CARDIOLOGY Flashcards
Which congenital heart abnormality is associated with fetal alcohol syndrome?
Ventral septal defect
What heart sounds do you hear with a VSD?
Holosystolic murmur at LL sternal border
Which congenital heart defect is associated with Down Syndrome?
What is the most common heart sound?
ASD - Atrial Septal Defect?
Wide, fixed split of the S2
Which congenital heart defect is associated with maternal diabetes?
Transposition of the great vessels
Maternal DI-abetes
Di = 2, 2 separate circuits
Which congenital heart defect is associated with congenital rubella?
What heart sounds?
Patent ductus arteriosus
Holosystolic machine like murmur
What heart valve is most likely affected in S. aureus endocarditis?
Tricuspid
IV drug users
Which congenital heart disease is associated with Turner syndrome?
Which is associated with bicuspid aortic valve?
Turner syndrome = infantile form of coarctation with a PDA and coarctation distal to that and proximal to the aortic arch.
Adult form has no PDA and is associated with a bicuspid valve. Coarctation in adult form is distal to the aortic arch causes UE hypertension
What class of antiarrhythmics is best post-MI?
Class IB - Lidocaine, Mexiletine (phenytoin can fall into this category), good for ventricular tachycardias