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Overview and Function of the Cardiovascular System
What is the function of the cardi...,
What are examples of things that ...,
How is the cardiovascular system ...
83
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Electrical Activity of the Heart
What is contraction of heart musc...,
What is a,
What is b
90
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A First Look at the ECG
In what plane do standard limb le...,
What are the 3 standard limb leads,
Where does sll i go from and to
98
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Anatomy of the CVS 1
What is the cardiovascular system...,
What are the different kinds of b...,
What is the heart
151
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Embryology of the CVS 1
What are the main stages in the e...,
In what week does the lateral pla...,
What does the lateral plate mesod...
112
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The Cardiac Cycle
What are the stages of the cardia...,
What happens during late diastole,
What happens during atrial systole
74
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Anatomy of the CVS 2
What is the cvs composed of,
What does the heart act as,
What do arteries do
73
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Embryology of the CVS 2
What are the 2 methods that blood...,
What is vasculogenesis,
What is the new formation of a pr...
81
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Regulation of Stroke Volume and Heart Rate
What is heart rate regulated by,
What are the 2 components of the ...,
What does the sympathetic nervous...
48
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Exchange and the Lymphatic System
What are capillaries specialised for,
Why are capillaries thin walled,
What is the advantage of capillar...
78
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Pressure and Flow in Arteries and Veins
What is measurement of arteriolar...,
What are the advantages of auscul...,
What are disadvantages of auscult...
47
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Short Term Control of Blood Pressure
What formula describes mean arter...,
Why does mean arteriolar pressure...,
What is the medical name for fain...
34
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Long Term Control of Blood Pressure
What does long term control of bl...,
What are the 3 main hormonal syst...,
What is antidiuretic factor also ...
49
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Hypertension - Pathophysiology, Presentation & Investigation
What is the worlds number 1 cause...,
What does a 2mmhg rise in blood p...,
How does the treatment of hyperte...
113
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Hypertension - Treatment
What is the first step to diagnos...,
What does abpm stand for,
What does hbpm stand for
116
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Pathophysiology of Atheroma
What is atheroma atherosclerosis,
What is formation of focal elevat...,
What is the difference in atherom...
71
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Stable Angina
What is angina,
What is a discomfort in the chest...,
What is myocardial ischaemia
98
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Pathophysiology of Thrombosis
What is normal blood flow,
What are the 2 kinds of abnormal ...,
What is stasis blood flow
41
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Rheumatic Heart Disease
What is rheumatic fever,
What is a complication of untreat...,
Where is rheumatic fever common
26
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Pathophysiology of Ischaemia & Infarction
What is ischaemia,
What is a restriction of blood su...,
What is hypoxia
85
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Valvular Heart Disease - Pathophysiology, Presentation & Investigation
What are some examples of valvula...,
What is mitral stenosis,
What is narrowing of the mitral v...
50
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ACS & AMI - Presentation & Investigation
What does acs stand for,
What is acute coronary syndrome,
What is any sudden event suspecte...
90
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Valvular and Ischemic Heart Disease - Therapy
What are some causes of cardiac i...,
What is aortic dissection,
What is a tear in the wall of the...
71
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Aneurysms & Carotid Artery Surgery - Presentation, Investigation & Therapy
What is aneurysm disease,
What is dilation of all layers of...,
What is the aetiology of aneurysm...
91
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Arterial Disease of the Limbs - Presentation, Investigation & Therapy
What are examples of arterial dis...,
What is a,
What is b
108
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Stroke - Presentation & Investigation
What is the commonest cause of lo...,
What percentage of nhs beds do pa...,
How much does stroke cost the uk ...
56
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Stroke - Therapy
How is stroke mortality changing ...,
Why are stroke units important,
Why do stroke units allow patient...
26
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SIHD & Angina - Therapy
What does sihd stand for,
What are acute coronary syndromes,
What are some acute coronary synd...
117
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Pathophysiology of Congestion & Oedema
What does water flow down,
What is darcys law,
What is congestion
61
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ACS & AMI - Therapy
What does acs stand for,
What does ami stand for,
What is in the spectrum of acute ...
46
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Genetics of Cardiovascular Disease
What are some causes of congenita...,
What does cnv stand for,
What does snv stand for
88
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Cardiomyopathy, Myocarditis & Pericarditis
What is cardiomyopathy,
What are different kinds of cardi...,
What are different kinds of peric...
93
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Infective Endocarditis - Presentation, Investigation & Therapy
What is infective endocarditis,
What is infection of the endocard...,
What are the 3 layers of the heart
63
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Aortic Disease - Pathophysiology, Presentation, Investigation & Therapy
What are examples of aortic diseases,
What are risk factors for atheros...,
Are males or females more at risk...
58
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Heart Failure - Treatment
What is chronic heart failure cha...,
What is heart failure,
What is the state at which the he...
70
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Arrhythmia - Pathophysiology, Presentation & Investigation
What are some different kinds of ...,
What is an ectopic heart beat,
What is it called when the heart ...
66
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Imaging Circulatory Disturbances
What questions should be asked fo...,
What are anatomical vascular imaging,
What are functional vascular imaging
35
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Venous & Lymphatic Disease - Presentation, Investigation & Therapy
What are varicose veins,
What are swollen and enlarged vei...,
What percentage of the population...
113
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Arrhythmia - Therapy
What is arrhythmia,
What is a deviation from the norm...,
What are examples of arrhythmias
113
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Deep Vein Thrombosis & Pulmonary Embolism - Presentation, Investigation & Therapy
What is thrombosis,
What is the formation of a thromb...,
What is a thrombus
64
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Drugs
What are indications for ace inhi...,
What is ramipril,
What is lisionpril
95
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