Cardio

Question 0

ECG cards:
Template with normal
Physiologic sig
Specific abnormalities per card

Answer 0

X

Question 1

Testing Strategy

• content breakdown
• age/race/exam findings often important!
• % experimental

Answer 1

Diagnosis > management > mechanism & prevention

~15%

Question 2

Kussmaul sign finding, ddx

Answer 2

Increase JVP with inspiration

R infarct, tamponade, tricuspid regurg, constrictive pericarditis

Question 3

JVD, finding, ddx

Answer 3

> 7cm distention (how to measure?)

Ddx:
Right HF, pulm HTN, volume overload, tricuspid regurg, pericardial disease

Question 5

See ED for PEA, vfib, afib, bradycardia management

Answer 5

A

Question 6

Fibromuscular dysplasia path, presentation, dx, tx

Answer 6

Noninflammatory, nonatherosclerotic artery narrowing, usually renal, carotid, or vertebral

Hypertension
Headache
Hyperaldosteronism (renal)
Amaurosis fugax, TIA (carotid, vertebral)

CT