CVS Flashcards
DIAGNOSIS
AORTIC STENOSIS
DISCUSS 1 PATHOGENESIS AND THE DIAGNOSIS OF THE CONDITION SHOWN IN THE IMAGE
CHRONIC RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
MITRAL STENOSIS
acute chest pain, alleviate when the patient leans forward, ST elevation in all leads.
Acute pericarditis
previously normal patient, new heart murmur and fever
diagnosis and cause?
acute bacterial endocarditis
coag. positive, catalase-positive, gram-positive bacteria
patient with rheumatic heart disease, new heart murmur, and fever
diagnosis and cause?
subacute endocarditis
alpha-hemolytic streptococcus
renin level in higher in left renal vein compared to the right
possible diagnosis
Left renal artery stenosis
the right kidney is smaller than the left kidney
possible diagnosis
right renal artery stenosis
serum sodium -high
serum ph- high
serum potassium- low
possible diagnosis
RAS
Conn syndrome
new hypertension, history of CAD, bruit in the left flank (at L2)
Renal Artery stenosis due to ATH
HTN is aggravated during pregnancy, angiogram showing beading of the Left Renal Artery
histology of the Left Renal Artery?
Collagen 1 deposit in the media
Which heart fails in Acute bacterial endocarditis in IV drug users?
Right
possible cause of the gross appearance?
100% occultation by an embolus from:
IE
MI
Acute gastric ulcer vs ATM of the mesenteric artery
how to differentiate?
ask if the patient has a history of CAD or has atherosclerosis risk factors
mention 4 risk factors
immobilization
pancreatic cancer
factor V Leiden
Smoking+ OCP use
1 risk factor
1 cause
1 risk factor- smoking
1 cause- hypertension