First Aid Flashcards
Disease that affects small/medium vessels and causes fibrinod necrosis.
PAN
Eosinophillic inflitrate with necrotizing vasculitis of smaller vessels. Associated with? (2)
Churg-Strauss. Asthma and Hep B
Patient over 50 with grnulomatous inflammation of vessels, fever and headache?
Giant cell arteritis
Wegner’s - type of giant cells associated with it?
Langerhan’s
Most likely cause of poor feeding, agitation and cyanosis within first few weeks of life? Other congential heart defects that cause cyanosis early in life?
Tetralogy of fallot. (Transposition of great vessels)
Congenital heart defects that present in adulthood?
ASD, PDA
Most common cardiac defect?
VSD
Infant presents with tachypnea, dyspnea and feeding difficulties. Intercostal retractions and hyperdynamic percordium?
ASD
BP drug that is contraindicated if BP is too high?
nifedipine
Lab finding in Takayasu’s
increased ESR
Class III antiarrythmic that does not cause tosades de pointes?
Bretylium
DCM post infection with S3 - Mechanism of heart failure?
Viral Myocarditis. Direct cytotoxicity via receptor-mediated entry of virus into cardiac myocytes.
Causes of DCM
BCCCDEF wet BeriBeri Coxsackie B Cocaine Chagas Doxorubicin Fe
MoA of familial DCM?
Anitbodies to cardiac proteins. Autosomal Dominant
Ganulomatous DCM?
Sarcoidosis