Cardiovascular Flashcards
What can cause chest discomfort?
MI
Angina
Pericarditis
Aortic dissection
Oesophageal spasm
Pneumothorax
MSK pain
What causes breathlessness
HF
Valvular disease
Angiona
PE
Pulomary hypertension
Respiratory disease
Anaemia
Obiestu
Anxiety
What causes palpitiations?
Tachyarrhythmias
Ectopic beats
Anxiety
Hyperthyroidism
Drugs
What causes syncope/presyncpe
Arrhytmias
Postural hypotension
Aortic stenosis
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Atrial muxoma
Simple faints
Epilepsy
Anxiety
What causes oedema?
HF
Constrictive pericarditiiss
Venous stasis
Lymphoedema
Nephrotic syndrome
Liver disease
Drugs
Immobiliyy
What does chest pain due to MI feel like?
Dull discomfort
Tight or pressing band like sensation
What is stable angina?
Episodes of pain percipitated by exertion and may occur more readily when walking in cold or windy weather
What is unstable angina?
Abrupt onset of worsening chest pain
Minimal exertion or at rest
What are these for angina
What are these for MI?
What are these for aortic dissection
What are these for pericardial pain
What are these for oesophageal pain?
What causes reduced ventricular contractility (systolic dysfunction)?
MI
Dilated cardiomyopathy
Myocarditisi
What causes impaired ventricular filling (diastolic dysfunction)
Left ventricular hypertrophy
Constrictive pericarditis
Hypertrophic or restrictive cardiomyopathy
What causes increased metabolic and cardiac demand (rare)
Thyrotoxicosis
Atriovenous distulae
Paget’s disease
What are causes valvular or congenital lesions?
Mitral and/or aortic valve disease
Tricuspid and/or pulmonary valve disease
Ventricular septal defect
Patent ductus arteriosus
Whagt should be asked about in acute dysponea?
Durationof onset
Background symptoms of exertion dysponea and usual exercise tolerance
Associated symptoms: chest pain, syncope, palpitation or respiratory symptom
What is the SOCRATES for extrasystoles?
What is the SOCRATES for sinus tachycardia?
What is the SOCRATES for supraventricular tachycardia?
What is the SOCRATES for atrial fibrillation?
What is the SOCRATES for ventricular tachycardia?
What are ectioic beats?
Benign cause of palpiation at rest and are abolished by exercise
What does supraventricular tachycardia produce?
Sudden paroxysms of rapid, regular palpitation that can sometimes be terminated ith vagal stimulation using valsalva breathing manoeuvres or carotid sinus pressure
High risk features that increase the likelihood of life threatening arrhytmioa such as ventricul;ar tachycardoa include?
Previous MI or cardiac surgery
Associated syncope or severe chest pain
FH of sudden death
WPW syndrome
Signicianet heart disease such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or aortic stenosis
In patients with syncope ask about
Circumstances
Duration of LOC
Time to recovery
Driving status
What medication causes angina?
Aggravated by thyroixine or durg induced anaemia
What medication causes dysponea?
BB in patients with asthma
Exacerbation of HF with BB some Calcium channel antagonists
NSAIDS
What medication causes palpitation?
Tachycardia
Arrhytmia from thyroixne
Beta stimulants
Hypokalemia from diurectic
Tricyclic antidepressantsS
What medication causes syncope/presynctope?
Vasodilators
Brachycardia from rate limiting agents
What medication causes oedema?
Glucocorticoids, NSAIDS, calcium cha nnel antagondists
What is oedema?
Excess fluid in the intersitital space
What are the baseline symptoms, major events, investigations and procedures for ischemic heart disease?
Baseline symptoms- Exertional anaemia? If so ascertain functional limiations/response to GTN spray
Major events- Previous MI/ unstable angina
Investigations- Cornorary angiography, exercise electrocardiogram, exercise capacity
Procedures- PCI, coronary artery bypass graft surgery
What are the baseline symptoms, major events, investigations and procedures for heart failure?
Baseline symptoms- Dysponea, fatihue, ankle swelling, record usual functional status
Major events- Hospitalisation for decompensated HF, ventricular arrhytmias
Investigations- ECG, left ventricular sizem wall thickness and systolic function, valvular disease, RVF
Procedures- Implantable cardioverdefinbrillator, cardiac resynchronization therapy
What are the baseline symptoms, major events, investigations and procedures for ischemic valvular disease
Baseline symptoms- Often asymptomatic, exertuonal dysponea, chest pain or syncope
Major events- IE or previous rheumatic fever
Investigations- ECG: nature and severity of valve lesions, ventricular size and function
Procedures- Surgical valve repair or replacement, transcatheter valve procedures
What are Janeway lesions?
Painless, blanching red macules on the thenar/hypithenar eminences
What are osler nodes?
