Cardiology

Question 1

Difference between right side and left side backward failure in animals

Answer 1

Ascites (large animal) and dyspnea/tachypnea
LS: cough, exercise intolerance, sleep in sternal

Question 2

Gallop rhythm is associated with systole or diastole?

Answer 2

Diástole: rapid filling

Question 3

What does a holosytolic murmur sounds like?

Answer 3

Occur throughout systole and tend to block out first and second heart sound (VSD, MR, TR)

Question 4

Where is an aortic stenosis murmur best heard? And pulmonary?

Answer 4

Left base, tend to have weak pulse
Left base more cranial

Question 5

A continuous murmur is typically a….. and tend to have ………..pulse

Answer 5

PDA (through systole and diastole)
Hyper dynamic

Question 6

What can hyperkalemia cause in the heart?

Answer 6

Atrial standstill

Question 7

What is sick sinus syndrome

Answer 7

No SA node output and can lead to syncope

Question 8

Is 3rd degree AV block a fast or slow rhythm?

Answer 8

Slow: only escape beats

Question 9

How do we treat premature ventricular complex?

Answer 9

IV Lidocaine bonus then CRI

Question 10

Typical cause of atrial premature complex (as in underlying disease)

Answer 10

STRETCH

Question 11

What does electrical altrecans indicated?

Answer 11

Pericardial effusion (on ECG it is lots of different heights of QRS complexes)