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Cardio Flashcards

1
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Fever, pleuritic pain relieved by sitting up

A

Pericarditis

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2
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Irregularly irregular pulse

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Atrial fibrilation

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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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Alveolar bat’s wings, Kerley B lines, Cardiomegaly, Dilated prominent upper lobe vessels, Plural effusion

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Pulmonary oedema

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5
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Raised JVP/hepatojugular

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Right-sided heart failure

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6
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Sense of impending doom

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MI

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7
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Saddle shaped ST elevation without troponin elevation

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Pericarditis

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8
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Broad QRS complex tachycardia

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Ventricular problems

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9
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Mid-diastolic murmur with a tapping, undisplaced apex

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Mitral stenosis

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10
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Broad QRS with slurred upstroke on R wave

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Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

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11
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Delta waves

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Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

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12
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Tall, tented T waves (wide QRS complexes)

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Hyperkalaemia

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13
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Patient gets pericarditis 4-6 weeks post MI

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Dressler’s syndrome

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14
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Blurred yellowing vision headache

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Digoxin toxicity

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15
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Janeway lesions

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Sub acute bacterial endocarditis

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16
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Osler’s nodes

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Sub acute bacterial endocarditis

17
Q

Continuous machine like heart murmur

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Patent ductus arteriosus

18
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Rib notching on CXR

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Coarctation of the aorta

19
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Crescendo decrescendo murmur

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Aortic stenosis

20
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Diminished absent lower limb pulses

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Coarctation of the aorta

21
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Dry cough

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Side effect of ACEI

22
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Radial-radial delay not acute

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Coarctation of the aorta

23
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Radial-radial delay acute

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Aortic dissection

24
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Collapsing pulse

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Aortic regurgitation

25
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Slow rising pulse

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Aortic stenosis

26
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Splinter haemorrhages

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Infective endocarditis

27
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Main cause of infective endocarditis in prosthetic valve

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Staph aureus

28
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Main cause of infective endocarditis in post dental surgery

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Strep viridians

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