cvm Flashcards

1
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Early Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Organisms (less than 1 yr)

A

1 Staph epidermis (Coagulase Negative Staphylococcus )

#2 Staph aureus

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Late Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Organisms - After 1 year of replacement

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Staphylococcus spp.(epidermidis/ aurus)
*Streptococcus spp.(vidurians sanginis)
Enterococcus spp.
-potential fungi, parasites, intracellular bacteria

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3
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Native Valve endocarditis Organisms

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*Staphylococcus spp. (epidermidis/ **aurus)
*Streptococcus spp. (vidrians/sangunis)
Enterococcus spp.
HACEK organisms(community acquired)
-potential fungi, parasites, intracellular bacteria

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4
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recent oral invasion procedure

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strep vidrians

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5
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Optochin resistant

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Viridans Streptococci
alpha hemolytic

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6
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most common cause of infective endocarditis due to strep

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S. sanguinis
alpha hemolytic

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7
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primary etiological agent of dental caries
and dental plaques

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S. mutans, S. Sanguinis
alpha hemolytic

AND HACKE -Haemophilus aphrophilus

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8
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novobiocin test

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strep epideridis

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9
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Thickening or hardening of artery, loss of elasticity

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Arteriosclerosis - umbrella term

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10
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calcification of tunica media of arteries

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Monckeberg medial
calcific sclerosis (types of arteriosclerosis, not clinically singinifcant bc it doesnt spread to Intima)

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11
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Arteriosclerosis of the small arteries is due to what

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Arteriolosclerosis due to hypertension

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12
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atheromas

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Atherosclerosis, type of Arteriosclerosis

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13
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which vessels are most involved in artheromas

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  • The lower abdominal aorta and iliac arteries
  • The coronary arteries
  • The popliteal arteries
  • The internal carotid arteries
  • The vessels of the circle of Willis
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14
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Rheumatic heart disease

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Strep. pyogenes (GAS)

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15
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GI procedure, colonoscopy, antibiotic resistance

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Enterococcus (enteric microbiota)

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16
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  • most commonly isolated, and causes 85-90% of
    enterococcal infections
  • Particularly intensive care unit infections(highly resistant)
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E. faecalis

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17
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  • Responsible for 5 -10% of enterococcal infections *Displays event higher levels of antibiotic resistance
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E. faecium

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18
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HACEK

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  • H aemophilus spp. #1
  • A ggregatibacter #2
    actinomycetemcomitans
  • C ardiobacterium hominis
  • E ikenella corrodens
  • K ingella kingae

all G-

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19
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Colonies with star shaped interior on solid media

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Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans

G- bacilli

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20
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myocarditis differential diagnoisis

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Acute Coronary Syndrome – ECG, cardiac biomarkers

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21
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microbial causes of myocarditis

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*enterovirus(Coxsackievirus B) and other viruses are most common. bacteria is uncommon, parasites prominent in low income countries (Trypanosoma/Chagas, Toxoplasma)
Fungal, systemic mycoses: candida, aspergillus (immunocompromized)

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22
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microorganisms responsible for pericarditis

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*Coxsackievirus A and B and other viruses. Sometime G+/- bacteria, not mycobacterium. Fungi in the immunocompromised(Blasto dermatitidis, Candida spp., Histoplasma capsulatum)

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23
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arterioles commonly effected in benign and malignant HTN

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benign/chronic : hyaline artiolosclerosis-ischemic changes
malignant/sudden: hyperplastic- fibrioid necrosis

24
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thickened reduplicated basemement membrane and smooth muscle cell hyperplasia

A

hyperplasia arteriolosclerosis

will have a strong PAS stain, onion skin

25
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necrotizing arteriolitis

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hyperplasia arteriolosclerosis

26
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kindey, brain, and retina damages from which type of arteriolosclerosis

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kidney both (benign or malignant nephrosclerosis)

brain both (HTN intraparynchimal hemoraghes)

retina is just hyperplastic= cotton wool spots

27
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cystic medial degeneration

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loss of structural integrity of arterial media causing aneurysm

28
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abdominal aortic aneurysm caused by

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caused by atherosclerosis

29
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ascending aortic aneurysm caused by

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caused by HTN

30
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ascending/thoracic aorta aortitis

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syphillic aneurysm(tertiary stage)

31
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obliterative/ obstructive endarteritis of the vasa vasorum of the aorta

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syphillic aneurysm

32
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treebank appearence

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syphillic aneurysm
-from fibrosis of the vascular walls, seen form the inside tunica intima

33
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cystic medial degeneration

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marfan syndrom

34
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marfan syndrom aneurysm location

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located at ascending aorta and arch of aorta

35
Q

gene for fibrillin-1

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marfan
required for normal elastic tissue development and irresistant to normal stress

36
Q

circle of willis

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berry aneurysm (small saccular)

37
Q

autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

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berry aneurism

38
Q

pulsating hematoma

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false aneurysm

39
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locations and features of the type A and type B aortic dissections

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type A/ proximal is ascending aorta with high mortality and rapid tx. DOUBLE sided separation

type B/ distal is descending aorta distal to L subclavian artery. better prognosis. SINGLE sided separation

40
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chest pain that is beginning in the anterior chest and radiating to the back scapulae

A

aortic dissection

41
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pain moves downward

A

aortic dissection

42
Q

chest pain with absent peripheral pulse

A

aortic dissection

43
Q

double barrel aorta

A

aortic dissection

44
Q

block above the bundle of his

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second degree block- mobitz type 1-Wencheback

45
Q

Progressive prolongation of the PR-interval
until a QRS is dropped

A

second degree block- mobitz type 1-Wencheback

46
Q

Increased PR interval

A

First Degree block

47
Q

sinus bradychardia

A

dec automaticity

48
Q

block below the bundle of his

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Second Degree Block Mobitz Type II

49
Q

All-or-nothing conduction, in which QRS complexes are dropped without prolongation of the PR-interval

A

Second Degree Block Mobitz Type II

50
Q

Complete Heart Block with AV dissociation. Atria and ventricles are driven by independent pacemakers

A

Third Degree Block Complete AV-block

51
Q

atrial rate of atrial flutter and atrial fibrulation

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flutter= 250-300
fib= 400+

ventriculat rate is normal ~75

52
Q

“Retrograde” p wave

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Orthodromic AVRT

53
Q

allan test

A

Buergers disease

54
Q

pulseless disease

A

Takayasu Arteritis

also comes with vision problems and neurological sx

55
Q

hepatits B

A

Polyarteritis Nodosa

56
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