Cards
Heart failure therapy involving biventricular pacing to improve cardiac output
Cardiac resynchronization
Most common cause of hyperthyroidism
Graves disease
Liver condition most commonly associated with anti-smooth muscle antibody
Type 1 autoimmune hepatitis (accept autoimmune hepatitis)
Fractional excretion of sodium less than this percentage is associated with a pre renal cause of acute kidney injury
1
WHO group for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
Group 4
Eponym for syndrome of chest pain, diffuse ST-segment elevation, PR depression and pericardial friction rub 2 weeks after MI
Dressler syndrome
Statin therapy increases the risk of this metabolic disease
Diabetes
Subcutaneous opioid antagonist approved for opioid-induced constipation
Methylnaltrexone (accept Relistor)
Most common antibody associated with idiopathic membranous glomerulonephritis
Anti-phospholipase A2 receptor antibody (accept anti-PLA2R)
Most sensitive test for detecting chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
Ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) scan
Restrictive cardiomyopathy that has a 'speckled pattern' in echocardiogram
Cardiac amyloidosis
Syndrome defined by medullary thyroid cancer, pheochromocytoma, and primary hyperparathyroidism
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A (MEN2A)
Condition associated with degeneration of ganglion cells in the myenteric plexus in the esophageal wall
Achalasia
High-risk genotype associated with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and other kidney diseases
Apolipoprotein L1 gene (accept APOL1, apolipoprotein 1)
Occupational pneumoconiosis found in patients working in mining, denim sandblasting, and engineering stone industries
Silicosis
Two cardiac valves in which regurgitation can cause a pulsatile liver
Tricuspid and aortic
Pituitary hormone often with elevated baseline levels in polycystic ovary syndrome
Luteinizing hormone (accept LH)
Most common presentation of autoimmune pancreatitis
Painless jaundice
Aquaretic medication used to slow the increase in kidney size and the decrease in function in adult polycystic kidney disease
Tolvaptan (accept Samsca, Jynarque)
Rapid Shallow Breathing Index cutoff value above which successful ventilator weaning is unlikely
105
Left ventricular ejection fraction threshold indicating need for mitral value surgery in an asymptomatic patient
Less than 60%
Preferred diagnostic test for patients with elevated PTH and serum calcium but very low urinary calcium excretion
Calcium/creatinine clearance ratio (accept fractional excretion of calcium - for diagnosis of familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia (FHH))
Condition associated with simultaneous vitamin B12 deficiency and elevated folate levels
Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth
Composition of kidney stone most commonly seen after ileostomy
Calcium oxalate
Interstitial lung disease associated with working in the yarn and fabric industries
Byssinosis