Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 1731: _____ is the most common cause of constrictive pericarditis in developing countries

Answer: Tuberculosis

Flashcard 1732: What is the likely source of an androgen-secreting tumor in a female with elevated testosterone and elevated dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) levels? _____

Answer: Adrenal tumor

Flashcard 1733: Exudative pleural effusions must meet one of Light's criteria, which are: Pleural protein/serum protein > _____ Pleural LDH/serum LDH > _____ or Pleural LDH > _____ upper limit of normal serum LDH

Answer: 0.5

Flashcard 1734: What is the likely diagnosis in a male smoker with chest discomfort and a CXR showing a **widened mediastinum** and **enlarged aortic knob**? _____

Answer: Thoracic aortic aneurysm

Extra: Thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAA) are often discovered incidentally on CXR. CT angiography is the preferred diagnostic test for hemodynamically stable patients.

Flashcard 1735: What is the likely diagnosis in a patient with mild hypoxemia, tachypnea, and CXR infiltrates hours after an episode of aspiration? _____

Answer: Aspiration pneumonitis

Flashcard 1736: Herniated disc = _____ month before doing radiographic imaging

Answer: 1

Flashcard 1737: Hampton's hump on CXR is suggestive of _____

Answer: PE

Flashcard 1738: Rheumatoid arthritis = _____ inflammatory arthritis with > 3 joints involved (small joints like hands, feet, wrists)

Answer: symmetric

Flashcard 1739: Which cervical spinal levels can be affected in RA? _____

Answer: C1 and C2 (and can cause subluxation)

Flashcard 1740: Seizure that is localized to one hemisphere, impairs consciousness and with motor automatisms (lip smacking, chewing). Diagnosis? _____

Answer: Complex partial seizure (focal seizure with impaired awareness)