Cardiology

Question 1

pleuritic chest pain relieved by sitting up and leaning forward

Answer 1

pericarditis

Question 2

irregularly irregular pulse

Answer 2

AF

Question 3

saw tooth baseline on ECG + 150 bpm

Answer 3

atrial flutter

Question 4

ABCDE of pulmonary oedema

Answer 4

Alvelolar bat wings
kerley B lines
Cardiomegaly 
Dilated prominent upper lobe vessels 
pleural Effusion

Question 5

raised JVP

Answer 5

right sided heart failure

Question 6

sense of impending doom

Answer 6

MI

Question 7

saddle shaped ST elevation

Answer 7

pericarditis

Question 8

broad complex tachycardia

Answer 8

ventricular problem

Question 9

mid-diastolic murmur with a tapping, undisplayed apex

Answer 9

mitral stenosis

Question 10

broad QRS with slurred upstroke on R wave

Answer 10

WPW

Question 11

delta wave

Answer 11

WPW

Question 12

tall tented T waves

Answer 12

hyperkalaemia

Question 13

wide QRS complexes

Answer 13

hyperkalaemia

Question 14

Dressler’s syndrome

Answer 14

pericarditis 4-6 weeks post MI

Question 15

blurred yellowing vision headaches

Answer 15

digoxin toxicity

Question 16

Janeway lesions/Osler’s nodes

Answer 16

subacute bacterial endocarditis

Question 17

continuous machine like murmur

Answer 17

patent ductus arteriossus

Question 18

rib notchin on CXR

Answer 18

coarctation of aorta

Question 19

crescendo decrescendo murmur

Answer 19

aortic stenosis

Question 20

diminished absent lower limb pulses

Answer 20

coarctation of aorta

Question 21

radio femoral dela

Answer 21

coarctation of aorta

Question 22

radial radial delay

Answer 22

coarctation or aortic dissection

Question 23

MRS ASS

Answer 23

Mitral Regurgitation Systolic

Aortic Stenosis Systolic

Question 24

systolic murmur, radiates to the neck

Answer 24

aortic stenosis

Question 25

sudden tearing/ripping chest pain, radiates to the back

Answer 25

aortic dissection