Cardiology Buzzwords Flashcards
Patient has fever & pleuritic chest pain that is relieved by sitting up & leaning forward indicates what?
Pericarditis
Irregularly irregular pulse?
Atrial fibrillation
Saw tooth baseline on ECG + 150bpm
Atrial flutter
Alveolar bat’s wings, Kerley B lines, cardiomegaly, dilated prominent upper lobe vessels, pleural effusion. These all indicate?
Pulmonary oedema
Raised JVP/hepatojugular indicate?
Right-sided heart failure
Sense of impending doom associated with what?
MI
Saddle shaped ST elevation?
Pericarditis
Broad complex tachycardia
Ventricular problem
Narrow QRS complexes indicate?
Atrial problem on ECG
Mid-Diastolic murmur with a tapping, undisplayed apex?
Mitral stenosis
Broad QRS with slurred upstroke on R wave (Delta wave)?
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
Tall tented T waves indicate?
Hyperkalaemia (& wide QRS complexes)
Pericarditis 4-6 weeks post MI?
Dressler’s syndrome
Blurred yellowing vision headache is a sign of what?
Digoxin toxicity
Janeway lesions/Osler’s node indicate what?
Subacute bacterial endocarditis
Continuous machine like heart murmur indicates what?
Patent ductus arteriosus
Rib notching on CXR indicates what?
Coarctation of the aorta
Crescendo decrescendo murmur indicates?
Aortic stenosis
Diminished absent lower limb pulses indicates?
Coarctation of the aorta
What is MRS ASS?
Mitral regurgitation systolic, aortic stenosis systolic
Signs of acute limb ischaemia?
6 Ps, Pale, Pulseless, Painful, Paralysed, Parenthetic, Perinshingly cold.
Emergency treatment of MI?
MONA + T