Painful raised erythematous lesions, typically on the pads of the fingerts
What is normal capillary refill time?
2 seconds or less
What do splinter haemorrhages be found?
IE
Some vasculitic disorders
What are petichial rash?
Most often present on the legs and conjunctivae is a transient finding in endocarditis and can be confused with the rash of meningococcal disease
What are tendon xanthomata are a sign of?
Sign of familial hypercholesterolaemia, a genetic disorder associated with severe elevations in serum cholesterol and premature coronary artery disease
What is xanthelmasta?
Creamy yellow plaques found periorbitally and on the medial aspect of the eyelids
What is corneal arcus?
Creamy yellow discolouration at the boundary of the iris and cornea
When taking a pulse asssess
Rate- number of pulses occuring per minute
Rhythm- The pattern of regularity of pulses
Volume- The perceived degree of pulsation
Character- AN impression of the pulse waveform shape
How to detect collapsing pulse?
Lift arm up vertically overhead. First ask if have any patin
What are sinus rhythm causes of fast rate?
Exercise
Pain
Excotement/anxiety
Fever
Hyperthyroidism
Medication
Sympathomimetics
Vasodilators
What are arrhytmia causes of fast rate?
AF
Atrial flutter
Supraventricular tachycardia
Ventricular tachycardia
What are sinus rhythm causes of slow rate?
Sleep
Athletic trainning
Hypothyroisism
BB
Digoxin
Verampamil, diltiazem
What are arrhytmias causes of fast rate?
Carotid sinus hypersensitivity
Sick sinus syndrome
Second degree heart block
Complete heart block
What are sinus rhythm causes of irregular pulse?
Sinus arrhytmia
Atrial extrasystoles
Ventricular extrasystoles
What are arrhytmias causes of irregular pulse?
Atrial fibrillation
Atrial flutter with variable response
Second degree heart block with variable response
What happens to pulse during inspiration?
Accelerates
What happens to pulse during expiration?
Slows
What haoppens to systolic blood pressure during inspiration?
Falls (up to 10mmHg)
What happens to systolic blood pressure during expiration?
Rises
What happens to jugular venous pressure during inspiration?
Falls
What happens to jugular venous pressure during expiration?
Rises
What happens to second heart sounds during inspiration?
Splits
What happens to second heart sound during expiration?
Fuses
When does a collapsing pulse occur?
Severe aortic reguargitation
What are the causes of widesprad vascular disease and renal bruit?
Renovascular disease, including renal artery stenosis
What are the causes of episodes of sweating, headache and palpitation?
Phaeochromocytoma
What are the causes of hypokalaemai?
Primary aldosteronism
What are the causes of cushinoid faces, central obseity, abdominal striae, proximal muscle weakness, chronic glucocorticoid use
Cushing’s syndrome
What are the causes of low bolume femoral pulses with radiofemoral delay?
Voarctation of thr aorta
What are the causes of bilateral palpable kindeys?
Adult polycystic kidney disease
What are the difference betwen the carotid and jugular pulsation?
What is the abnormality with heart failure?
Elevation, sustainaed abdomino-jugular reflux over 10 seconds
What is the abnormality with pulmonary embolism
Elevation
What is the abnormality with pericardial effusion
Elevation
Prominent Y descent
What is the abnormality with pericardial constructuo?
Elevation
Kussmaul’s sign
What is the abnormality with superior vena cava obstruction?
Evelation
Loss of pulsation
What is the abnormality with atrial fibrillatiob?
Absent A waves
What is the abnormality with tricuspid stenosis?
Giant a waves
What is the abnormality with tricuspid regurgitation?
Goant v or cv waves
What is the abnormality with common heart block?
Common waves
What are a waves?
Corresponds to right atrial contraction
Occurs just before the first heart sound
What are v waves?
Atrial filling during ventricular systole when the tricuspid valve is closed
What is Kussamaul’s sign?
Paradoxcal rise of JVP on inspiration that is seen in pericardial constriction, severe RVF and restrictive cardiomyopathy
What sounds are heard in the cardiac apex?
First heart sound
Third and fourth heart sounds
Mid diastolic murmur of mitral stenosis
What sounds are heard in the lower left sternal border?
Early diastolic murmurs of aortic and tricuspid reguargitation
Opening snap of mitral stenosis
Pansystolic murmur of ventricular septal defect
What sounds are heard in the upper left sternal border
Second heart sound
Pulmonary valve murmurs
What sounds are heard in the upper right sternal border?
Systoilic ejection murmurs
What sounds are heard in the left axilla?
Radiation of the pansystolic murmur of MR
What sounds are heard in the below left clavicle?
Continous machinery murmur of a persistent patent ductus arteriosus
What is pectus excavatum?
Posterior displacement of the lower sternum
What is pectus carinactum?
Displace the heart and affect palpatipn and auscultation
What does a midline sternotomy scar indicates?
