Cardiology — Flashcards

SLE can often affect the _____, causing seizures or psychosis

Hint: organ

What is the likely diagnosis in a patient with fever, weight loss, an early diastolic murmur, and a left atrial mass on echocardiography? _____

Patients with acute pericarditis are at increased risk for _____

Hint: cardiac tamponade or mediastinitis

Circular bald spot with all hairs at equal length: Dx? _____ Etiology? _____ Diagnostics? _____

What are the three diabetic microvascular complications? _____

Asthma classification and treatment: 1. _____ 2. _____ 3. _____ 4. SABA + ↑ICS + LABA 5. SABA + ↑↑ICS + LABA + Oral steroids

_____ = young Asian women _____ = elderly female with headache

Hint: Takayasu Arteritis or Giant Cell (temporal) arteritis

_____ is a complication in up to 1% of patients with diabetic ketoacidosis

von Willebrand disease presents with _____ platelet count + _____ bleeding time and _____ PTT

Malignant breast cancer may lead to _____, either through bony metastasis or PTHrP production