Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 3691: What is the characteristic auscultatory finding in **severe aortic stenosis** heard at the **aortic area** (sitting; bell)?

Answer: Systolic murmur with absent S2

Extra: The A2 component of the second heart sound (S2) is typically soft or absent in **severe aortic stenosis** because the valve leaflets are heavily calcified and immobile, preventing them from snapping shut.

Flashcard 3692: Which thyroid imbalance is associated with dry, cool skin and coarse, brittle hair?_____

Answer: Hypothyroidism

Flashcard 3693: Nitrates are contraindicated in patients with _____ cardiomyopathy

Answer: hypertrophic obstructive

Flashcard 3694: Lung cancer risk is directly related to the duration and the amount of smoking, which is measured in '_____'.

Answer: pack-years

Flashcard 3695: Is cervical dystonia typically painful?_____

Answer: Yes

Flashcard 3696: _____ hallucinations often occur as an aura of temporal lobe epilepsy and in brain tumors

Answer: Olfactory

Flashcard 3697: How do PCWP and preload change during distributive shock?_____

Answer: Decreased

Flashcard 3698: Aortocavitary fistulas are an uncommon complication of _____

Answer: bacterial endocarditis

Flashcard 3699: Patients who undergo radioactive iodine (I131) treatment can develop _____.

Answer: hypothyroidism

Flashcard 3700: Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy can present as a paraneoplastic syndrome associated with _____

Answer: Adenocarcinoma of the Lung