Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 21: Hypertension is defined as persistent systolic BP > _____ mmHg and/or diastolic BP > 80 mmHg

Answer: 130

Flashcard 22: _____ is a complication that may occur months after an MI and increases risk for mural thrombus

Answer: True ventricular aneurysm

Flashcard 23: A pericardial knock is a brief, high frequency, precordial sound heard in early _____ in patients with constrictive pericarditis

Answer: diastole

Flashcard 24: _____ beriberi is characterized by high-output cardiac failure (dilated cardiomyopathy) and edema +/- dry beriberi symptoms

Answer: Wet

Flashcard 25: The most common risk factors for atrial fibrillation include _____ and coronary artery disease (CAD)

Answer: hypertension

Flashcard 26: In regards to the development of infective endocarditis; _____ is the most common underlying valvular disease in developed countries, whereas rheumatic heart disease is the most common underlying valvular disease in non-developed countries

Answer: mitral valve prolapse

Flashcard 27: _____ anemia may be seen with prosthetic heart valves and aortic stenosis

Answer: Macroangiopathic hemolytic

Extra: This condition is also known as **Waring-Blender syndrome** because the mechanical destruction of red blood cells by the valve is compared to a blender.

Flashcard 28: Cardiovascular manifestations of lupus include accelerated _____, small-vessel necrotizing vasculitis, pericarditis, and libman-sacks endocarditis

Answer: atherosclerosis

Flashcard 29: According to the American Heart Association and European Society of Cardiology, high-risk cardiac lesions (for infective endocarditis prophylaxis) include: _____ cyanotic congenital heart disease, including palliative shunts or conduits.

Answer: Unrepaired

Flashcard 30: Hemochromatosis can cause _____ cardiomyopathy or dilated cardiomyopathy

Answer: restrictive