Cardiology Path Buzzwords

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Cardiology Path Buzzwords


 
  
Created Jul 23, 2012
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in massive cardiac enlargement if dilated cardiomyopathy which AV valve is functional and which...
 
mitral ok tricuspid bad.
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Causes for dilated cardiomyopathy?
 
Alcoholobesitypregnancy (peripartum)post viral infectionchagas dxthiamine insufficiencycardiotoxic...
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Stuff/Drugs that are directly cardiotoxic and contribute to dilated cardiomyopathy
 
alcohol, Adriamycin (doxorubin): a cancer chemotherapy
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what would you see histologically in dilated cardiomyopathy?
 
myofiber hypertrophy and disarray, Lacy interstitial fibrosis
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Mutated proteins in dilated cardiomyopathy?
 
cytoskeletal proteins: dystrophin, desminsarcomeric-myosin heavy chainmuscular-actin
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Peripartum cardiomyopathy aka?duration?can cause?
 
-cardiomyopathy of pregnancy-extends from latter pregnancy up to 6 months after delivery-sudden...
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clinical complications in dilated cardiomyopathy
 
-heart failure (b/c of enlargement)-cardiac arrhythmia: stretching affects nodal cells-pulmonary...
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cause of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
 
100% genetic cause
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hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can cause?
 
-functional aortic stenosis-obstruction of left ventricular outflow-idiopathic hypertrophic...
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mutant cardiac proteins in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
 
sarcomeric-hyosin heavy chain and light chaintroponins T and I muscular-actin
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clinical complications in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
 
cardiac arrhythmiasudden cardiac death*especially prominent in young athletes*
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main causes of restrictive cardiomyopathyother causes?
 
*cardiac amyloidosis and endocardial fibroelastosis*other: loeffler's endomyocarditis (eosinophilic)Davies'...
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what is cardiac amyloidosis?what does it do?
 
-build up of abnormal fibril in heart muscle-stiffens myocardium and also impairs contractility...
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cardiac amyloidosis can be commonly see in what?
 
multiple myeloma and age related senile amyloid
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Gross pathology of  cardiac amyloidosis?
 
has a firm waxy appearance
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histological findings of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
 
-disoriented, tangled, enlarged myofibers-interstitial and myocardial fibrosis
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*apple green birefringence with congo red stain*
 
cardiac amyloidosis
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Endocardial fibroelastosis is a very rare disease for..?what is it?
 
INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDRENthickening and fibrosis of endocardium
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heart failure cells are?  and seen in what condition?
 
they are macrophages in the alveoliseen in left heart failure when blood backs up into the...
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arhythmogenic right ventricular hypertrophy-mode of inheritance-sudden death due to?-typically...
 
-autosomal dominant-arrhythmia-YOUNGER PATIENTS
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naxos syndrome
 
arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy + hyperkeratosis of palms
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Nutmeg liver-MOA-seen in what disease?
 
-right side of heart doesnt work and blood backs up into systemic and portal circulation-Right...
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When RHF occurs alone it's called?
 
Cor Pulmonale

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