Which leads give us an ischemic detection rate up to 96%

Which cardiac biomarker is least sensitive for MI?

What are the 3 best EKG leads to monitor intraoperative ST changes?

Ventricular compliance is determined by which equation?

______ filling pressures are required to prime the poorly compliant ventricle

Which of these increase myocardial compliance?

Which is a compensatory mechanism in a patient with CHF?

Which of these is not correct regarding physiologic adaptations with heart failure?

Which of the two most commonly causes hypertension?

Hypertensive patients are ______ contracted, and agents that cause myocardial depression and vasodilation will expose this state

Select the two options that can be used to reverse the vasoplegia produced by ACEI/ARBs

What is the most common cause of secondary HTN?

Which antihypertensive class will lower BP from vasodilation and decreased SVR?

Choose the 2 drug types that target myocardium and vascular smooth muscle

Thiazide diuretics works by:

All clinically used CCB’s bind to the alpha 1 subunit of which voltage gates calcium channels?

In order from highest to lowest, rank the ability for these CCBs to impair contractility:

Identify the 2 anesthetic considerations for constrictive pericarditis:

Antibiotic prophylaxis for infective endocarditis is NOT required for which pts?

Choose the following procedures that are considered “dirty” where the risk of transient bacteremia is higher:

Which interventions is MOST likely to precipitate hemodynamic instability in the patient with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?

What is the most common cause of sudden cardiac death in young athletes?

Choose the names for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy:

Priming the cardiopulmonary bypass machine with a balanced salt solution reduces all of the following EXCEPT:

Which pump is preferred for cardiopulmonary bypass?

Which cardiopulmonary bypass oxygenator is preferred?

Essentially, 1mg of protamine how many units of heparin?

What should the ACT be greater than to be considered adequate heparinization for bypass?