Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 2791: Cold agglutinin disease is associated with painful, _____ fingers/toes (color)

Answer: blue

Flashcard 2792: What is the shape of a murmur due to mitral valve prolapse? _____

Answer: Late crescendo

Flashcard 2793: One complication that may occur during the first 4 hours post-MI is _____, which occurs due to inefficient pumping of the left ventricle

Answer: congestive heart failure

Flashcard 2794: What is the treatment of HSV encephalitis?_____

Answer: IV acyclovir

Flashcard 2795: Seborrheic Dermatitis is more severe in patients with neurological disease, most notably _____

Answer: Parkinsons Disease

Flashcard 2796: Which symptoms can be caused by multiple sclerosis: hemiparesis or hemisensory symptoms_____

Answer: Both

Flashcard 2797: Describe the characteristic murmur and S2 findings heard at the pulmonic area in a patient with an Atrial Septal Defect (ASD).

Answer: Ejection systolic murmur and a wide, fixed split S2

Extra: The ejection systolic murmur is due to increased blood flow across the pulmonic valve. The fixed splitting of S2 is a hallmark of Atrial Septal Defect (ASD); it occurs because the left-to-right shunt maintains a constant increased volume in the right ventricle, delaying pulmonic valve closure (P2) regardless of the respiratory cycle.

Flashcard 2798: Anemia may present with signs and symptoms of _____

Answer: hypoxia

Flashcard 2799: Does Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia present with lytic bone lesions? _____

Answer: No

Flashcard 2800: A _____ multinodular goiter occurs when a multinodular goiter has hyperfunctioning follicular cells that work independently of TSH, causing increased release of T3 and T4

Answer: toxic