Midterm 1 Flashcards
- All of the following characterize poly-arteritis nodosa EXCEPT:
A. Association with HbsAg
B. Coronary arteritis
C. Spares the lungs
D. Most common cause of death is renal failure
E. Female predominant disease
B. Coronary arteritis
- All of the following are true concerning temporal arteritis EXCEPT:
A. Elevated erythroyte sedimentation rate
B. Association with polymyalagia rheumatica
C. Disease of elderly males
D. Visual disturbance
E. Headache
C. Disease of elderly males
- All of the following characterize thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger’s disease) EXCEPT:
A. Produces IgA nephropathy B. Strong association with young men who smoke C. Involves the neurovascular compartmen t of the digits of the hands and feet D. Associated with Raynaud's phenomenon E. Reversible on cessation of smoking
A. Produces IgA nephropathy
- One of the following is NOT cause the Raynaud’s phenomenon:
A. Buerger’s disease
B. Churg-Strauss angiitis
C. Ergot poisoning
D. CREST syndrome
B. Churg-Strauss angiitis
- Prosthetic heart disease
A. Coronary arteritis B. Pulseless disease C. Birthmark on newborn face D. Polycystic renal disease E. Thromboembolism F. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
E. Thromboembolism
- Takayasu’s vasculitis
A. Coronary arteritis B. Pulseless disease C. Birthmark on newborn face D. Polycystic renal disease E. Thromboembolism F. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
B. Pulseless disease
- Kawasaki’s disease
A. Coronary arteritis B. Pulseless disease C. Birthmark on newborn face D. Polycystic renal disease E. Thromboembolism F. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
A. Coronary arteritis
- Capillary hemangioma
A. Coronary arteritis B. Pulseless disease C. Birthmark on newborn face D. Polycystic renal disease E. Thromboembolism F. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
C. Birthmark on newborn face
- Berry aneurysm
A. Coronary arteritis B. Pulseless disease C. Birthmark on newborn face D. Polycystic renal disease E. Thromboembolism F. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
D. Polycystic renal disease
- What is the pathological finding in Wagener’s granulomatosis?
A. Acute bacterial inflammati on of the upper respiratory tract B. Acute glomerulonephritis C. Crescentic glomerulonephritis D. Caseating granulomatous vasculitis of respiratory tract
C. Crescentic glomerulonephritis
- What is the LEAST complication of varicose veins?
A. Edema B. Venous stasis C. Stasis dermatitis D. Thrombosis E. Bleeding
E. Bleeding
- Atheroma is :
A. Formation of fatty layer in the tunica media of small arteries
B. Formation of fibrofatty plaques in the tunica intima of large arteries
C. Formation of hard fibrous connective tissue in large arteries
D. Formation of fibrofatty layer in the left ventricle of the heart
B. Formation of fibrofatty plaques in the tunica intima of large arteries
- All of the following are complications of atherosclerosis EXCEPT :
A. Infarction B. Aneurysm C. Calcification of the atheroma D. Emphysema E. Transient ischemic attack or stroke
D. Emphysema
- What is the LEAST common risk factor for at herosclerosis?
A. Familiar tendency B. Hyperlipidemia C. Hypertension D. Smoking E. Diabetes
A. Familiar tendency
- Aneurysm is:
A. Abnormal tortuous and dilated veins
B. A localized abnormal dilatation of any vessel
C. Rupture of the tunica vasora of any vessel
D. Abnormal proliferation of the tunica intima of any vessel
B. A localized abnormal dilatation of any vessel
- What is the most common type of aneurysm?
A. Syphilitic aneurysm
B. Berry aneurysm
C. Atherosclerotic aneurysm
D. Dissecting aneurysm
C. Atherosclerotic aneurysm
- What is the most common complication of atherosclerotic aneurysm?
A. Thromboembolism
B. Hypertension
C. Bowel infarction
D. Rupture
D. Rupture
- Endarteritis obliterans is associated with:
A. Atherosclerotic aneurysm B. Varicose veins C. Syphilitic aneurysm D. Berry aneurysm E. Dissecting aneurysm
C. Syphilitic aneurysm
- Lindau-Von Hippel disease is:
A. Capillary hemangioma of the liver
B. Cavernous hemangioma of the liver
C. Cavernous hemangioma of the bone
D. Cavernous hemangioma of the muscle
B. Cavernous hemangioma of the liver
- Liver angiosarcoma is:
A. Benign vascular tumor due to vinyl chloride or arsenic material
B. Malignant vascular tumor affecting the tunica adventitia of the arteries
C. Malignant vascular tumor due to arsenic and vinyl chlorideaffecting the vascular endothelium
D. Benign vascular tumor arising from the endothelial cells of vessels
C. Malignant vascular tumor due to arsenic and vinyl chlorideaffecting the vascular endothelium
- All of the following are major risk factors for coronary artery disease EXCEPT:
A. Increased LDL > 160 mg/dl B. Diabetes mellitus C. Increased apoprotein A levels D. Hypertension E. Smoking
C. Increased apoprotein A levels
- What is the most often etiology of coronary artery disease?
A. Hypertension B. Hypotension C. Shock D. Atherosclerosis E. Congenital heart disease
D. Atherosclerosis
- Stable angina pectoris is:
A. Cardiac chest pain with exertion
B. Chest pain at rest
C. Chest pain with ST elevation (EKG) on stress test
D. Chest pain does not relieved by nitroglycerine
A. Cardiac chest pain with exertion
- In unstable angina, you would expect:
A. Severe fixed coronary artery disease
B. Angina at rest
C. Both statements are correct
D. Neither statement is correct
C. Both statements are correct