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On arterial blood pressure monitoring where is the systolic and diastolic notch?

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Systolic is peak, diastolic is valley

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What congenital heart defect is a harsh loud mid systolic murmur at the left sternal border that radiates to the neck?

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Aortic stenosis

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Hypovolemia, anaphylaxis, distributive shock cause high or low CVPs?

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Low low

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What grade of murmur can be heard without a stethoscope?

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Grade six

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What are the three components of an AV canal defect?

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ASD, inlet VSD, abnormal formation of the AV valves with left to right shunting

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What is the most useful diuretic in lowering BP?

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Thiazides

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What are the four findings of tetralogy of fallot?

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VSD, right ventricular out tracked obstruction, overriding aorta, right ventricular hypertrophy

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What criteria are you used to diagnose endocarditis?

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The Duke criteria either two major or one major plus two minor or five minor criteria

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What are symptoms of cardiac tamponade?

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Friction rub, cold extremities, poor perfusion, absent peripheral pulses

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What are classic symptoms of a coarctation of the aorta?

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Upper extremity hypertension, brachial femoral pulse lag absent or weak pulses in lower extremities

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What is the management of cardiac tamponade?

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Pericardial thoracentesis

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12
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What defines pulmonary hypertension?

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Pulmonary arterial pressure greater than 25 at rest

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What is diagnostic for a kylo thorax?

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Triglyceride level greater than 110 in pleural fluid

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What is the treatment of long QT syndrome?

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Beta blockers

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15
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What is the benefit of doing a trans esophageal echo?

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Better picture of aorta pulmonary artery other valves, and atrial septum

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What is the acute management of cardiomyopathy?

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Increase cardio output with inotropes, vasodilators, diuretics

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How are vascular rings or slings diagnosed?

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Barium swallow or CT if needed

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What is the treatment of pericarditis?

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Emergent pericardiocentesis and antibiotics for staph in h flu

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Where is a VSD murmur heard?

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Left lower sternal border

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20
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Where is peripheral pulmonic stenosis best heard?

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Left upper sternal border

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What post operative complication presents with fever, pericardial effusion, fatigue, chest pain, poor po intake?

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Post pericardiotomy syndrome

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22
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What blood pressure medication can cause hyperkalemia when there’s volume depletion?

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Ace inhibitors such as Lisinopril

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23
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What is rheumatic fever

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Vasculitis that occurs two to four weeks falling group a strep pharyngitis

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What is the goal reduction of blood pressure in the first 12 hours?

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25 to 30%

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25
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What are osler nodes and what are they a sign of?

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Finger oddities caused by endocarditis

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26
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What murmur is obliterated by rotating the head to the side or including the neck veins?

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Venus hum

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27
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For treatments for tet spells?

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Oxygen as a pulmonary vasodilator, morphine for sedation, bicarb to correct acidosis, phenylephrine which selectively increases systemic vascular resistance

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28
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What is the most common bacteria responsible for endocarditis?

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Staph and strep

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29
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What are normal PA pressures?

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Less than 30

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During a hypertensive emergency what is your most concerning outcome?

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P r e s or hypertensive encephalopathy

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What does a child with tricuspid atresia need at birth to survive?

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ASD

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What category of defect has blood flowing from left to right?

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A cyanotic

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33
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What are indications for an echo?

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Suspected congenital or acquired heart disease or arrhythmias

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34
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Why do we care about long QT syndrome?

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Can lead to syncope, cardiac arrest, or sudden death

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35
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Is the usual cause of myocarditis?

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Virus

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36
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What murmur transmits to the right and left trust, axilla, and back?

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Peripheral pneumonic stenosis

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37
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A widely split fixed S2 murmur heard best at the left upper stone border is the Hallmark sound for what a cyanotic heart defect?

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ASD

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38
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What are symptoms of congestive heart failure?

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Crackles, respiratory distress, diaphoresis, hepatomegaly, failure to thrive, exercise intolerance

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39
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What is the most common innocent murmur?

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Stills murmur

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What x-ray marking show up on a patient with co-workation of the aorta?

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Three sign, rib notching

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What is the classic murmur of an AV canal?

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Systolic regurgitant murmur heard at the left lower sternal border

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42
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Where is mitral stenosis heard?

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Optical murmur

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43
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Who’s the most common cyanotic defect in newborns?

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Transposition of the great vessels

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44
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What is the most deadly and least common type of cardiomyopathy?

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Restrictive

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45
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What is Beck’s triad?

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JVD, muffled heart sounds, hypotension

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46
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What type of cardiomyopathy results in diastolic dysfunction and atrial issues as large amount of blood is not able to leave the ventricle?

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Restrictive

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47
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What congenital heart defect will have discrepancies in four extremity blood pressures?

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Corruption of the aorta

48
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What does rheumatic fever lead to?

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Vasculitis, possibly mitral valve disease

49
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TR, TS, high IT pressures, and heart failure cause high or low CVPs?

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Hi

50
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What congenital heart defect is a continuous machinery like murmur heard at the left infraclavicular area or upper left sternal border?

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Pda

51
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What will a chest x-ray look like of someone with cardiomyopathy?

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Cardiomegaly, pulmonary edema

52
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What are other symptoms of endocarditis?

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Fever, septic emboli, myalgias, malaise, petechiae

53
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What is a hypersonic event?

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Lack of preload and extreme left to right shunting causing hyperpnea

54
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What is the treatment of myocarditis?

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Supportive care with digoxin, ACE inhibitors, diuretics, IVIG

55
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What is treatment for pulmonary atresia?

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Needs PGE at birth and emergent BT shunt

56
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What are signs of mitral stenosis?

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Atrial fib, pulmonary edema, blood clots

57
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Baby canal defect is associated with what genetic disorder?

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Trisomy 21

58
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What is used to prevent unrestricted pulmonary blood flow and prevent pulmonary over circulation?

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PA band

59
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What type of cardiomyopathy causes systolic dysfunction resulting in decrease contractility and very poor function?

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Dilated

60
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What is the long-term management for post-operative SVT?

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Digoxin, propranolol, amiodarone

61
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What is the most common congenital heart defect?

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VSD

62
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Where is a stills murmur best herd?

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Mid-left sternal border when the patient is supine

63
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What murmur is best heard at the left upper sternal border, mid systolic and is innocent?

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Pulmonary ejection murmur

64
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What is a sign that a syncopal episode is more likely a severe etiology?

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Loss of consciousness greater than 1 minute

65
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The classic x-ray finding of a child with tetralogy of fellow?

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Boot-shaped heart

66
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What diuretics are used in CHF?

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Chlorothiazide

67
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What is the treatment of total anomalous pulmonary veinous return?

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Atrial subtoped me if obstructive surgical repair within first few years of life

68
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What is the treatment for post-pericardiotomy syndrome?

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And sets 5 to 7 days or systemic steroids

69
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What is a cardiac reason for syncope?

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Arrhythmias or outflow tract obstruction causing cerebral hypoperfusion

70
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What is the gold standard to diagnose myocarditis?

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Biopsy

71
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What does t a p v r look like on an x ray?

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Snowman sign

72
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What is the treatment for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy?

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Beta blockers, avoid catecholamines

73
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Common arrhythmias that occur after cardiac surgery?

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Jet and SVT

74
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How is rheumatic fever treated?

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Penicillin, aspirin and bed rest until fever and symptoms resolve

75
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What sign out a heart disease has a hololysystolic murmur at the left sternal border?

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Tetrology of fallot

76
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What is good treatment for dilated cardiomyopathy?

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Beta blockers

77
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What medications are used to help with cardiac contractility in CHF?

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Digoxin enalapril middle of renowned other vasodilators

78
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What is a normal CVP?

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2:00 to 6:00

79
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What is diagnostic for rheumatic fever?

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Two major or one major and two minor of the Jones criteria

80
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What is a good blood pressure medication and asthma patients?

