Exam 12: Cardiovascular System Disorders

Prophylactic antibacterial drugs such as amoxicillin are given to patients with certain congenital heart defects or damaged heart valves immediately before invasive procedures to prevent:

In a child with ventricular septal defect, altered blood flow:

An atheroma develops from:

An echocardiogram is used to demonstrate any abnormal:

A partial obstruction in a coronary artery will likely cause:

Varicose ulcers may develop and be slow to heal because:

A very rapid heart rate reduces cardiac output because:

The first arteries to branch off the aorta are the:

The initial effect on the heart in cases of rheumatic fever is:

Phlebothrombosis is more likely to cause pulmonary emboli than is thrombophlebitis because:

The size of the necrotic area resulting from myocardial infarction may be minimized by all of the following EXCEPT:

Which of the following compensations that develop in patients with congestive heart failure eventually increase the workload of the heart?

A drug taken in small doses on a continuing basis to reduce platelet adhesion is:

Why does anaphylactic shock cause severe hypoxia very quickly?

The basic pathophysiological change associated with essential hypertension is:

Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea is marked by:

Low-density lipoproteins (LDL):

Which change results from total heart block?

Which of the following causes increased heart rate?

Septic emboli, a common complication of infective endocarditis, are a result of the fact that: