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Buzzwords Flashcards

1
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Irregularly irregular

A

Atrial fibrillation

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2
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Slow rising pulse

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Aortic stenosis

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3
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Bounding pulse

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Acute CO2 retention or sepsi

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4
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Radiofemoral delay

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Coarctation of the aorta

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5
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Jerky pulse

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Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy or mitral regurgitation

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6
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Pulsus paradoxus

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Constrictive pericarditis/ cardiac tamponade

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7
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Raised, fixed JVO

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SVC obstruction

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8
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JVP rising on inspiration

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cardiac tamponade or constrictive pericarditis

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9
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Large v waves

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tricuspid regurgitation

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10
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Absent a waves

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Atrial fibrillation

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11
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cannon a waves

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complete heart block

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12
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tapping apex beat

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mitral stenosis

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13
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loud first heart sound

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mitral stenosis

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14
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Wide pulse pressure

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aortic regurgitation

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15
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continuous machinery murmur below left clavicle.

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patent ductus arteriosus

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16
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Fixed split second heart sound

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atrial septal defect

17
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Cyanosis first day of life, chest x-ray: egg shaped ventricles.

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transposition of great vessels

18
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cyanosis first month of life, boot shaped heart on x-ray

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tetralogy of Fallot

19
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over-riding aorta, VSD, pulmonary stenosis and RV hypertrophy.

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tetralogy of fallot

20
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saddle shaped st elevation

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acute pericarditis

21
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tall tented t waves, wide QRS

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hyperkalaemia

22
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flattened t waves, prominent u waves, muscle weakness, cramps, tetany

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hypokalaemia

23
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long QT with electrolyte imbalance

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hypocalcaemia

24
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Reciprocal changes V1, V2, tall R waves, ST depression, tall upright t waves

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posterior MI

25
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drug causing impotence

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beta blockers

26
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drug causing cold peripheries

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beta blockers

27
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drug causing gynaecomastia

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spironolactone

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