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Pregnant women in 3rd trimester has normal blood pressure when standing and sitting. When supine, blood pressure drops to 90/50. What is the diagnosis?
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Compression of IVC.
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35 year old man has high blood pressure in his arms and low pressure in his legs. Diagnosis?
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Coarctation of aorta.
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5 year old boy presents with systolic murmur and wide, fixed split S2.
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ASD
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During a game, a young football player collapses and dies immediately. Cardiac disease?
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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Patient has a stroke after incurring multiple long bone fractures in trauma stemming from an MVA. What caused infarct?
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Fat emboli.
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Elderly woman presents with a HA and jaw pain. Labs show elevated ESR. Diagnosis?
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Temporal arteritis.
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80 year old man presents with a systolic crescendo-decrescendo murmur. Cause?
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Aortic stenosis.
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Man starts a medication for hyperlipidemia. He then develops a rash, pruritis, and GI upset. Drug?
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Niacin.
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Patient develops a cough and must discontinue captopril. What is a good replacement drug, and why doesn't it have the same side effects?
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Losartan, and angiotensin II receptor antagonist, does not increase bradykinin as captopril does.
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