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For which one of the following drugs is the major mechanism of the anti-angina effect a decrease in ventricular preload?

Which one of the following agents would NOT move the Frank-Starling curve from curve A to B in a person with heart failure?

A patient develops ringing in their ears and headache. Which class I anti-arrhythmic are they taking?

A 69 yo man with a 100 pack-year history of smoking, hypertension, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia presents with new-onset chest pain that occurs at rest and while walking up stairs. His cardiac troponin test is not elevated (a.k.a., within the normal range) and his EKG at rest is normal. What is the correct diagnosis?

An adult with pulmonary hypertension complains of edema in their lower extremities. Their physical examination reveals pathologically increased JVD (jugular venous distention) and hepatomegaly. The patient does not complain of cough or shortness of breath. Their lungs are clear to auscultation. What do you conclude?

What ECG lead primarily registers cardiac electrical vectors moving toward the feet?

An 80 year old man has not seen a doctor in 15 years.. He has recently had trouble sleeping and since his previous physician retired several years ago, he identified a physician in town that is accepting new patients. Upon physical examination, blood pressure is 160/80 mm Hg, heart rate is 70 beats/min, and respiratory rate is 14 breathes/min. The patient has never been treated for hypertension and recalls no previous blood pressure concerns. What is the most likely cause of the hypertension in this patient?

A 74-year-old woman develops substernal chest pain for several hours but does not see a physician. Two days later she is found dead by her daughter at home. Autopsy shows coagulative necrosis with neutrophil infiltration in the myocardium. Other vital organs show no abnormality on autopsy. Which of the following is the most likely underlying cause of this patient’s death?

What is the terminology for the valvular lesions seen in this image, taken from a lupus patient?

The image depicts the normal relationship between the cardiac cycle, LV volume and LV pressure (LVP). ESPVR is the End systolic pressure-volume relationship whereas EDPVR is the End diastolic pressure-volume relationship. If compliance is defined as the change in volume per change in pressure (compliance = DV/DP), which statement is true about the LV compliance in systole versus diastole?