cardiology Flashcards
Can hypertriglyceridemia improve with strict glucose control in PT with DM?
Yes
hypertriglyceridemia may be in part due to diabetes, it is reasonable to treat this patient’s diabetes first and observe if her triglyceride levels improve.
Which type of cardiomyopathy does sarcoidosis cause?
Restrictive cardiomyopathy
most common atypical presenting complaint in an elderly patient diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome?
Dyspnea. Considered an angina equivalent.
What helps to differentiate heart failure as being systolic or diastolic?
Ejection fraction
Drugs which shorten the QT-interval can cause what?
Torsades
Heart failure which sound?
S3
Which heart sound in diastolic failure and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
S4
mid-systolic murmur heard best at the second intercostal space near the right sternal border
Aortic stenosis
most suggestive of an asymptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm?
abdominal mass
most common physical finding in patients with infective endocarditis?
heart murmur
Which murmur diastolic low-pitched decrescendo murmur best heard at the cardiac apex?
Mitral stenosis. Likely d/t rheumatic heart dz.
Ebstein’s anomaly= malformed right atrium and ventricle. What 1 other thing?
Tricuspid insufficiency (leaflets attach to RV wall)
Right axis deviation in newborns <1mo normal?
Yes normal. D/C and send home.
diastolic, rumbling murmur best heard with the bell over the left sternal border at the fourth intercostal space and is louder during inspiration.
Tricuspid regurg
systolic murmur in the left infraclavicular area and under the left scapula
Coarctation of aorta
When to fix an asx AAA?
≥ 5.5 cm
or grows more than 0.6 to 0.8 cm over 6 months
How do congenital cardiac defects present in newborns?
congestive heart failure (pulmonary or peripheral edema or both)
Can Propanolol be used for heart failure?
No. It’s not beta-1 selective.
Which 3 beta blockers for HF?
Bisoprolol, carvedilol, and metoprolol
Yellow deposits on extensor surfaces due to…?
elevated TGL levels
Pericarditis will have ST elevations and PR depressions in which leads? (Hint: in eleven leads)
Diffuse ST elevations and PR depressions in V2-V6, I, II, III, aVL, and aVF are seen in the first hours to days of illness
Which lead will have ST depression and PR elevation with pericarditis?
ST depression and PR elevation in aVR
What will ST segments be shaped like in pericarditis?
ST segments are concave, diffuse
Which syndrome 2-10 weeks post-MI?
Dressler’s syndrome
What can NSAIDs do to HF?
Make it worse. If exacerbation happens then d/c the NSAID.
Short systolic murmur innocent or pathologic?
Innocent murmur
MC primary cardiac tumor in adults?
Myxoma
MC location of aortoenteric fistula formation?
Duodenum
Crescendo-desrescendo systolic murmur?
Mitral valve prolapse
Tx for Brugada Syndrome?
Impantable cardioverter defibrillator
Brugada Syndrome dysfunction of what?
Cardiac ion channel dysfunction
Brugada Syndrome resting EKG shows what?
RBBB pattern ST-elevation in V1-V3
Any STEMI in the inferior leads should lead to what type of EKG occurring?
Right-sided EKG to check for RV infarct