NPLEX 1- Cardiology practice Questions and Verified Answers, 100% Guarantee Pass (Latest 2025 Post-mortem microscopic examination of the proximal end of the left anterior descending coronary artery from a 41 year old female reveals a thrombotic occlusion arising from an atherosclerotic plaque.Which of the following underlying conditions most likely led to her death? - Correct Answers ✅Type 2 diabetes Post-mortem microscopic examination of the proximal end of the left anterior descending coronary artery from a 41 year old female reveals a thrombotic occlusion arising from an atherosclerotic plaque.Hypercholesterolemia was implicated in the pathogenesis of her atherosclerosis. In the synthesis of cholesterol, what is the key regulating enzyme? - Correct Answers ✅HMG Co-A reductase
- What is the source of the left anterior descending coronary
artery? - Correct Answers ✅Left Coronary artery A 4-week old male has a ventricular septal defect. Physical examination reveals a systolic murmur but there is no evidence of cyanosis. Echocardiography shows a left-to-right shunt through a defect in the membranous part of the interventricular septum. 1 / 2
NPLEX 1- Cardiology practice Questions and Verified Answers, 100% Guarantee Pass (Latest 2025 The membranous interventricular septum is normally formed
by the: - Correct Answers ✅Endocardial cushions
A 4-week old male has a ventricular septal defect. Physical examination reveals a systolic murmur but there is no evidence of cyanosis. Echocardiography shows a left-to-right shunt through a defect in the membranous part of the interventricular septum.
- How have his cardiac hemodynamics changed as a result
- If he had a right-to-left shunt, what would be the
- Cyanosis - Correct Answers ✅Cyanosis
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of this left-to-right shunt? = mixing of C02 and O2 blood so output from left ventricle is reduced (nothing will be increased in this case) - Correct Answers ✅Cardiac output is decreased A 4-week old male has a ventricular septal defect. Physical examination reveals a systolic murmur but there is no evidence of cyanosis. Echocardiography shows a left-to-right shunt through a defect in the membranous part of the interventricular septum.
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