Cardiology — Flashcards

Thyrotoxicosis can cause what form of cardiomyopathy? _____

MEN 2A and 2B are associated with _____

Hint: thyroid

Systemic inflammation in RA may present with _____, _____, _____ and _____

Hint: lung

Silent thyroiditis usually presents with a(n) _____ goiter

Hint: painful/painless

The abnormal heart sounds S3 and S4 are best heard at the heart _____, with the patient in left lateral decubitus position

Symptoms of bronchial carcinoid tumor are related to mass effect or _____

The pentad of classical symptoms seen in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) may be remembered using the mnemonic FAT RN: F: _____ A*: Anemia (Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemia) T*: Thrombocytopenia R: Renal symptoms (1/2 of patients)-More common in HUS N: Neurologic symptoms (2/3 of patients)-More common in TTP

How does urinary excretion of Ca2+ change in Gitelman syndrome? _____

In Heyde syndrome, the stenotic aortic valve causes passing vWF to _____, making it available to be degraded by ADAMTS13 in the vasculature

What is used to determine whether an individual is at a high or low risk for DVT? _____