Previous valve replacement or coronary artery bypass surgery
What is a left submammary scar?
Result of mitral valvotomy or transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Whem are infraclavicular scars seen?
Seen after pacemaker of defribbator implanation and the bulge of the device may be obvious
What does a normal apical impusle do?
Briefly lifts your fingers and is localised
What is seen in detocardia with the cardiac apex?
Palpable om tje rigjt side but this is uncommon
What does left ventricular hypertrophy cause?
Forceful but undisplaced apical impusle
Imululses over left parasternal area indicates RVH
What is ther most common thrill?
Aortic stenosis
Usually palpable over the upper giht sternal border
What are the quiet abnormalities of the first heart sound?
Low cardiac output
Poor LVG
rheumatic mitral regurgitation
LOng P R interval
What are the loud abdnormalities of the first heart sound?
Increased CO
Large stroke volume
Mitral stenosis
Short PR interval
Atrial myxoma
What are the variable abnromalities of the intensity of the first heart sound?
Atrail fibrillation
Extrasystoles
Complete heart block
What are ejection clicks?
High pitched sounds
What is higher pitched aortic regurgitation or mitral stenosis?
Aortic regurgitation
What are the grades of instensity of murmurs?
What are examples of ejection systolic murmurs?
Increased flow through normal valves: Severe anaemia, feverem athletes, pregnancy, atrial septal defect, other causes of flow murmurs
Normal or reduced flow through a stenotic valve: AS and Pulmonary stenosis
Subvalvular obstruction: Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
What are examples of pansystolic murmurs?
Mitral regurgitation
Tricuspid reguargitation
Ventricular septal defect
Leaking mitral or tricupid prothesios
What is the most common cause of continuous murmurs?
PDA
What is the medical rsearch council breathlessness scale?
Degree of breathlessness related to activities
What is stridor?
Haesh, granting respiratory sound is caused by the vibration of the walls on the trachea or major bronchi
What is excessive daytime sleepiness may be due?
Obstructive sleep aponea
What are some drugs that cause bronchoconstriction?
Beta blockers
Opiods
Non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs
What are some drugs that cause cough?
Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors
What are some drugs that cause bronchiolotitis obliterans
Penicillamine
What are some drugs that cause diffuse parencymal lung disease?
Cytotoxic agents: Bleomcin, methotrexate
Anti inlfmamatory agents: Sulfasalazine, penicillamine gold salts and aspirin
Cardiovascular drugs: Amiodarone, hydralazine
Antibiotics: nitrofuratonin
IV drug misuse
What are some drugs that cause parenchymal thromboembolism?
Oestrogen
What are some drugs that cause pulmonary hypertension?
Oestrogens
Dexfenfluramine
Fenfluramine
What drugs causes pleural effusion?
Amiodarone
Nitrofuratonin
Phenytoin
Methotrexate
Pergolide
What are some drugs that cause respiratory depression?
Opiods
Benzodiazepines
When is jugular venous pressure raised?
In patients with pulmonary hypertension
What happens to the trachea in a tension pneumothorax?
Tracheal deviation away from the affected side
What are the suggestive features on history of infection?
Fever
What are the suggestive features on history of acute bronchitis?
Wheeze
Cough
Sputum
What are the suggestive features on history of exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Acute on chronic dysponea
What are the suggestive features on history of pneumonia
Pleuritic pain, rusty sputum, righors
What are the suggestive features on history of malignancy?
Insidious onset, weight lossm, persisting pain or cough
What are the suggestive features on history of progressive fibrodis
Progressive dysponea
What are the suggestive features on history of pulmonary effusion?
Progressive dysponea
What are the suggestive features on history of large pulmonary embolism
Sudden
Severe dysponea
What are the suggestive features on history of medium PE
Epusodes of pleural pain
Haemoptysis
What are the suggestive features on history of multiple small PE
Progressive dysponea
What are the suggestive features on history of asthma?
Atopy
Hay fever
Pet ownership
Variable wheezw
Disturbance of sleep
What are suggestive features on examination for acute bronchitis
Wheee
What are suggestive features on examination for exacerbation of COPD
Hyperinflation
What are suggestive features on examination for pneumonia
If lobar, dull to percusion and bronchial breathing
What are suggestive features on examination for malignancy
Cervical lymphadenopathy
Clubbing
Signs of lobar/lung collapse and effusion
What are suggestive features on examination for pulmonary fibrosis?
Tachyponea
Inspiratory fine crackles at bases
Cyanosis
What are suggestive features on examination for pulmonary effusion?
Unilateral basal fullness and reduced breath sounds
What are suggestive features on examination for large PE
Normal breath sounds
What are suggestive features on examination for medium PE
Pleural rub, swollen leg if DVT, crackles if infarct
What are suggestive features on examination for multiple small PE
Raised jugular venous pressure, right ventricular heave
Loud pulmonary second sound
What are suggestive features on examination for asthma
Polyphhonic expiratory wheeze
Eczema
What is the position of the liver?
