CAD/ACS
EKG/Arrhythmias
Cardiomyopathies
Adult CHD
Cards History
100
Artery and segment involved in ST elevation of Leads V1 to V6, I, AVL and fascicular or BBB
What is proximal left anterior descending artery (LAD)
100
this Class I A drug is associated with drug induced Lupus
What is Procainamide
100
This classification places patients in one of four categories based on how much they are limited during physical activity, limitations and or symptoms
What is New York Heart Association Functional Class
100
This congenital heart defect is by far the most common form of CHD
What is Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
100
Willem Eithoven invented this first practical device in Leiden, Netherlands in 1901 using a string galvanometer
What is Electrocardiograph, (electrocardiography)
200
This type of NSTEMI is related to ischemia resulting from increased oxygen demand or decreased supply
What is NSTEMI type 2
200
This arrhythmia is most commonly noted in myocardial ischemia accounting for 20% of the arrhythmias in MI patients.
What is Accelerated idioventricular rhythm
200
This condition is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi and is the most common cause of NICM in Latin America
What is Chagas heart disease
200
This autosomal recessive syndrome is characterized by primary ciliary dyskinesia resulting in respiratory tract infections, infertility and dextrocardia
What is Kartagener syndrome (Primary ciliary dyskinesia)
200
This study was initiated under the direction of the NHI in 1948 and identifies several risk factors for atherosclerosis. Over 1000 papers have been published related to this study.
What is Framingham Heart Study
300
This is myocardial dysfunction resulting from chronic hypoperfusion
What is Myocardial hibernation
300
This accessory pathway has a negative delta wave and QRS in leads V1, II, III, AVF and positive in leads I/AVL
What is Posteroseptal accessory pathway
300
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD) is caused due to genetic defects of these cell structures
What are desmosomes
300
Surgical diversion of the systemic venous return (IVC or SVC) to the pulmonary arteries
What is Fontan procedure
300
This Austrian mathematician and physicist is celebrated for his principle that the observed frequency of a wave depends on the relative speed of the source and the observer
Who is Christian Andreas Doppler
400
This third-generation fibrinolytic agent, has improved fibrin specificity, enhanced resistance to plasminogen and decreased clearance, therefore, it is administer as a single bolus
What is Tenecteplase
400
Gain-of-function of type 5 voltage-gated sodium channel (SCN5A) alpha subunit leads to this syndrome
What is Type-3 long QT syndrome
400
This condition is more commonly seen in temperate climates and features include left ventricular mural thrombus, restrictive cardiomyopathy, and nervous system involvement
What is Loeffler's (eosinofilic endocarditis)
400
This is the most common coronary anomaly in patients with tetralogy of Fallot
What is LAD arising from the right coronary artery
400
In 1977 Dr. Andreas Gruentzing a German radiologist performed this procedure to an awake 38-year-old patient, just 10 years after the first CABG
What is Coronary angioplasty
500
This agent was the first of his class (proprotein convertase inhibitor family) approved by the FDA in 2015 and its major side effects are flu-like symptoms and UTI
What is Alirocumab
500
This arrhythmia is more common in adolescents and children and may present with SCD or stress-induced syncope.
What is Catecholaminergic polymorphic VT
500
Procedure of choice for patients with progressive, drug refractory functional limitation due to LVOT obstruction
What is Septal myectomy
500
This syndrome is characterized by supravalvular mitral ring of the left atrium, parachute mitral valve, subaortic stenosis and coar tation of the aorta
What is Shone's syndrome - very rare disorder often detected in early childhood, diagnosed by echocardiography and Cardiac MRI.
500
This British physician published in 1628 De Motu Cordis where stated "it has been shown by a reason and experiment that by the beat of the ventricles blood flows through the lungs and it is pumped to the whole body"
Who is Sir William Harvey
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