Cardio Triads HY

Question 1

Ruptured Aneurysm Triad

Answer 1

L Flank Pain
Hypotension
Pulsatile Mass

Ruptured Aneurysm Triad

Question 2

Wolff-Parkinson-White ECG pattern (Dx Triad)

Answer 2

Wide QRS complex
Relatively short PR interval
Slurring of initial part of QRS complex (delta wave)

Wolff-Parkinson-White ECG pattern (Dx Triad)

Question 3

Chronic Renal Failure in ECG (Triad)

Answer 3

Peaked T waves (hyper K)
Long QT d/t ST segment lengthening (hypo Ca)
LVH (systemic HTN)

Chronic Renal Failure in ECG (Triad)

Question 4

Tamponade (Beck’s Triad)

Answer 4

Hypotension
Soft/Absent heart sounds
Jugular venous distension w/prominent X-descent but absent Y-descent

Tamponade (Beck’s Triad)

Question 5

Plaques that have caused fatal thromboses tend to have the ff:

Answer 5

Thin fibrous caps
Relatively large lipid cores
High content of macrophages

Plaques that have caused fatal thromboses tend to have

Question 6

Major determinants of myocardial O2 demand (MVO2)

Answer 6

Heart rate
Myocardial contractility
Myocardial wall tension (stress)

Major determinants of myocardial O2 demand (MVO2)

Question 7

Buerger’s disease (triad)

Answer 7

Claudication of the affected extremity
Raynaud’s phenomenon
Migratory superficial vein thrombophlebitis

Buerger’s disease (triad)

Question 8

Virchow’s triad

Answer 8

Stasis
Vascular/Endothelial damage
Hypercoagulability

Virchow’s triad

Question 9

Dressler’s Triad (Post-MI pericarditis)

Answer 9

Fever
Pleuritic pain
Pericardial effusion

Dressler’s Triad (Post-MI pericarditis)