Cardiology Flashcards
narrow QRS tachycardia come from 2 places
- atria
2. AVN
Valsalva maneuver used for…?
restore normal heart rate
chest pain by exertion
angina
2 main causes of angina
- hypertension
2. diabetes
pericarditis symptoms
flu
central chest pain
pain eased with anti inflamms
hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy presentation
and pulse type
collapse
pulse type: jerky
methotrexate used for
RA
how to accentuate an ejection systolic murmur?
squat down
inverted p waves
retrograde atrial conduction
MI and bradycardia suggest which vessel is occluded?
RCA
fluid overload can occur after an MI - this is indicated by changes in physiology: i.e: increased HR, RR
Look for signs of heart failure - breahtlessness, sitting forward
How do you treat?
give IV furosemide
signs of heart failure
breathlessness
sitting forward
how to hear aoritc regurgitation
sit up and lean forwards
how to hear right sided murmurs
deep breath in
how to test for stable angina?
stress test on ECG then angiogram
what kind of pulse can aortic regurgitation cause?
collapsing
congestive HF symptoms
cough SOB sleeping up right pitting oedema JVP alternans pulse
what is CHAD2DS2 VASC2 for?
AF, helps to see if anti-coagulant is needed
what is budd chiari syndrome?
presentation?
hepatic vein blocked
englarged liver
cor pulmonale
what is it
symptoms
right heart side englargment because of liver abnormality
symptoms: fainting, chest pain, swelling ankels, respiratory problems
peripherial oedema in someone with COPD…think about what….
right heart failure
what would you see in chronic hep?
jaundice
When does creatinine kinase rise
MI and trauma
Pan systolic murmur on LHS with tender abdomen
Tricuspid regurgitation with hepatomegaly
