Structural Cardiac Disorders

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1. often caused by calcium deposits on the heart valve which obstructs blood flow (21)
3. most common cause of sudden cardiac death in young athletes (27)
5. high pitched blowing sound at apex (holosystolic murmur) (20)
7. symptom triad of: angina, dyspnea, and syncope (21)
9. diastolic dysfunction with rigid ventricular walls (26)
11. requires immediate valve repair/replacement and ICU care (26)
13. blckwards flow of blood into the left atrium during systole caused by the valve (20)
15. presents similarly to a MI and occurs shortly after a catastrophic event (24)
17. contraindicated procedure in mitral regurgitation (13)
19. mitral midsystolic click heard on auscultation (21)

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2. irreversible dilation of ventricles due to systolic dysfunction (22)
4. obstructed left ventricle blood flow with nondilated left ventricle (27)
6. A portion of one or both mitral valve leaflets bulge back into the left atrium (21)
8. occurs abruptly due to papillary muscle rupture (cardiac emergency) (26)
10. loud S1 and an opening snap on auscultation; potential murmur heard (15)
12. "broken heart syndrome" occuring in post-menopausal women (24)
14. mitral valve fails to open properly or is narrowed causing turbulant blood flow (15)
16. water hammer pulse with widened pulse pressure (16)
18. disease characterized by v-tach and right sided heart failure (17)
20. blood flows backwards from the aorta to the LV during diastole (16)