Cardiology — Flashcards

S. bovis can produce subacute _____

_____ syndrome is the result of chronic excess glucocorticoids by: 1. Adrenal gland hyperplasia 2. Pharmacologic doses of glucocorticoids (most common) 3. ACTH secreting pituitary adenoma (Cushing disease) 4. Ectopic ACTH production (e.g. small cell lung carcinoma)

The immune overdrive seen in ARDS in patients with coronavirus may be related to _____

SVC syndrome is characterized by impaired drainage of the head, resulting in "facial _____"

Causes of _____ cardiomyopathy include amyloidosis, sarcoidosis, post-radiation fibrosis, and eosinophilic syndromes of the heart (loeffler endocarditis, endomyocardial fibrosis)

Aortic stenosis may cause _____ as RBCs are damaged while crossing the calcified valve, producing schistocytes

Allergic rhinitis is associated with other atopic disorders, such as _____ and eczema

Polycythemia vera may present with transient _____ disturbances due to small foci of thrombosis and hemorrhage in the CNS

Which vasculitide may present with aortic regurgitation and severe renovascular hypertension? _____

What is the most common type of functional pituitary adenoma? _____