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The left AV valve leaflet is described as "balloon-like" or "hooded" in:
a. Infective endocarditis
b. Restrictive cardiomyopathy
c. Mitral valve prolapse
d. Libman-stacks endocarditis - CORRECT ANSWERS Mitral valve prolapse
Which of these lesions refers to red patches in the fundus (retina) in patients with infective
endocarditis?
a. Roth spots
b. Petechial rash
c. Splinter hemorrhage
d. Osler's nodes - CORRECT ANSWERS Roth spots
Thick myocardial wall, small chamber size, and abnormal diastolic filling often due to genetic
inheritance of abnormal sarcomere proteins.
a. Dilated cardiomyopathy
b. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
c. Restrictive cardiomyopathy - CORRECT ANSWERS Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Sterile vegetations, myocarditis, amd fifbrinous pericarditis are associated with...
a. Valve disease following a dental procedure
b. IV drug abuse
c. Congenitally bicuspid aortic valve
d. Pancarditis of rheumatic fever - CORRECT ANSWERS Pancarditis of rheumatic fever
Many congenital heart defects cause a murmur. Which one is described as "machine-like"?
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a. Atrial septal defect
b. Ventricular septal defect
c. Patent ductus arteriosus
d. Atrioventricular septal defect - CORRECT ANSWERS Patent ductus arteriosus
A 56-year-old man reports reduced exercise tolerance over the past 5 years. In the past year,
he has noted chest pain after ascending a flight of stairs. He smokes 2 packs of cigarettes per
day. On examination, he has a blood pressure of 155/95 mm Hg. His body mass index is 30.
Laboratory findings include a total serum cholesterol of 25 mg/dL with an HDL cholesterol of
22 mg/dL. Which of the following vascular abnormalities is he most likely to have?
a. Hyperplastic arteriolosclerlerosis
b. Medial calcific sclerosis
c. Atherosclerosis
d. Plexiform arteriopathy - CORRECT ANSWERS Atherosclerosis
Most infarcts become transmural
a. True
b. False - CORRECT ANSWERS True
Cardiac disease; is found in 20% to 40% of patients with longstanding crippling rheumatoid
arthritis. Which of the following is the most common cardiac disease encountered in
patients who have rheumatoid arthritis?
a. Vavular endocarditis
b. Mural endocarditis
c. Valvular calcifications
d. Fibrinous pericarditis - CORRECT ANSWERS Fibrinous pericarditis
The most common location of atrial septal defects is in the area of the
a. Secundum
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The left AV valve leaflet is described as "balloon-like" or "hooded" in:
a. Infective endocarditis
b. Restrictive cardiomyopathy
c. Mitral valve prolapse
d. Libman-stacks endocarditis - CORRECT ANSWERS Mitral valve prolapse
Which of these lesions refers to red patches in the fundus (retina) in patients with infective
endocarditis?
a. Roth spots
b. Petechial rash
c. Splinter hemorrhage
d. Osler's nodes - CORRECT ANSWERS Roth spots
Thick myocardial wall, small chamber size, and abnormal diastolic filling often due to genetic
inheritance of abnormal sarcomere proteins.
a. Dilated cardiomyopathy
b. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
c. Restrictive cardiomyopathy - CORRECT ANSWERS Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Sterile vegetations, myocarditis, amd fifbrinous pericarditis are associated with...
a. Valve disease following a dental procedure
b. IV drug abuse
c. Congenitally bicuspid aortic valve
d. Pancarditis of rheumatic fever - CORRECT ANSWERS Pancarditis of rheumatic fever
Many congenital heart defects cause a murmur. Which one is described as "machine-like"?
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a. Atrial septal defect
b. Ventricular septal defect
c. Patent ductus arteriosus
d. Atrioventricular septal defect - CORRECT ANSWERS Patent ductus arteriosus
A 56-year-old man reports reduced exercise tolerance over the past 5 years. In the past year,
he has noted chest pain after ascending a flight of stairs. He smokes 2 packs of cigarettes per
day. On examination, he has a blood pressure of 155/95 mm Hg. His body mass index is 30.
Laboratory findings include a total serum cholesterol of 25 mg/dL with an HDL cholesterol of
22 mg/dL. Which of the following vascular abnormalities is he most likely to have?
a. Hyperplastic arteriolosclerlerosis
b. Medial calcific sclerosis
c. Atherosclerosis
d. Plexiform arteriopathy - CORRECT ANSWERS Atherosclerosis
Most infarcts become transmural
a. True
b. False - CORRECT ANSWERS True
Cardiac disease; is found in 20% to 40% of patients with longstanding crippling rheumatoid
arthritis. Which of the following is the most common cardiac disease encountered in
patients who have rheumatoid arthritis?
a. Vavular endocarditis
b. Mural endocarditis
c. Valvular calcifications
d. Fibrinous pericarditis - CORRECT ANSWERS Fibrinous pericarditis
The most common location of atrial septal defects is in the area of the
a. Secundum
