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Cardiology Flashcards

1
Q

Patient with fever and pleuritis chest pain that is relieved by sitting up and leaning forward

A

Pericarditis

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2
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Irregularly irregular pulse

A

Atrial fibrillation

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3
Q

Saw tooth baseline on ECG + 150 bmp

A

Atrial flutter

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4
Q

Raised JVP/ Hepatojugular

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Right sided heart failure

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5
Q

Sense of impending doom

A

Myocardial infarction

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6
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Saddle shaped ST elevation

A

Pericarditis

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7
Q

Broad complex tachycardia

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Ventricular problem

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8
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Mid-diastolic murmur with a tapping, displaced apex

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Mitral Stenosis

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9
Q

Broad QRS with slurred upstroke on R wave (delta wave)

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Wolf-Parkinson-White Syndrome

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10
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Tall tended T waves (and wide QRS complex - Sine wave sign)

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Hyperkalaemia

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11
Q

Patient gets pericarditis 4-6 weeks post MI

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Dressler’s syndrome

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12
Q

Blurred yellow vision & headache

A

Digoxin Toxicity

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13
Q

Janeway lesions/Oslers Nodes

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Subacute bacterial endocarditis

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14
Q

Continuous machinery murmur

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Patent Ductus Arteriosus

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15
Q

Rib Notching on Chest X Ray

A

Coarctation of the aorta

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16
Q

Crescendo decrescendo murmur

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Aortic stenosis

17
Q

Diminished absent lower limb pulses

A

Coarctation of the aorta

18
Q

Drugs for STABLE angina 1st Line treatment

A

Offer either Beta-blocker or calcium channel blocker

19
Q

Crushing chest pain on exercise, relieved by rest

A

Stable angina

20
Q

Atrial fibrillation treatment

A

1st line RATE CONTROL treatment: Beta-blocker of Calcium channel blocker

21
Q

Valvular defect most strongly associated with rheumatoid factor

A

Mitral stenosis

22
Q

Common side effect of calcium channel blockers

A

Ankle oedema

23
Q

Community Acquired Pneumonia treatment ladder

A

MILD:

24
Q

Which lobe is affected in a Chest X Ray with consolidation, absence of heart border and ipsilateral hemi-diaphragm preserved ?

A

Middle lobe affect

25
Q

Which lobe is affected in a Chest X Ray with consolidation, absence of hemidiaphragm (and ipsilateral heart border maintained)?

A

Lower lobe affected

26
Q

FEV1, FVC, FEV1/ FVC, PEFR in OBSTRUCTIVE lung disease e.g. COPD

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↓ FEV1, ↓FVC, ↓ FEV1/ FVC, ↓ PEFR

27
Q

1st Line small cell lung cancer management?

A

Chemotherapy

28
Q

Haemolytic anaemia + AKI + Thrombocytopenia

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Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (commonly from E.coli 0157)

29
Q

How would bacillus cereus appear on culture/gram stain?

A

Gram positive rod

30
Q

Finger clubbing

A

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

31
Q

What type of muscle is the aorta made from?

A

Elastic

32
Q

What is the Ankle Brachial Pressure Index used for?

A

Peripheral Arterial Disease

33
Q

ECG changes: ST elevation, T inversion and Q wave formation

A

MI

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