Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 381: What can be used to localize hyperfunctioning parathyroid tissue prior to surgery? _____

Answer: Technetium-99m-sestamibi radionuclide scan

Extra: The most common cause of primary hyperparathyroidism is a parathyroid adenoma. Imaging (Sestamibi scan, ultrasound, or 4D CT) is used for preoperative localization to guide the surgeon after the biochemical diagnosis is confirmed.

Flashcard 382: Cardiovascular manifestations of lupus include accelerated _____, small-vessel necrotizing vasculitis, pericarditis, and libman-sacks endocarditis

Answer: atherosclerosis

Flashcard 383: Lesions to the _____ may result in: - deficits in verbal memory (ex. word recognition) if the dominant lobe is affected - deficits in nonverbal memory (ex. musical ability) if the nondominant lobe is affected

Answer: temporal lobe

Flashcard 384: In peripheral artery disease, buttock pain and erectile dysfunction are due to lesions in the _____ artery

Answer: internal iliac

Flashcard 385: _____ is defined as bronchial hyperresponsiveness with reversible airway bronchoconstriction

Answer: Asthma

Extra: * most often due to allergic stimuli (atopic asthma)

Flashcard 386: Scurvy is associated with _____ hemorrhages and subperiosteal hemorrhages

Answer: perifollicular

Flashcard 387: Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis can present as a paraneoplastic syndrome associated with _____

Answer: Ovarian Teratoma

Flashcard 388: The general prodromal symptoms with a rickettsial infection are _____ and _____

Answer: headache

Flashcard 389: What is the intracellular potassium level in a type 1 diabetic patient? _____

Answer: Decreased

Flashcard 390: Ca2+ channel blockers may be used to treat _____ if β-blockers/nitrates have not worked or are contraindicated

Answer: stable angina

Extra: Sketchy Pharmacology: Calcium Channel Blockers (CCBs)