Cardiology Flashcards
What is Bisferiens Pulse a sign off (double pulse on palpation of the artery)
Mixed aortic valve disease
Most common cause of infective endocarditis:
1) < 2 months post valve surgery
2) No cardiac surgery or over 2 months post cardiac surgery
1) Staphylococcus epidermis
2) Staphylococcus Aureus
Optimal time to take a statin?
Last thing in the evening
Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, who have a positive response to vasodilator testing should be treated with?
Calcium channel blockers (e.g. Nifedipine)
Medical definition of eisenmengers syndrome?
The reversal of a left to right shunt
In the management of stable angina, all patients should receive what combination of medication?
Aspirin + Statin
What is the first line medication for management of stable angina symptoms?
BB or CCB
What additional heart sound will be heard in:
1) DCM
2) HOCM
1) 3 (3 letters)
2) 4 (4 letters)
First line antihypertensive for pregnancy induced hypertension?
Labetalol
First cardiac enzyme marker to rise in acute MI?
Myoglobin
Cardiac enzyme which is useful to look for re-infarction within 3 days of acute ischaemic event?
CK-MB
Murmur: early diastolic murmur
Aortic Regurgitation
Murmur: loud systolic ejection murmur
Aortic Stenosis
Murmur: mid-systolic click usually accompanied by a late systolic murmur. It is more common in people with connective tissue disorders, such as Marfan syndrome.
Mitral Valve prolapse
Murmur: low-pitched, rumbling, mid-diastolic murmur heard loudest over the apex. The most common cause of mitral stenosis is rheumatic fever
Mitral Stenosis