initial dx test of stable coronary ischemia? - VERIFIED ANSWER✅ Stress test
indicated for all CAD pts regardless of LDL? - VERIFIED ANSWER✅ Statins
common initial symptom of ACS in pts >80 years? - VERIFIED ANSWER✅ SOB
Most common cancer in women - VERIFIED ANSWER✅ lung, breast, colon,
gastric, pancrease
Most common cancer in men - VERIFIED ANSWER✅ Prostate, bladder, colon
Naltrexone - VERIFIED ANSWER✅ Used for ETOH recovery and opiate use
disorder
- must be opioid free for 7-10 days before us
Topiramate (Topamax) - VERIFIED ANSWER✅ Off label use for craving in ETOH
dependency
med of choice after MI, EF <40%, and tx of angina? - VERIFIED ANSWER✅ BB
,antischemic agent if BB CI? - VERIFIED ANSWER✅ CCB
STEMI or MI with new left BBB? - VERIFIED ANSWER✅ PCI within 6-12hour or 90-
120 min of admission
gold standard diagnosis of coronary artery lesion severity? - VERIFIED
ANSWER✅ coronary angiography
corneal arcus (arcus senilis) - VERIFIED ANSWER✅ This grayish white arc or
circle not quite at the edge of the cornea; normal with aging, or with cholesterol
and LDL levels
positive ischemic change on ECG? - VERIFIED ANSWER✅ ST depression by .08
PVCs cause? - VERIFIED ANSWER✅ decrease in CO, more dangerous when
present with heart disease
most common cause of right sided heart failure? - VERIFIED ANSWER✅ left
sided heart failure
,left ventricle thickens without enlargement? - VERIFIED ANSWER✅ Hypertropic
Cardiomyopathy
Cancer linked to EBV - VERIFIED ANSWER✅ Bukitts tumor and nasopharnyx
cancer
All adults over 50 need a flex sigmoidoscopy and stool tested for occult blood -
VERIFIED ANSWER✅ If there is polyps then pt needs a colonoscopy
Prostate cancer screening starts at what age? - VERIFIED ANSWER✅ 50 - start
earlier in African Americans
Test for bladder cancer - VERIFIED ANSWER✅ Urine blood test - no more than 2-
3 red cells
Treatable cancer - VERIFIED ANSWER✅ Lymphoma, breast, ovarian, prostate,
thyroid
Not treatable cancer - VERIFIED ANSWER✅ Pancrease, stomach, lung
3 types of breast tumors - VERIFIED ANSWER✅ -Fibroadenoma - multiple
tumors - common in AA- fine needle aspiration to confirm
, -Fibrocystic - most common - caused be estrogen - usually in upper outer
quadrent - confirmed by sonogram
-Breast cancer
Clustered polymorphic microcalcifications in branched shapes - VERIFIED
ANSWER✅ ductal carcinoma in situ
MOST COMMON MAMMOGRAM ABNORMALITY - CAN RESULT IN CANCER
Early signs of breast cancer - VERIFIED ANSWER✅ Non painful lump and
galactorrhea
Breast cancer arises from ductal or lobular - VERIFIED ANSWER✅ Can be
invasive or in situ (encapsulated)
Breast cancer metastasis - VERIFIED ANSWER✅ - liver and bone metastasis
should be associated with elevated serum alkaline phosphates
-hypercalemia is often seen in advanced breast cancer
-CEA and CA15-3 can be used as markers of recurrent breast cancer