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Cardio Flashcards

1
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Fever + pleuritic chest pain that is relieved by sitting up and leaning forwards

A

Pericarditis

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2
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Irregularly irregular pulse

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Atrial fibrillation

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3
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ECG -> saw tooth baseline + 150bpm

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Atrial flutter

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4
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Raised JVP / hepatojugular

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Right-sided heart failure

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5
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Sense of impeding doom

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MI

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6
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Saddle shaped ST elevation

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Pericarditis

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7
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Broad complex tachycardia

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Ventricular problem

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8
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Mid-diastolic murmur with a tapping, undisplaced apex

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Mitral stenosis

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9
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Broad QRS with slurred upstroke on R wave (delta wave)

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Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

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10
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Tall tented T waves

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Hyperkalaemia (+wide QRS complexes)

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11
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Patient gets pericarditis 4-6 weeks post MI

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Dressers syndrome

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12
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Blurred yellowing vision headache

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Digoxin toxicity

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13
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Jane way lesions/oslers nodes

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Subacute bacterial endocarditis

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14
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Continuous machine like heart murmur

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Patent Ductus Arteriosus

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15
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Rib notching on CXR

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Coarctation of the aorta

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16
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Crescendo decrescendo murmur

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Aortic stenosis

17
Q

Diminished absent lower limb pulses

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Coarctation of the aorta

18
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Side effect of ACEi

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Dry cough

19
Q

Contraindication with ACEi

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Renal artery stenosis

20
Q

Radial-radial delay

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Aortic dissection/coarctation of the aorta

21
Q

Collapsing pulse

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Aortic regurgitation

22
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Slow rising pulse

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Aortic stenosis

23
Q

Splinter haemorrhages

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Infective endocarditis

24
Q

Most common cause of acute infective endocarditis

A

Staph. Aureus

25
Q

Most common cause of subacute infective endocarditis

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Viridans streptococci (esp. in pre-damaged native valves)

26
Q

infective endocarditis after prosthetic valve/ surgery

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Staph. Epidermis

27
Q

Farming

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Coxiella burneti

28
Q

Brucella

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Goats

29
Q

Immune compromised/ IV drug user/ IV lines

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Fungi

30
Q

IV drug user

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Staph. Aureus
(Sometimes candida)

31
Q

Atrial myxoma

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Noncancerous tumour in the upper left or right side of the heart.
Most often grows on the wall that separates the two sides of the heart

32
Q

4 H’s and 4 T’s responsible for cardiac arrest

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Hypovolaemia
Hypothermia
Hyperkalaemia/hypokalaemia
Hypoxia
Tamponade
Tension pneumothorax
Thromboembolism
Toxin

33
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6 P’s of pale limb ischaemia

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Pale
Pulseless
Painful
Paralysed
Paraesthetic
Perishingly cold

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