Cardiac Preop for Non-Cardiac Surgery

Question 1

STEMI under anesthesia

Answer 1

Anxious, pale, diaphoretic

New onset or change in angina

ST segment elevation

Question 2

NSTEMI- Non-STElevation Myocardial Ischemia

Answer 2

Question 3

What is Prinzmetal Angina?

Answer 3

Question 4

What is cardiac syndrome X?

Answer 4

Question 5

Definition of pulmonary hypertension

Answer 5

Question 6

Primary Pulmonary Artery Hypertension

Answer 6

Question 7

Causes of Secondary Pulmonary Hypertension

Answer 7

Question 8

Equation of PVR and calculating PAP

Answer 8

Question 9

Calculating cardiac index

Answer 9

Question 10

Calculating Pa02

Answer 10

Question 11

What can cause a decrease in supply of the heart?

Answer 11

Question 12

What can cause increases in demand of the heart?

Answer 12

Question 13

How to calculate coronary blood flow?

Answer 13

Question 14

What is the J point?

Answer 14

• J-point is the pointwhere the QRS ends and the ST segment begins”
• The point at which the ECG trace becomes more horizontal than vertical
• J-point elevation, ST-segment elevation, and T-wave changes are reported with high frequency in athletes
• When examining the ST segment, focus on elevations or depressions 60 milliseconds after the J-point (since the ST segment can at times be sloping)

Question 15

ECG leads corresponding to MI location?

Answer 15

Question 16

Anterior MI ECG

Answer 16

Question 17

Inferior MI ECG

Answer 17

Question 18

Posterior MI ECG

Answer 18

Question 19

Inferior-Posterior MI ECG

Answer 19