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Question 1

angina in women symptoms

Answer 1

non-activity episodes, dyspnea, nausea, vomiting, abdominal or back pain

Question 2

HFrEF

Answer 2

reduced ejection fraction

Question 3

what reduces ejection fraction?

Answer 3

decreased ventricular contractility leads to fluid retention, thinning of walls,

Question 4

HFpEF

Answer 4

preserved ejection fraction

Question 5

In HFpEF stroke volume is _____

Answer 5

below normal due to limited filling

Question 6

In HFrEF stroke volume is _______

Answer 6

restored but at expense of greater filling volume and pressure

Question 7

two types of valve disorders:

Answer 7

1. stenosis

2. insufficiency

Question 8

transition at birth: Left heart pressures are _____ than right heart pressures

Answer 8

higher - causes foramen ovale to close

Question 9

left to right shunting

Answer 9

Eisenmenger syndrome

Question 10

reverses direction of shunt of flow causing syanosis in kids

Answer 10

Eisenmenger syndrome (oxygenated blood flows to deoyxygenated blood