Cardiology — Flashcards

Filoviruses (ebola, marburg) cause acute _____ that can progress to end-organ failure

Generally, obstructive lung diseases increase risk for chronic, hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction with subsequent _____

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

Diagnosis of sickle cell anemia is confirmed by hemoglobin _____

Hint: test

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

Hint: intracranial or extracranial?

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

Functional pituitary adenoma is less commonly from adenoma of _____ and corticotrophs (ACTH)

How does blood pressure change in Liddle syndrome? _____

One possible complication of benign prostatic hyperplasia is _____, due to backup of fluid into the kidney

Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome-1 is characterized by a triad of _____, adrenal insufficiency and chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis