Cardiac Recall Flashcards
1
Q
What is the thickest wall of the heart?
A
Left Ventricle
2
Q
What is the most common cause of Myocarditis?
A
Coxsackie B Virus
3
Q
Most common type of CHD in children
A
- VSD Ventricular Septal Defect
4
Q
4 types of VSD
A
- Membranous - mc
- Subpulmonary
- AV Canal Type
- Muscular
5
Q
Most common type of CHD in adults?
A
ASD / Atrial Septal Defect
6
Q
4 Types of ASD
A
- Osteum Secundum – MC
- Osteum Primum – Down Syndrome
- Sinus Venosus Defect
- Common Atrium
7
Q
Most common cardiac anomaly in Down Syndrome
A
Endocardial Cushion Defect
8
Q
Most common Cardiac Anomaly in Congenital Rubella Syndrome?
A
PDA
9
Q
- Machinery - like murmur
- Physiologic closure – 10 – 15 hours (12)
- Strongest stimulus for physiologic closure – OXYGEN
- Tx: Indomethacin
A
Patent Ductust Arteriosus
10
Q
PDA treatment
A
Indomethacin
11
Q
Most common vessel Occluded in Acute MI?
A
LAD / Left anterior Descending
12
Q
What is the bacterial cause of Diphtheria Myocarditis?
A
- Spore bacterium Diptheriae
- C. Diptheriae
13
Q
Parasites?
A
Chaga’s Disease
14
Q
What is unique in Chaga’s Disease
A
Cardiomegaly with Apical Atrophy
15
Q
Supplies Anterior Wall
A
Left anterior Descending (LAD)
