Cardio Flashcards
Pericarditis s/s? (5)
Fever, pleuritic chest pain relived by sitting up and leaning forward, cough, tachyopnoea, PERICARDIAL RUB
Ax pericarditis? (4)
Viral (coxsackie), TB, trauma, dresslers (post-MI)
ECG pericarditis?
Saddle-shaped ST elevation, PR depression
Ax endocarditis?
Strep viridans, HACEK, staph aureus
s/s endocarditis?
FROM JANE
Fever, roth spots, Osler’s nodes, murmur, janeway lesions, anaemia, nails (splinter haemorrhages), emboli
Dx endocarditis?
Blood culture, anaemia, CXR, ECHO, urinalysis for microscopic haematuria
Tx endocarditis?
- Native valves: amoxicillin + gentamicin
- Prosthetic valves: vancomycin, gentamicin + rifampacin
- IV drug: fluclox
- Staph aureus: fluclox
- MRSA: vancmycin, gentamicin + rifampacin
- Viridans strep: benzylpenicillin + gentamicin
- enterococcus: vancomycin + gentamicin
- staph epidermidis: vancomycin, gentamicin + rifampacin
S/s myocarditis? (4)
Fever, chest pains, SOB, palpitations
Ax myocarditis? (7)
Lymes, cocksakie, chaga’s disease, HIV, rheumatic fever, eosinophillic, SLE
Ax arhythmias? (5)
LVH, accessory pathway, drugs, inflammation, genetic
Dx arrhythmias?
ECG, electrophysiological study
Tx bradycardia?
- If asymptomatic and >40 bpm, no Tx required
* If <40 bpm or asymptomatic, IV atropine (if no response to atropine - temporary pacing wire)
SVT ECG?
Narrow complex tachy (QRS <0.12)
Tx SVT?
Vagotonic manouvres, IV adenosine/verapamil, DC shock
- Maintenance: BB/verapamil (NEVER together!!), radiofrequency ablation
ECG AF?
Irregularly irregular pulse, absent P waves, F waves
Ax AF?
Ectopic foci in pulmonary VEINS
Tx AF?
- Acute: emergency cardioversion, if unavailible = amiodarone + verapamil/bisoprolol
- Chronic: BB/CCB, if fails add amiodarone
ANTICOAGULATION if high risk of thomboembolism CHA2DS2-VAS
Maintenance of AF?
Catheter ablation of pulmonary vein focus
s/s AF? (6)
Palpitations, syncope, chest pain, breathlessness, fatigue, sweating
ECG VT?
Broad complex tachy
Tx VT?
Amiodarone/lidocaine, ICD, catheter ablation
Wolf Parkinson White syndrome?
Congenital accessory conduction pathway between atria and ventricles
ECG = delta waves
Tx WPW?
Ablation of accessory pathways
1st degree heart block? Tx?
PR interval longer than normal (>0.2)
Tx = none
2nd degree heart block? Tx?
- Mobitz 1 - progressive lengthening of PR interval eventually resulting in dropped beat
- Mobitz 2 - usually 2:1 or 3:1
- Tx = pacemaker
3rd degree heart block? Tx?
Heart stops (asystole) or enters escape rhythm