2025/l 2026l Update)l Pathophysiologyl |l
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QUESTION
Thel threel majorl determinantsl ofl myocardiall oxygenl demandl (MVO2)l
includel eachl ofl thel followingl except:
Answer:
diastolicl pressure
QUESTION
Filll inl thel Blank:l ______l isl thel mostl importantl factorl inl myocardiall
oxygenl demand.l Asl thisl increases,l myocardiall oxygenl consumptionl orl
demandl alsol increases.
Answer:
heartl rate
QUESTION
Whatl isl thel mostl commonl causel ofl cardiogenicl shock?
,Answer:
myocardiall infarction
QUESTION
whichl doesl NOTl occurl duringl cardiogenicl shock?
Answer:
decreasedl systemicl vascularl resistance
QUESTION
1.l Explainl howl ventricularl hypertrophyl isl anl adaptivel mechanism:
2.l Whatl happensl duringl exercisel inl someonel withl coronaryl arteryl disease?
Answer:
1.l Anl increasel inl walll stressl canl bel causedl byl anl increasel inl preloadl orl
afterload.l Ventricularl hypertrophyl isl anl adaptivel mechanisml byl whichl thel
ventriclel canl offsetl thel increasel inl walll stress.l ORl Bloodl pressurel
elevationl increasesl thel workloadl ofl thel leftl ventriclel byl increasingl thel
pressurel againstl whichl thel heartl mustl pumpl asl itl ejectsl bloodl intol thel
systemicl circulation.l Overl time,l thel leftl ventriclel hypertrophiesl tol
compensatel forl thel increasedl pressurel andl work.
2.l Duringl exertion,l thel heartl beatsl harderl andl fasterl tol supplyl oxygenl tol
thel muscles.l Thel coronaryl vesselsl vasodilatel andl increasel bloodl flowl tol
thel cardiacl musclel tol meetl itsl increasedl demandl forl oxygen.l Withl
atheroscleroticl disease,l thel coronaryl vessell lumensl arel narrowedl andl bloodl
supplyl tol thel heartl isl diminished.l Withl exertion,l thel vesselsl cannotl
, adequatelyl vasodilate.l Thisl canl manifestl asl chestl painl orl tightnessl and/orl
shortnessl ofl breath.
QUESTION
1.l Hypertensionl isl oftenl calledl "thel silentl killer."l Byl thel timel symptomsl
ofl hypertensionl occur,l thel complicationsl canl affectl thel kidneys,l heart,l eyes,l
andl bloodl vessels.l Whatl isl thisl terml called?
2.l Leftl ventricularl hypertrophyl isl al majorl riskl factorl forl whatl otherl
diseases?l Namel atl leastl 2.
Answer:
1.l Target-organl damage
2.l coronaryl heartl disease,l cardiacl dysrhythmias,l congestivel heartl failure,l
andl suddenl death.
QUESTION
Thel mostl commonl causel ofl deathl immediatelyl afterl thel onsetl ofl acutel
myocardiall infarctionl is:
Answer:
arrhythmia
QUESTION
Al 40-year-oldl womanl isl hospitalizedl withl al chronicl illnessl characterizedl
byl hepatomegaly,l distendedl neckl veins,l andl peripherall edema.l Whichl ofl
thel followingl disordersl isl thel mostl likelyl causel ofl thesel findings?