Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 1611: Carotid _____ are clinical findings indicative of carotid stenosis.

Answer: bruits

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Flashcard 1612: Management of chronic primary **mitral regurgitation** in patients who are symptomatic OR asymptomatic with **LVEF ≤ 60%**: _____

Answer: Surgical valve repair

Flashcard 1613: What is the most common leukemia in adults > 60 years old? _____

Answer: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)

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Flashcard 1614: How can someone with aortic dissection develop an early decrescendo diastolic murmur and increased creatinine? _____

Answer: Extension of aortic dissection into the aortic valve and kidneys

Flashcard 1615: What conditions are associated with MEN2A? (3) _____

Answer: Parathyroid hyperplasia Pheochromocytoma Medullary thyroid carcinoma

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Flashcard 1616: _____ associated with calciphylaxis (calcification) leading to ischemic skin necrosis

Answer: ESRD

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Flashcard 1617: What produces a classic "square root sign" on cardiac catheterization?\n_____

Answer: Constrictive pericarditis

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Flashcard 1618: The symptoms of Ménière disease are due to elevated _____

Answer: endolymphatic pressure

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Flashcard 1619: Recent intracranial/spinal surgery, neoplasm, major GI or brain bleed are contraindications to _____ usage in ischemic/thrombotic stroke

Answer: tPA

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Flashcard 1620: What patients are at greatest risk for IV contrast-induced AKI? _____

Answer: Preexisting renal damage (e.g. diabetes, glomerulonephritis)

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