Cardiology — Flashcards

Normal pressure hydrocephalus typically affects _____ (age group)

_____ sleep apnea can occur due patients having marginal ventilation when awake (e.g. CNS disease, neuromuscular disease, severe kyphoscoliosis, heavy dose narcotics)

What is the blood concentration of K+ in a patient with diabetes mellitus?_____

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

Tabes dorsalis is associated with _____ pupils

Patients with systemic mastocytosis can present with syncope, flushing, hypotension, pruritis, and urticaria due to massive _____ release

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

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

Q fever is associated with atypical _____ symptoms (cough, headache, fever)

Complications of chronic rheumatic heart disease include infectious _____