Cardiology — Flashcards

_____ syndrome is a combination of herpes zoster (shingles) and facial/vestibulocochlear nerve palsy

All diastolic murmurs are considered abnormal _____

Hint: T/F

What is the most common dermal manifestation of antiphospholipid syndrome? _____

Features of a low-risk solitary pulmonary nodule include size ≤ _____ cm, age < 40, and smoking cessation for > 15 years (or never smoked)

Myotonic dystrophy = _____

Hint: inheritance pattern

Pulmonary HTN is defined as a pulmonary arterial pressure greater than _____ mm Hg at rest

What is the likely diagnosis in an older patient with significant smoking history that presents with hypercalcemia and low PTH? _____

↓ PTH and ↑ [Ca]: _____

Hint: cause

Periorbital edema, ↓ reflexes/muscle weakness, bradycardia, weight gain and menorrhagia is seen in _____

Hint: condition

Blood pressures should be lowered slowly (10-20% in the first hour) for hypertensive emergency due to possibility of _____