Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 2801: Seborrheic Dermatitis is more severe in patients with neurological disease, most notably _____

Answer: Parkinsons Disease

Flashcard 2802: Which symptoms can be caused by multiple sclerosis: hemiparesis or hemisensory symptoms_____

Answer: Both

Flashcard 2803: Describe the characteristic murmur and S2 findings heard at the pulmonic area in a patient with an Atrial Septal Defect (ASD).

Answer: Ejection systolic murmur and a wide, fixed split S2

Extra: The ejection systolic murmur is due to increased blood flow across the pulmonic valve. The fixed splitting of S2 is a hallmark of Atrial Septal Defect (ASD); it occurs because the left-to-right shunt maintains a constant increased volume in the right ventricle, delaying pulmonic valve closure (P2) regardless of the respiratory cycle.

Flashcard 2804: Anemia may present with signs and symptoms of _____

Answer: hypoxia

Flashcard 2805: Does Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia present with lytic bone lesions? _____

Answer: No

Flashcard 2806: A _____ multinodular goiter occurs when a multinodular goiter has hyperfunctioning follicular cells that work independently of TSH, causing increased release of T3 and T4

Answer: toxic

Flashcard 2807: Which arthritis, osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis, classically involves the PIPs and DIPs? _____

Answer: Osteoarthritis (also the 1st CMC)

Flashcard 2808: How do levels of plasma renin and aldosterone change in Gitelman syndrome? _____

Answer: Increased (due to decreased Na+ reabsorption)

Flashcard 2809: One complication of atherosclerosis is _____, which may result from stenosis of the mesenteric artery

Answer: chronic mesenteric ischemia

Flashcard 2810: Which antibody is sensitive for drug-induced lupus? _____

Answer: Anti-histone antibodies