Cardiology — Flashcards

Symptomatic aortic stenosis may present in patients around age 50 with a(n) _____ aortic valve

What is the shape and description of a murmur produced by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy? _____

Patients with hereditary spherocytosis are at risk of aplastic crisis with _____ infection of erythroid precursors

Patients with pericarditis present with _____ chest pain and is relieved by postural changes

What is the most common thyroid nodularity? _____ *bonus: why?

Obesity is an important risk factor for insulin resistance (particularly _____ fat)

Hint: location

_____ syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by a failure to complete puberty and **anosmia** (loss of smell).

Functional pituitary adenoma is rarely from adenoma of _____ and gonadotrophs (FSH, LH)

A special finding in a(n) _____ nerve injury is "ulnar claw" on digit extension

What is the preferred initial management for symptomatic patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy? _____ (first-line) _____ (second-line)