Cardiology Buzzwords

Question 1

Patient has fever & pleuritic chest pain that is relieved by sitting up & leaning forward indicates what?

Answer 1

Pericarditis

Question 2

Irregularly irregular pulse?

Answer 2

Atrial fibrillation

Question 3

Saw tooth baseline on ECG + 150bpm

Answer 3

Atrial flutter

Question 4

Alveolar bat’s wings, Kerley B lines, cardiomegaly, dilated prominent upper lobe vessels, pleural effusion. These all indicate?

Answer 4

Pulmonary oedema

Question 5

Raised JVP/hepatojugular indicate?

Answer 5

Right-sided heart failure

Question 6

Sense of impending doom associated with what?

Answer 6

MI

Question 7

Saddle shaped ST elevation?

Answer 7

Pericarditis

Question 8

Broad complex tachycardia

Answer 8

Ventricular problem

Question 9

Narrow QRS complexes indicate?

Answer 9

Atrial problem on ECG

Question 10

Mid-Diastolic murmur with a tapping, undisplayed apex?

Answer 10

Mitral stenosis

Question 11

Broad QRS with slurred upstroke on R wave (Delta wave)?

Answer 11

Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

Question 12

Tall tented T waves indicate?

Answer 12

Hyperkalaemia (& wide QRS complexes)

Question 13

Pericarditis 4-6 weeks post MI?

Answer 13

Dressler’s syndrome

Question 14

Blurred yellowing vision headache is a sign of what?

Answer 14

Digoxin toxicity

Question 15

Janeway lesions/Osler’s node indicate what?

Answer 15

Subacute bacterial endocarditis

Question 16

Continuous machine like heart murmur indicates what?

Answer 16

Patent ductus arteriosus

Question 17

Rib notching on CXR indicates what?

Answer 17

Coarctation of the aorta

Question 18

Crescendo decrescendo murmur indicates?

Answer 18

Aortic stenosis

Question 19

Diminished absent lower limb pulses indicates?

Answer 19

Coarctation of the aorta

Question 20

What is MRS ASS?

Answer 20

Mitral regurgitation systolic, aortic stenosis systolic

Question 21

Signs of acute limb ischaemia?

Answer 21

6 Ps, Pale, Pulseless, Painful, Paralysed, Parenthetic, Perinshingly cold.

Question 22

Emergency treatment of MI?

Answer 22

MONA + T