Cardiology

Question 1

Conditions that can unmask ecg abnormalities in patient with brugada

Answer 1

fever, drugs

Question 2

brugada syndrome: inheritance and cause

Answer 2

autosomal dominant

cardiac ion channel dysfunction

Question 3

brugada cause of death

Answer 3

lethal dysrhythmias

Question 4

endocarditis physical exam findings with mnemonic

Answer 4

FROM JANE
fever
roth spots
osler's nodes
murmur
janeway lesions
anemia
nailbed hemorrhages
emboli

Question 5

most common cause of endocarditis?

Answer 5

staph (IVDA) and strep (native valve)

Question 6

asymptomatic AAA size to refer for repair?

Answer 6

5 cm

Question 7

block associated with anterior MI?

Answer 7

second degree type 1 wenckebach

Question 8

block associated with inferior MI?

Answer 8

3rd degree

Question 9

tx of uremic pericarditis?

Answer 9

hemodialysis

steroids

Question 10

most common cause of myocarditis in person from central america?

Answer 10

chagas disease

Question 11

most common cause of myocarditis in person from america?

Answer 11

parvovirus

then cocksackie, etc

Question 12

carotid massage affects second degree type 1 block? second degree type II blocks?

Answer 12

worsens type 1 second degree

improves type 2 second degree

Question 13

most common cardiac manifestation of sarcoidosis?

Answer 13

complete heart block

Question 14

how does sarcoidosis lead to hypercalcemia?

Answer 14

macrophage activation of calcitriol

Question 15

Most common valvular abnormality after blunt cardiac injury?

Answer 15

Aortic regurgitation