Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 1151: Subclavian steal syndrome typically arises due to severe stenosis of the _____ artery, causing reversal of blood flow in the ipsilateral vertebral artery

Answer: proximal subclavian

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Flashcard 1152: What is the preferred adjuvant treatment for ER+ breast cancer in premenopausal women? _____

Answer: Tamoxifen

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Flashcard 1153: At what age do you start screening for high blood pressure: _____

Answer: 18-years-old

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Flashcard 1154: Contrary to opioid intoxication, _____ is usually only mild in benzodiazepine overdose along with an absence of pupil _____

Answer: respiratory depression

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Flashcard 1155: Impaired CSF reabsorption at the arachnoid villi leads to _____

Answer: normal pressure hydrocephalus

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Flashcard 1156: What kind of renal disease occurs in infective endocarditis? _____

Answer: Glomerulonephritis (immune complex-mediated)

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Flashcard 1157: Why is there thrombocytopenia in splenic sequestration crisis in Sickle Cell Disease? _____

Answer: Platelets are trapped in the spleen

Flashcard 1158: One-time screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) for men (ages 65-75) who have ever: _____

Answer: Smoked

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Flashcard 1159: What hereditary disease renders patients prone to warfarin-induced skin necrosis? _____

Answer: Hereditary protein C/S deficiency

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Flashcard 1160: Hypovolemic hyponatremia is managed with _____

Answer: isotonic normal saline

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