Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 391: What cardiac pathology can be caused by adenovirus, coxsackie B, parvovirus B19, HIV, and HHV-6? _____

Answer: Myocarditis

Flashcard 392: _____-myositis is an inflammatory disorder of the skin and skeletal muscle

Answer: Dermato

Extra: Dermatomyositis is an inflammatory disorder of the skin and skeletal muscle. Unlike polymyositis, it presents with characteristic skin findings like Gottron papules and heliotrope rash.

Flashcard 393: Hyperthyroidism may be treated surgically via _____ or with the drug _____, which inhibits both thyroid peroxidase and deiodinase

Answer: thyroidectomy

Flashcard 394: What is an empyema? _____

Answer: Pus in the pleural space

Flashcard 395: Diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis is a common cause of death in patients with _____

Answer: SLE

Extra: Atlas:

Flashcard 396: Chronic venous insufficiency may cause _____, a fibrosis of subcutaneous tissue that starts at the medial ankle

Answer: lipodermatosclerosis

Flashcard 397: Hydroxyurea is used in the treatment of hematological malignancies, particularly _____ disorders

Answer: myeloproliferative

Flashcard 398: Acute epiglottitis is associated with risk of acute _____

Answer: airway obstruction

Flashcard 399: One possible complication of aortic stenosis is _____ due to left atrial dilation

Answer: atrial fibrillation

Flashcard 400: Which two drugs are useful in the acute treatment of hypercalcemia of malignancy? _____

Answer: Bisphosphonates and calcitonin

Extra: Sketchy Pharmacology: Thyroid, Pituitary, & Adrenal