Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 481: _____ hyperaldosteronism is seen in patients with renovascular hypertension due to independent activation of the RAAS

Answer: Secondary

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Flashcard 482: Polymyalgia rheumatica is associated with a(n) _____ serum creatine kinase (CK)

Answer: normal

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Flashcard 483: Which SLE antibody is a useful predictor of disease activity and renal involvement? _____

Answer: Anti-dsDNA antibodies

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Flashcard 484: One clinical feature of Cushing syndrome is muscle weakness with _____ extremities

Answer: thin

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Flashcard 485: Patients with the B blood type cannot receive which blood types?

Answer: Type A and AB blood

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Flashcard 486: What is the likely diagnosis in a patient with irregular joint space narrowing, osteophytes, subchondral sclerosis, and subchondral cysts? _____

Answer: Osteoarthritis

Flashcard 487: Aortic stenosis may present with _____, angina, and dyspnea on exertion

Answer: syncope

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Flashcard 488: Onset of frontotemporal dementia typically occurs in the fifth or sixth decades of life with 25% inherited in a(n) _____ fashion

Answer: autosomal dominant

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Flashcard 489: Myocarditis can precipitate a mural _____

Answer: thrombus

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Flashcard 490: _____ lymphoma typically presents in adults with confusion, memory loss, and seizures (variable presentation)

Answer: Primary CNS

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