Cardiology PA

What is the pathophysiology of mitral stenosis?

What cardiac state and ECG heart tracings can be caused by mitral stenosis?

What is the clinical presentation of mitral stenosis?

What are the physical exam findings in mitral stenosis?

What diagnostic studies can be used for diagnosing mitral stenosis?

What are the orifice sizes in mitral stenosis from normal to severe disease?

How is asymptomatic mitral stenosis treated?

How is mitral stenosis with mild symptoms treated?

How is mitral stenosis with severe symptoms treated?

What is the pathophysiology of mitral regurgitation?

What are the clinical symptoms of mitral regurgitation?

What are the physical exam findings in mitral regurgitation?

What diagnostic studies can be used for diagnosing mitral regurgitation?

What is the treatment for patients with mild symptoms related to mitral regurgitation?

What are the treatments for symptomatic patients with mitral regurgitation?

What is the pathophysiology of mitral valve prolapse?

What are the clinical symptoms of mitral valve prolapse?

What are the physical exam findings for mitral valve prolapse?

What diagnostic studies can be used for mitral valve prolapse?

What is the treatment for mitral valve prolapse?

What is the pathophysiology of tricuspid stenosis?

What are the clinical findings associated with tricuspid valve stenosis?

What is the diagnostic test for tricuspid valve stenosis?

What is the treatment for tricuspid valve stenosis?

Tricuspid regurgitation pathophysiology?

What are the physical exam findings associated with tricuspid regurgitation?

What diagnostic test can be used for tricuspid regurgitation?

What is the treatment for tricuspid regurgitation?

What are the primary infections that cause bacterial endocarditis?

What populations are at greater risk for getting bacterial endocarditis?

What is the pathophysiology of bacterial endocarditis?

What are the clinical and physical exam findings associated with bacterial endocarditis?

What diagnostic studies are used for diagnosing bacterial endocarditis?

What is the treatment for bacterial endocarditis?

What is the etiology of aortic stenosis?

What are the populations at risk for developing aortic stenosis?

What is the pathophysiology of aortic stenosis?

What are the clinical and physical exam findings associated with aortic stenosis?

What diagnostic testing is used to diagnose aortic stenosis?

What is the treatment for aortic stenosis?

What is the etiology of aortic regurgitation?

What populations are at risk for developing aortic regurgitation?

What is the pathophysiology of aortic regurgitation?

What are the clinical and physical exam findings associated with aortic regurgitation?

What diagnostic studies are useful for diagnosis of aortic regurgitation?

What is the treatment for aortic regurgitation?

Acute Coronary Syndrome

What is the etiology/epidemiology of angina and NSTEMI ('non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction)?

What is the pathophysiology of angina and NSTEMI?

Stable angina

What is the clinical presentation associated with unstable angina and NSTEMI?

What diagnostic studies are useful in diagnosing an NSTEMI?

What is the treatment for acute angina and an acute NSTEMI?

What is the treatment for severe NSTEMI or when medical treatment fails?

What is the long-term treatment for NSTEMI?

What is the etiology of Variant (Prinzmetal's) angina?

What is the pathophysiology of Variant (Prinzmetal's) angina?

What is the clinical presentation associated with Variant (Prinzmetal's) angina?

What diagnostic studies are sued for diagnosis of Variant (Prinzmetal's) angina?

What is the treatment for Variant (Prinzmetal's) angina?

What is the etiology and epidemiology for myocardial infarction?

What is the pathophysiology of myocardial infarction?

What is the clinical presentation of a myocardial infarction?

What are the physical exam findings associated with a myocardial infarction?

What diagnostic testing is used for diagnosing a myocardial infarction?

What is the treatment for a myocardial infarction?

What is the pharmacological and lifestyle treatment for a myocardial infarction?

Anatomy
What are the layers of the heart?

What is the etiology of pericarditis?

What is the epidemiology of pericarditis?

What is the pathophysiology of pericarditis?

What is the clinical presentation associated with pericarditis?

What diagnostic testing is used when diagnosing pericarditis?

What is the treatment for pericarditis?

What is the etiology of cardiac tamponade?

What is the pathophysiology of cardiac tamponade?

What are the clinical findings associated with cardiac tamponade?

What diagnostic studies are used in diagnosing cardiac tamponade?

What is the treatment for cardiac tamponade?

What is the etiology of constrictive pericarditis?

What is the pathophysiology of constrictive pericarditis?

What is the clinical presentation associated with constrictive pericarditis?

What diagnostic studies are used to diagnose constrictive pericarditis?

What is the treatment for constrictive pericarditis?

What is the etiology of myocarditis?

What is the pathophysiology of myocarditis?

What are the clinical findings associated with myocarditis?

What diagnostic studies are used for diagnosing myocarditis?

What is the treatment for myocarditis?

What is the epidemiology of ventricular septal defect?

What is the pathophysiology of a ventricular septal defect?

What is the clinical presentation associated with ventricular septal defect?

What diagnostic testing is used to diagnose ventricular septal defect?

What is the treatment for ventricular septal defect?

What is a perimembranous ventricular septal defect?

What is a muscular ventricular septal defect?

What is an inlet ventricular septal defect?

What is a supracristal ventricular septal defect?