Arrested Development
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Ring Around the Flowsies
Heartburn Hotel
Path to Scan-lightenment
100

This tripeptide in blood cardioplegia scavenges oxygen-free radicals

What is glutathione?

100

Percentage of thoracic outlet syndrome that are neurogenic

What is 90%

100

The vessel most likely to be injured during placement of the anterior commissure suture during mitral valve annuloplasty

What is the left circumflex artery?

100

Diagnosis when high-resolution manometry shows impaired LES relaxation and absent peristalsis

What is achalasia?

100

Loss of nuclear expression of this gene is highly specific for pleural mesothelioma

What is BAP1 (BRCA1-associated protein 1)?


200

Type of cardioplegia that provides uniform distribution to the subendocardium but is contraindicated in patients with significant aortic insufficiency

What is antegrade cardioplegia?

200

Physical exam maneuver to test for thoracic outlet syndrome where patient slowly opens and closes their hands for 3 min the below position.

What is the Elevated Arm Stress Test (EAST, aka Roos test)?

200

The base of this leaflet, which corresponds to the intertrigonal distance, is used as a reference for sizing tricuspid annuloplasty rings

What is the septal leaflet?

200

Direction of gastric volvulus

What is mesenteroaxial?

200

The implanted medical device below

What is a mitra leadless cardiac pacemaker?

300

A complication that can result from excessive volume or pressure during retrograde cardioplegia

What is coronary sinus rupture?

300

Most common primary malignant chest wall tumor

What is chondrosarcoma?

300

Tricuspid valve repair is reasonable for patients with progressive (Stage B) tricuspid regurgitation undergoing mitral valve surgery when tricuspid annular end-diastolic diameter is greater than this threshold

What is 4.0 cm?

300

The vertebral level where the azygos vein travels over the right main bronchus

What is T4?

300

Positive p40, negative TTF-1

What is squamous cell carcinoma?

400

This anatomical structure may limit uniform cardioplegia distribution in retrograde delivery, especially to the right ventricle

What is the Thebesian venous system?

400

Two chest wall tumor histologies where surgery is warranted for diagnosis only

What are plasmacytoma and lymphoma?

400

A degenerative mitral valve disease in which myxoid infiltration of the valve results in a myxomatous-appearing valve where the hallmark is excess thickened leaflet tissue

What is Barlow’s disease?

400

Complication after Nissen fundoplication with this postop barium swallow and EGD view looking at the hiatus

What is a slipped wrap?

400

Diagnosis for pathology below (salt and pepper chromatin with 3 mitoses per 2 mm²)


What is atypical carcinoid?


Atypical carcinoids have 2-10 mitoses per 2 mm² or the presence of necrosis.

Typical carcinoids have <2 mitoses per 2mm².

500

For each 1°C drop in temperature, myocardial oxygen demand decreases by this percentage

What is 5-7%?

500

Size of anterior chest wall defect during chest wall tumor resection that should get a rigid or semirigid prosthesis

What is 5cm or greater?

500

The study that standard selection criteria for TEER for secondary MR are based off of, per the ACC/AHA 2020 Guidelines

What is the COAPT trial?


The enrollment criteria in COAPT trial were LVEF 20-50%, LVESD ≤70 mm, PASP ≤70 mmHg, and persistent symptoms [NYHA class II, III, or IV] while on optimal GDMT (guideline-directed medical therapy

500

Autosomal recessive congenital disorder classically characterized by a triad of ACTH-resistant adrenal insufficiency, alacrimia, and achalasia

What is Allgrove syndrome?

500

Name the coronary cusp indicated by the arrow

What is the right coronary cusp?