Dr. Russo
Dr. Deans
Dr. Pollock
Dr. Juakiem
Medical History
100

Describe the murmur of severe AS

Crescendo decrescendo, late peaking, soft S2

100

Diagnosis and Treatment:

23 yo man with asthma has food bolus impaction

Eosinophilic Esophagitis

PPI, topical steroids, dupilumab

100

Name 2 of the 3 signs/symptoms most suggestive of volume overload per Pollock

Weight Gain, JVD, orthopnea/PND

100

Pharmacologic treatment for Upper GI bleed in patient with cirrhosis

Octreotide, Rocephin, +/- PPI

100

Nursing namesake for the palpable umbilical nodule indicative of metastatic cancer

Sister Mary Joseph  nodule

200

Area, Velocity, and Gradient for Severe AS.  Numbers and units

Area- 1 cm2

Velocity- 4 m/s

Gradient- 40 mmHg

200

Diagnosis and Treatment:

Diffuse Esophageal Spasm OR

Hypercontractile Esophagus

PDE Inhibitors, Nitrates, CCB

200

Which trial suggested 2.5 x their home dose for diuretics in the acute exacerbation treatment?

DOSE

200

This is a linear erosion or ulceration of the mucosal folds lining the stomach where it is constricted by the thoracic diaphragm in persons with large hiatal hernias

Cameron Lesion

200

Developer of the polio vaccine

Dr. Jonas Salk

300

Name 3 holosystolic murmurs and which has variation with respiration

VSD, Mitral Regurg, and Tricuspid Regurg.

Right sided murmurs have respiratory variation

300

Diagnosis and Treatment: This + odynophagia

Candida Esophagitits

Fluconazole 400 mg to start

300

Mechanism of Action for milrinone and dobutamine

Milrinone- PDE-3 inhibitor

Dobutamine- beta 1 agonist

300

This lesion consists of a large-caliber submucosal artery (1-3mm diameter) that erodes through the mucosa over time, creating a small mucosal defect through which the vessel protrudes and becomes exposed to luminal stress and rupture

Dieulafoy's lesion

300

Class of oncologic medication whose discovery earned Professor James Allison the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2018

Immune checkpoint inhibitors

400

3 criteria for when to intervene on Aortic Regurgitation

LVESD more than 50 mm

EF less than 55%

Symptomatic and severe AR

400

Name 4 treatment options for Achalasia

Botox injections

Pneumatic Dilation

Per-oral endoscopic myotomy

Heller myotomy

400

What valve pathology is a contraindication to VA ECMO or Impella? 

Aortic Regurgitation (moderate or worse)

400

Diagnosis and Treatment:

GAVE

Endoscopic Band Ligation (EBL) and Argon Plasma Coagulation (APC)

400

Strain responsible for the Great Influenza pandemic of 1918

H1N1

500

Prominant bounding carotid pulsations seen in severe Aortic Regurgitation

Corrigan's Sign

500

Treatment including duration for CMV esophagitits

Gancyclovir  21-42 days

500

Name and target dose for 3 BB approved for HF

Bisoprolol 10 mg daily

Carvedilol 25-50 mg BID

Metoprolol Succinate 200 mg daily

500

Explain the pathophysiology of Heyde's Syndrome

Bleeding from AVMs due to acquired vWF deficiency due to shearing with AS

500

Substance widely accepted to have been first synthesized in 1897 by chemist Felix Hoffmann

Aspirin