cardiology

Question 1

types of heart failure by classification

Answer 1

• by ejection ( systolic or diastolic)
• right/left sided
• by time (acute/chronic)

Question 2

what is systolic heart failure

Answer 2

inability of the ventricles to contract normally

Question 3

what is diastolic heart failure

Answer 3

inability of the ventricles to relax and fill normally

Question 4

what is acute heart failure

Answer 4

acute exacerbation of chronic heart failure

Question 5

clinical presentation of left sided heart failure

Answer 5

pulmonary oedema - dyspnoea, orthopnoea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea, bi-basal fine crackles

Question 6

clinical presentation of right sided heart failure

Answer 6

peripheral oedema
raised JVP
hepatomegaly
weight gain due to fluid retention
anorexia (cardiac cachexia)

Question 7

causes of systolic heart failure

Answer 7

IHD
dilated cardiomyopathy
arrythmias
myocarditis

Question 8

causes of diastolic heart failure

Answer 8

cardiac tamponade
constrictive pericarditis

Question 9

blood tests to do for heart failure

Answer 9

bnp
u&e
fbc -(anaemia)