bounding pulse (Corrigan / Water-hammer pulse), pulsating nail bed (Quincke pulse), and head bobbing when severe

Answer: regurgitation

Flashcard 40: _____ syndrome occurs when administration of vasodilators shunts blood towards well-perfused areas, increasing ischemia in post-stenotic regions

Answer: Coronary steal