Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 691: Consolidation (lobar pneumonia, pulmonary edema) presents with _____ to percussion

Answer: dullness

Flashcard 692: Kussmaul sign (increased JVP on inspiration) may be seen with constrictive _____ and restrictive cardiomyopathies

Answer: pericarditis

Flashcard 693: Does central post-stroke pain (thalamic pain) syndrome respond to analgesic medications? _____

Answer: No (resistant)

Flashcard 694: Acute tubular necrosis caused by _____ is due to decreased renal blood flow

Answer: ischemia

Extra: Atlas: Step Up to Medicine:

Flashcard 695: What type of cardiomyopathy is caused by mutated transthyretin deposits (familial amyloid cardiomyopathy)? _____

Answer: Restrictive cardiomyopathy

Flashcard 696: Is the fourth heart sound (S4) normally audible in adults? _____

Answer: No

Flashcard 697: Graves disease is associated with HLA-_____ and HLA-_____

Answer: B8

Extra: * Same HLA-B8 as Myasthenia Gravis Atlas:

Flashcard 698: Which blood transfusion therapy is used to increase Hb and O2 carrying capacity? _____

Answer: Packed RBCs

Flashcard 699: What is the leading cause of death in a patient with diabetes mellitus? _____

Answer: Heart attack (MI)

Flashcard 700: Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease present with claudication, ischemic _____, and numbness distal to the occlusion

Answer: rest pain