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Calcium channel blocker such as amlodipine

81
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What are the three types of cardiomyopathy?

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Dilated, hypertrophic, restrictive

82
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What blood pressure medication needs to be avoided in diabetes, asthma, and heart block?

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Beta blockers such as atenolol

83
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What shows up on an echo of someone with cardiomyopathy?

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Decreased CO and global function

84
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What is the staged surgery order for hypoplastic left heart syndrome?

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Norwood, bidirectional Glenn, fontan

85
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What is the treatment for endocarditis?

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4 to 6 weeks of antibiotics surgery if abscess or emboli

86
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What are the seven s’s of innocent murmurs?

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Small, single, short, sensitive, soft, sweet, systolic

87
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What is the difference between venoarterial and venovenous ECMO support?

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VA- heart and lungs

VV- respiratory only

88
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What are three ways of pacing the heart?

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Esophageal, epicardial, transvenus, transcutaneous

89
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What is the treatment for TGA?

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Atrial substance to me and PGE to keep the duct open

90
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What is the leading cause of acquired heart disease?

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Kawasaki disease

91
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Just the first second and third letter in pacing modes represent?

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Chamber paced so either a atrial ventricular or dual

Chamber sensed either atrial ventricular or dual

Response too sensed event so either trigger or inhibited

92
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What is post pericardiotomy syndrome?

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Federal illness secondary to a cell mediated immune inflammatory reaction 1 to 2 weeks after tissue injury to myocardium

93
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What shunt increases pulmonary blood flow inductal dependent legions? And is an artificial PDA?

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BT shunt

94
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What is the treatment of choice for arrhythmias related to cardiomyopathy?

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Amiodarone

95
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What are the major Jones criteria?

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Migratory arthritis, carditis and valvulitis, chorea, erythema marginatum, subcutaneous nodule

96
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What are the minor Jones criteria?

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Arthralgia, fever, elevated ESR or CRP, prolonged PR interval

97
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What are the early reasons for failure of a cardiac transplant?

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Raft failure and right heart failure that is associated with elevated pulmonary vascular resistance

98
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Becks triad is really to what cardiac emergency?

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Cardiac tamponade

99
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What is the most common cause of mitral stenosis?

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Rheumatic fever

100
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What grade of murmur has a thrill?

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Grade four

101
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What medication is used in CHF for heart remodeling?

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Aldactone

102
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What maneuver do children naturally do during touch spells?

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Need a chest which increases the pulmonary vascular resistance

103
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What condition does pericarditis sometimes present like?

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Tamponade

104
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What is the treatment for SVT?

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Bagel maneuvers, synchronized cardioversion, adenosine 1 mg per kg per dose

105
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What is the physiological consequence of right ventricular pressure overload and ventricular dysfunction?

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Pulmonary hypertension

106
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What are characteristics of a pathologic murmur?

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Holosystolic, diastolic, greater than grade 3 or with a click, harsh, increases in intensity withstanding

107
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What is the acronym for location of heart sounds?

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APT M

AORTIC, pulmonic, tricuspid, mitral / apex

108
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What is the definition of hypertension?

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Blood pressure consistently above 95th percentile for age measured on three separate occasions

109
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Cardiac tamponade, dehydration, asthma cause wide or narrow arterial blood pressures?

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Narrow

110
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What cardiomyopathy has rare syncope but malignant?

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Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

111
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When does low cardiac output syndrome occur?

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Predictable falling cardiac output after bypass at 6 to 18 hours

112
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What is the management of jet arrhythmia?

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Immunodrome or cardiac pacing

113
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Differentiate between essential and secondary hypertension

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Essential is multifactorial and related to genetic familial or dietary factors

Secondary is usually a renal vascular in origin or some other systemic or metabolic or endocrine process

114
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What is the treatment for tet spells?

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Increase systemic vascular resistance, decrease impedance to pulmonary blood flow

115
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Gold standard to diagnose pulmonary hypertension?

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Cardiac catheterization

116
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How does wolf parkinson white present?

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chest pain and palpiations

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