Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 1091: IIH (pseudotumor cerebri) can present with _____ due to impaired optic nerve axoplasmic flow

Answer: papilledema

Flashcard 1092: Peripheral Artery Disease causes _____ in the affected extremity due to deficient blood flow to hair follicles

Answer: hair loss

Flashcard 1093: One of the most feared complications of type 1 diabetes is _____

Answer: diabetic ketoacidosis

Extra: *#1 car with broken BETAscotch candie wheels= type I diabetes is the result of autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells

Flashcard 1094: Absence seizures are characteristically provoked by _____

Answer: hyperventilation

Flashcard 1095: What is a classic finding of pulmonary anthrax on CXR? _____

Answer: Widening of the mediastinum

Flashcard 1096: What demographic is more commonly affected by empty sella syndrome? _____

Answer: Obese women

Extra: Atlas:

Flashcard 1097: What are the heart chamber sizes in restrictive cardiomyopathy & constrictive pericarditis? _____

Answer: Normal ventricles & enlarged atria

Flashcard 1098: Disorders of primary hemostasis present with symptoms of skin bleeding, such as _____ (> 1 cm)

Answer: ecchymoses

Extra: Atlas:

Flashcard 1099: Epidural spinal cord compression (which can present as cauda equina syndrome) is most commonly caused by _____

Answer: malignancy

Extra: Epidural spinal cord compression (ESCC) is an oncologic emergency. While the most common cause of cauda equina syndrome overall is a lumbar disc herniation, malignancy (metastasis to the vertebral body) is the most common cause of neoplastic epidural compression. Note: Cauda equina syndrome involves compression of the nerve roots (L2-S5), whereas spinal cord compression involves the cord itself (ending at L1-L2). ESCC is a general term often encompassing both.

Flashcard 1100: Which obstructive lung disease is associated with secondary (AA) amyloidosis? _____

Answer: Bronchiectasis