Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 3731: What is the classic auscultatory finding of **Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP)**?

Answer: Mid-systolic click

Flashcard 3732: _____ most often presents with friction rub and chest pain

Answer: Pericarditis

Flashcard 3733: What is the most dangerous complication of a subarachnoid hemorrhage, if not the most common (30% of patients)?_____

Answer: Rebleeding

Flashcard 3734: Is pulsus paradoxus typically seen in patients with myocarditis?_____

Answer: No

Flashcard 3735: What is a possible cause of secondary hypertension that occurs in young females? _____

Answer: Fibromuscular dysplasia

Flashcard 3736: What effect does standing up or the valsalva maneuver have on the "click" onset time of MVP murmurs?_____

Answer: Earlier onset of click/murmur

Flashcard 3737: What kind of hair texture is associated with hypothyroidism?_____

Answer: Dry, brittle hair

Flashcard 3738: Aortic _____ may arise as a consequence of chronic rheumatic valve disease

Answer: stenosis

Flashcard 3739: Tabes dorsalis may present with progressive sensory _____ due to impaired proprioception

Answer: ataxia

Flashcard 3740: What findings are heard at the **apex** (left lateral decubitus; bell) in a patient with **mitral regurgitation** and **ventricular volume overload**?

Answer: S3 and holosystolic murmur

Extra: A holosystolic murmur at the apex is characteristic of mitral regurgitation. An S3 heart sound (ventricular gallop) indicates rapid ventricular filling into a dilated or compliant ventricle, often seen in heart failure or volume overload.