Embryo
Anatomy
Physio
Pharm
Pathology
100

failure of septum primum and septum secundum to fuse results in what? 

What is a patent foramen ovale (PFO)? 

100

______________ describes the volume of blood being pumped by the heart per unit time.

What is cardiac output? 

100

___________ is an antiarrhythmic that has the known side effect of pulmonary toxicity/fibrosis. 

What is amiodarone?

100

Concentric left ventricular hypertrophy usually occurs due to ___________ and is characterized by increased local expression of what two chemical mediators? 

Bonus: How do you treat LVH? 

What is chronic hypertension? What are angiotensin II and endothelin (potent vasoconstrictors)

Bonus: What are angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs)?

200

Ostium ______ ASDs are the most common type of ASDs in adults.

What is secundum?

200

What 3 things affect stroke volume? 

What is Contractility, Afterload and Preload? 

decreased afterload increases SV, increased preload increases SV 

200

What is the MOA of  Digoxin?

What is blocks Na+/K+ ATPase --> increases intracellular Na+ --> decreases Na+/Ca++ exchanger activity --> increases intracellular Ca++ --> increases contractility?

200

What is the most common cause of acute pericarditis? 

What is a viral infection? 

Commonly coxsackie and b or echovirus

300

The right common cardinal vein and right anterior cardinal vein give rise to what major structure? 

What is the superior vena cava?

300

The _________ artery supplies the lateral wall of the L ventricle and demonstrates ST-segment elevation in ECG leads V5, V6, I and aVL. 

What is the L circumflex? 

300

Myocardial demand is increased by what 4 things?

What is CARD?

^ Contractility

^ Afterload

^ Rate

^ Diameter of ventricle

300

What is an example of two non-dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers and a major cardiac contraindication? 

What are verapamil and diltiazem? 

What is HFrEF? (may decrease cardiac contractility) 

300

What is the difference between dry beriberi and wet beriberi and what is their shared etiology?

What is Thiamine (B1) deficiency?

Dry beriberi is predominated by peripheral neuropathy and wet beriberi is precdominated by heart failure

400

What structure does the primitive pulmonary vein give rise to? 

What is the smooth part of the left atrium?

400

What coronary artery supplies the inferior surface of the heart? 

Bonus: An MI in this artery would present with ST elevation in what leads? 

What is the right coronary artery?  (in R dominant (85-90%))


Bonus: What are leads II, III and avF?

400

Nitrates predominantly affect what types of vasculature? 


Bonus: How do nitrates affect preload? 

What are large veins? 

Bonus: What is "reduce preload"?

400

Congenital rubella infection can cause what cardiac defects?

What is ASD and PDA?

500

Allantois/urachus becomes what structure postnatally? 

What is the median umbilical ligament? 

500

Where is the ectopic foci usually located in A-fib versus A-flutter?

What is the pulmonary vein ostia (L atrium) vs what is the cavotricuspid isthmus (R atrium)? 

500

What cardiac implication comes from a black widow spider bite? 

What is myocarditis?

500

What is carcinoid heart disease, and what cardiac presentations is it characterized by? 


Bonus: How do you diagnose it? 

What a condition caused by excess serotonin production leading to fibroblast growth/fibrogenesis which generates well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors usually in distal small intestine and proximal colon with strong propensity for hepatic metastasis?

Characterized by valvular plaque-like deposits of fibrous in heart (R>L) leading to tricuspid regurg, pulmonic valvulopathy and R sided heart failure

Dx: levels of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) which is end product of serotonin metabolism--> elevated 24-hr 5-HIAA helps dx