Cardiovascular — Flashcards

Flashcard 141: What is the pathology of coarctation of the aorta? _____

Answer: Stenosis of the aorta past the great vessels, i.e. a descending stenosis

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Flashcard 142: What predisposes patients with right-sided infective endocarditis to pulmonary embolisms? _____

Answer: Colonization of tricuspid valve → tricuspid regurgitation → thrombi formation → embolism

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Flashcard 143: Fibrous thickening of the pericardium is characteristic of _____

Answer: constrictive pericarditis

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Flashcard 144: Lacunar strokes often occur secondary to _____, a complication of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and smoking

Answer: hyaline arteriosclerosis

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Flashcard 145: One clinical feature of aortic regurgitation is _____ circulation due to increased (widened) pulse pressure

Answer: hyperdynamic

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Flashcard 146: Rheumatic fever = late _____

Answer: mitral stenosis

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Flashcard 147: β-myosin heavy-chain (sarcomere) defect is associated with _____

Answer: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

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Flashcard 148: Pompe disease is characterized by _____-megaly

Answer: cardio

Flashcard 149: Isolated atrial amyloidosis due to atrial natriuretic peptide is common in normal aging and predisposes to _____

Answer: atrial fibrillation

Flashcard 150: Irreversible sickling in sickle cell anemia leads to complications of vaso-_____

Answer: occlusion