Cardiology Buzzwords

Question 1

mid-diastolic murmur with a tapping, undisplaced apex

Answer 1

mitral stenosis

Question 2

continuous machine like heart murmur

Answer 2

patent ductus arteriosus

Question 3

raised JVP

Answer 3

right sided heart failure

Question 4

rib notching on CXR

Answer 4

coarctation of the aorta

Question 5

irregularly irregular pulse

Answer 5

atrial fibrillation

Question 6

diminished/absent lower limb pulses

Answer 6

coarctation of the aorta

Question 7

sense of impending doom

Answer 7

MI

Question 8

saddle shaped ST elevation

Answer 8

pericarditis

Question 9

alveolar bat wings and cardiomegaly on CXR

Answer 9

pulmonary oedema

Question 10

crescendo decrescendo murmur

Answer 10

aortic stenosis

Question 11

patient gets pericarditis 4-6 weeks post MI

Answer 11

Dressler’s syndrome

Question 12

blurred yellow vision, headache

Answer 12

digoxin toxicity

Question 13

broad QRS with slurred upstroke in R wave (delta wave)

Answer 13

Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

Question 14

collapsing pulse

Answer 14

aortic regurgitation

Question 15

MRS ASS

Answer 15

mitral regurgitation systolic, aortic stenosis systolic

Question 16

Janeway lesions or Osler’s nodes

Answer 16

subacute bacterial endocarditis

Question 17

slow rising pulse

Answer 17

aortic stenosis

Question 18

sudden, tearing, ripping chest pain, radiates to back

Answer 18

aortic dissection

Question 19

systolic murmur, radiate to neck

Answer 19

aortic stenosis

Question 20

HR =150bpm, ECG - saw tooth baseline

Answer 20

atrial flutter

Question 21

Patient has fever and pleuritic chest pain that is relieved by sitting up and leaning forward

Answer 21

pericarditis