Cardiology — Flashcards

Is gout more common in males or females?_____

Pulmonary hypertension is defined as a mean pulmonary artery pressure > _____ mmHg at rest

What is the mode of inheritance of medullary cystic kidney disease (MCKD) and what gene mutations are associated with it?

What does a chest X-ray of a patient with Granulomatosis with polyangiitis show?_____

Enlargement of the heart can cause _____ due to compression of the esophagus

One positive screening test for Cushing syndrome is no _____ with overnight low-dose dexamethasone test (1mg)

Which paraneoplastic syndrome presents with digital clubbing, arthralgias, joint effusions, and periostosis of tubular bones?_____

Which anterior circulation stroke causes paralysis/sensory loss of the face and upper limb without cortical signs (e.g. aphasia, neglect)? _____

_____ is an asymptomatic condition characterized by an M spike on SPEP (plasma cells < 10%) without other features of multiple myeloma

Patients with Refsum Disease can have various ophthalmological problems; including cataracts and _____