Cardiology — Flashcards

Cardiac symptoms of Corynebacterium diphtheriae infection include _____, arrhythmia, and heart block

Hemochromatosis can cause _____ cardiomyopathy or dilated cardiomyopathy

_____ angina is due to rupture of atherosclerotic plaque with thrombosis and incomplete occlusion of a coronary artery

In addition to _____, the presence or absence of valvular disease/residual heart disease also determines the duration of secondary prophylaxis in a patient of ARF.

In _____, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) is greater than LV end diastolic pressure

2nd degree Mobitz type I AV block is characterized by a _____, irregular patterned rhythm on ECG

One complication that may occur _____ - 5 days post-MI is interventricular septal rupture, which causes a ventricular septal defect (VSD)

_____ is a virus that causes myocarditis which progresses to dilated cardiomyopathy

Aortic _____ may cause macroangiopathic hemolytic anemia as RBCs are damaged while crossing the calcified valve, producing schistocytes

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