Buzzwords

Question 1

Irregularly irregular pulse

Answer 1

Atrial Fibrillation

Question 2

Sawtooth base line -150bpm

Answer 2

Atrial flutter

Question 3

ABCDE of pulmonary oedema

Answer 3

Alveolar bat wings 
Kerley B lines 
Cardiomegaly 
Dilated prominent upper lobe vessels 
Pleural effusion

Question 4

Raised JVP/hepatojugular

Answer 4

Right-sided heart failure

Question 5

Sense of impending doom

Answer 5

MI

Question 6

Saddle shaped ST elevation

Answer 6

Pericarditis

Question 7

Broad complex tachycardia

Answer 7

Ventricular problem

Question 8

Mid diastolic murmur with tapping, undisplaced apex

Answer 8

Mitral stenosis

Question 9

Broad QRS with slurred upstroke on R wave (delta wave)

Answer 9

WPW syndrome

Question 10

Tall tented T waves

Answer 10

Hyperkalaemia (and wide QRS complexes)

Question 11

Patient gets pericarditis 4-6 weeks post MI

Answer 11

Dressler’s syndrome

Question 12

Blurred yellowing vision headache

Answer 12

Digoxin toxicity

Question 13

Continuous machine like heart murmur

Answer 13

Patent ductus Arteriosus

Question 14

Janeway lesions/Osler’s node

Answer 14

Subacute bacterial endocarditis

Question 15

Rib notching on CXR

Answer 15

Coarctation of the aorta

Question 16

Crescendo decrescendo murmur

Answer 16

Aortic stenosis

Question 17

Diminished absent lower limb pulses

Answer 17

Coarctation of the aorta

Question 18

Radio-femoral delay

Answer 18

Coarctation of the aorta

Question 19

Radio-radial delay

Answer 19

Coarctation or aortic dissection

Question 20

MRS ASS

Answer 20

Mitral Regurge Systolic

Aortic Stenosis Systolic

Question 21

Systolic murmur radiates to the neck

Answer 21

Aortic Stenosis

Question 22

Fever and erotic chest pain that’s relieved by sitting up and leaning forward

Answer 22

Pericarditis