Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 3581: Polyarteritis nodosa may present with _____ disturbances/dysfunction

Answer: neurologic

Flashcard 3582: What is the most likely diagnosis for a **mid-diastolic rumbling murmur** with an **opening snap**, heard best at the apex?

Answer: Mitral stenosis

Flashcard 3583: Identify the heart sound: Low-pitched, presystolic sound heard best at the apex with the bell in the left lateral decubitus position.

Answer: S4 gallop

Flashcard 3584: Where is a murmur due to pulmonic stenosis the loudest? _____

Answer: Pulmonic area

Flashcard 3585: Patients with early diabetic neuropathy typically have decreased _____ reflexes

Answer: ankle

Flashcard 3586: Which type of renal tubular acidosis may be caused by Fanconi syndrome? _____

Answer: Type 2 (proximal renal tubular acidosis)

Flashcard 3587: Patients with the B blood type cannot receive which blood types?

Answer: A and AB

Extra: Blood type B individuals have anti-A antibodies in their plasma. Therefore, receiving blood with A antigens (Type A or Type AB) will result in an acute hemolytic transfusion reaction.

Flashcard 3588: What infectious disease is a reversible cause of dementia? _____

Answer: Neurosyphilis

Flashcard 3589: In males, prolactinoma presents as headache, decreased _____, and infertility

Answer: libido

Flashcard 3590: The mnemonic FROM JANE describes the symptoms of _____

Answer: bacterial endocarditis