Cardio Flashcards
Fever, pleuritic pain relieved by sitting up
Pericarditis
Irregularly irregular pulse
Atrial fibrilation
ECG - saw tooth baseline + 150bpm
Atrial flutter
Alveolar bat’s wings, Kerley B lines, Cardiomegaly, Dilated prominent upper lobe vessels, Plural effusion
Pulmonary oedema
Raised JVP/hepatojugular
Right-sided heart failure
Sense of impending doom
MI
Saddle shaped ST elevation without troponin elevation
Pericarditis
Broad QRS complex tachycardia
Ventricular problems
Mid-diastolic murmur with a tapping, undisplaced apex
Mitral stenosis
Broad QRS with slurred upstroke on R wave
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
Delta waves
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
Tall, tented T waves (wide QRS complexes)
Hyperkalaemia
Patient gets pericarditis 4-6 weeks post MI
Dressler’s syndrome
Blurred yellowing vision headache
Digoxin toxicity
Janeway lesions
Sub acute bacterial endocarditis
Osler’s nodes
Sub acute bacterial endocarditis
Continuous machine like heart murmur
Patent ductus arteriosus
Rib notching on CXR
Coarctation of the aorta
Crescendo decrescendo murmur
Aortic stenosis
Diminished absent lower limb pulses
Coarctation of the aorta
Dry cough
Side effect of ACEI
Radial-radial delay not acute
Coarctation of the aorta
Radial-radial delay acute
Aortic dissection
Collapsing pulse
Aortic regurgitation
Slow rising pulse
Aortic stenosis
Splinter haemorrhages
Infective endocarditis
Main cause of infective endocarditis in prosthetic valve
Staph aureus
Main cause of infective endocarditis in post dental surgery
Strep viridians
