Cardio/BV Textbook Questions Flashcards
Still murmur quality?
Grade 1/2
Midsystolic, without radiation, medium pitch, blowing, refit and s2 splitting common
Located in 2nd L ICS
Heard in recumbent may disappear when patient sits or stands
Structural heart disease is more likely when the murmur is….
Holosystolic Diastolic Grade 3+ With systolic click Increase with standing Harsh quality
For systolic murmurs, inspiration increases or decreases intensity
Increases
Exhalation decreases intensity
Distinguish hypertrophic murmurs
Valsalva increases intensity
Distinguish cardiomyopathy systolic murmurs
Squatting to standing increases
Leg elevation of 45 degrees decreases
Distinguish mitral regurgitation
Handgrip increases intensity of murmur
Ventricular septal defect murmur distinguishing factor
BP cuff 20-40 and it increases intensity in 20 seconds
Causes of thrills
Aortic, pulmonic, mitral stenosis Ventricular septal defect Aortic/Mitral regurgitation Tetralogy of fallot PDA Aneurysm of ascending aorta
Where would you feel a thrill if ventricular septal defect present?
4th left ICS
Where would you feel a thrill in tetrology of fallot
Left lower sternal boarder
Where would you feel a thrill in mitral regurgitation
Apex of heart
Where would you feel a thrill in PDA
Left upper sternal boarder
Where would you feel a thrill in aneurysm of ascending aorta
Right sternal boarder
Where would you feel a thrill in mitral stenosis
Apex
What is a pulse characterized by alternation of a pulsation of small amplitude and then large but with a regular rhythm
Pulsus alternans
What is a pulse characterized by two main pees. The first termed the percussion and the second termed the tidal wave. The first is thought to be pulse pressure and the second the reverberation from the periphery
Pulsus bisferiens
