4. endocarditis in IV drug abusers typically
a. involves the mitral valve
b. is caused by candida albicans
c. does not cause fever
d. has a better prognosis than other types of endocarditis
e. is caused by staph aureus
5. The commonest cause of fungal endocarditis is
a. Actinomycosis
b. aspergillus
c. ?
d. candida
e. blatomycosis
6. With regard to MI
a. Gross necrotic changes are present within 3-5 hours
b. Irreversible cell injury occurs in less than 10 minutes
c. Fibrotic scarring is completed in less than 2 weeks
d. Death occurs in 20% of cases in less than 2 hours
e. Is most commonly caused by occlusion of the left circumflex coronary
artery
7. Regarding pericarditis
a. Constrictive pericarditis only rarely follows suppurative pericarditis
b. Primary pericarditis is usually bacterial in origin
c. Serous pericarditis may be due to uraemia
d. Fibrinous pericarditis is due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
until proven ptherwise
e. Haemorrhagic pericarditis is most commonly due to Klebsiella
infection
8. A young man presents with central chest pain presumed to be
associated with vasoconstriction. The most likely cause of the pain is
local
a. Hypoxia
b. Decreased ATP
c. Increased CO2
d. Catecholamines acting on alpha 1 receptors
e. Acetylcholine stimulation
9. An adult male with an ejection fraction of 80% could be due to
a. Myocardial ischaemia
b. Arrythmia
c. Thiamine deficiency
d. ?
e. ?
10. The cause of fluid retention peripherally with congestive cardiac
failure is