Cardiology — Flashcards

Constipation, ↓ reflexes/muscle weakness and bradycardia is most likely caused by _____

Hint: condition

Systemic sclerosis may manifest in the hands with _____ in the interphalangeal joints

Uremia = _____ platelet aggregation

Hint: ↑↓↔

One complication of chronic lymphocytic leukemia is _____ anemia

_____ = life-threatening hyperthyroidism precipitated by acute stress (e.g. infection, trauma, surgery)

CREST, renal crisis and heart and interstitial lung disease is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

What is the likely diagnosis in a patient with prosthetic mitral valve that presents with shortness of breath and bibasilar crackles? Her INR is 1.5. _____

What is the most important predisposing risk factor associated with aortic dissection? _____

Diabetes and microalbuminuria = add _____

Hint: drug

_____ = weight gain and male pattern hair growth _____ = above and masculinization (clitoromegaly, deep voice, muscles)

Hint: Hirsutism/Virilization