Cardiology — Flashcards

Aortic regurgitation may present with a(n) bounding pulse (Corrigan / Water-hammer pulse), pulsating nail bed (Quincke pulse), and head _____ when severe

Type I hyperlipoproteinemia commonly presents with red-orange _____

In Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy, there is ventricular apical ballooning due to increased _____

Hyperaldosteronism presents as hypertension with _____, hypokalemia, and metabolic alkalosis

Hint: Na+

Incremental reductions in _____ define the stages of chronic kidney disease

Traumatic vascular dissection is a relatively common cause of ischemic stroke in the young, affecting the _____ vessels

Hint: intracranial or extracranial?

Diagnosis of sickle cell anemia is confirmed by hemoglobin _____

Hint: test

Non-enzymatic glycosylation of medium and large-sized vessels may cause _____, which is the leading cause of nontraumatic amputation in diabetic patients

_____ hypertension (90-95% of cases) has no known etiology

Cushing _____ is the result of chronic excess glucocorticoids caused by hypersecretion of ACTH from a pituitary adenoma