Upper border: fifth right intercosal space on full expiration
Lower border: At the costal margin in the mid clavicular line on full inspiration
What is the position of the spleen?
Underlies left ribs 9-11, posterior to the mid axillary line
What is the position of the gallbladder
At the intersection of the right lateral vertical plane and the costal margin
What is the position of the pancreas?
Neck of the pancreas lies at the level of L1
Head lies blow and right
Tail lies above and left
What is the position of the kidneys?
Upper poles lies deep to the 12th rib posteriorly
7cm from the midline
The right is 2-3cm lower than the left
What are causes of painful mouth?
Deficiencies, including iron, folate, vitmain B12 or C
Dermatological disorders, including lichen planus
Chemotherapy
Aphthous ulcers
Infective stomatitis
IBC and coelaic disease
What is the socrates of heartburn?
Chest pain is burning
Radiates upwards
Perciciptated by lying flat or bending foward
Associated symptoms: Waterbrash, taste of acid appearing in the mouth
What is used to classify dyspepsia?
Reflux like dyspepsia
Ulcer like dyspepsia
Dysmotility like dyspepsia
What is odynophagia?
Pain on swallowing
What is the SOCRATES for peptic ulcer?
What is the SOCRATES for biliary colic
What is the SOCRATES for acute pancreatitis
Site is the epigastrum/left hypochondrium
Onset is sudden
Character is constant
Radiation is into back
Associated sym,ptoms is non specific
Frequenct attacks can be enumerated
Special times- After heavy drinking
Duration is more than 24 hours
Exacervating- Alcohol and eating
Relieving is sitting upright
Severe
What is the SOCRATES for renal colic
S- Loin
O- Rapid increasing
C- Constant
R- Into genitalia and inner thigh
A- Non specific
Frequency- Usually a discrete period
Special times- Following periods of dehyration
T- 4-24 hours
E
S- Severe
What are the history symptoms of acute apendicitis?
Nausea
Vomiting
Abdominal pain that later shifts to right iliac fossa
What are the history symptoms of perforated pelvic ulcer with acute peritonitis?
Vomiting at onswt associated with severe acute onset abdominal pain
Previous history of dysphagia
Ulcer disease
NSAIDS
Glucocorticoid therapy
What are the history symptoms of acute pancreatitis
Anoreixa
Nausea
Vomiting
Constant severe epigastric pain
Previous alcojol abuse/choleithiasis
What are the history symptoms of ruptured aortic anyerusm
Sudden onset of severe tearing back/loin/abdominal pain
Hyoitension and past history if vascular disease
High BP
What are the history symptoms of acute mesenteric ischemia?
Anorexia
Nausea
Vomiting
Blood diarrhoea
Constant abdominal pain
Previous history of vasciaular disease
High BP
What are the history symptoms of intestinal obstruction
Colicky central abdominal pain
Nausea
Viomutunbg and constipation
What are the history symptoms of ruptured ectopic pregnancy?
Premenopausal female
Delayed or missed menstral period
Hypotension
Unilateral iliac fossa pain
Oleuritic shoulder tip pain
Prune juice like vaginal dischare
What are the history symptoms of pelvic inflammatory disease?
Sexually active young female
Previous history of SRI
Recent gynaecological procedure
Pregancny
Pregnancy
use of IUD
Dyspaneuria
Lower of central abdominal pain
Backache
Pleuritic chest pain
What are the examinations of the acute appendicitis?
Fever
Tenderness
Guarding or palpable mass in right iliac fossa
Pelvic peritonitis on rectal examination
What are the examinations of the perforated peptic ulcer with acute peritonitis?
Shallow breathing with minimal abdo,omal witrh movement
Abdomional tenderness and guarding board like rigitdity
Abdominal distenstion and absent bowel sounds
What are the examinations of the acute pancreatitis?
Fever
Periumbiliacal or loin bruising
Epigastric tenderness
Variable guaridng
Reduced or absent bowel sounds
What are the examinations of the rupture aortic aneurysm?
Shock and hypotemsion
Puslatile, tender, abdominal mass
Asymmetrical femoral pulses
What are the examinations of the acute mesenteric ischemia
AF
HF
Asymmetrical peropheral pulses
Absent bowel sounds
Variable tenderness an guarding
What are the examinations of the intestinal obstruction?
Surgical scars
Hernias
Mass
Distension
Visible peristalsis
Increased bowel sounds
What are the examinations of the ruptured ectopic pregnancy?
Suprapubic tenderness
Periumbilical brusing
Pain and tenderness on vaginal exmaintion
Swelling/fullness in fornix on vaginal examination