Cardiology — Flashcards

What is the likely diagnosis in an elderly patient with significant smoking history that presents with a hard, non-tender submandibular lymph node and occasional ear pain? Physical exam is otherwise unremarkable. _____

What is the greatest risk in a patient with intermittent claudication secondary to peripheral arterial disease? _____

What is a Hampton hump? _____

Which form of polycythemia is associated with ectopic EPO production (e.g. malignancy, hydronephrosis)? _____

Fever, rash, hematuria and eosinophils in urine is characteristic of _____

Hint: condition

What kind of ulcer is edematous, indurated, and hyperpigmented, commonly located at the medial malleolus? _____

COPD patient with lethargy is due to _____ventilation leading to _____ narcosis (PaCO2 > 60 mm Hg)

"Tearing" chest pain that radiates to the back and unequal radial pulses is suggestive of _____

Hint: condition

Prothrombin 20210A mutation = ↑ risk of _____

Hint: bleeding/thrombosis

Viral _____-carditis may predispose patients to development of cardiac tamponade