Cardiovascular Flashcards
What is the likely diagnosis if the patient has a fever and pleuritic chest pain that is relieved by sitting up and leaning forward?
Pericarditis
What usually causes a saddle-shaped ST elevation on an ECG?
Pericarditis
What caused an irregularly irregular pulse and no clear P waves on an ECG?
Atrial Fibrillation
What causes a saw-tooth baseline and a heart rate of 150bpm on an ECG?
Atrial Flutter
What is the likely diagnosis of an CXR showing any of the following - alveolar bat wings, kerley B lines, cardiomegaly, dilated prominent upper lobe vessels and a pleural effusion?
Pulmonary Oedema
What could be the diagnosis of a patient with a raised JVP (checked by the hepatojugular reflex)?
Right-Sided Heart Failure
What can cause a sense of impending doom?
Myocardial Infarction
Where is the problem likely to be if an ECG is showing broad complex tachycardia?
Ventricular Problem
Where is the problem likely to be is an ECG is showing narrow QRS complex?
Atrial Origin
What is the diagnosis of a mid-diastolic murmur with a tapping, undisplayed apex and malar flush?
Mitral Stenosis
What causes broad QRS complex with slurred upstroke on the R wave (delta wave)
Wolff-Parkinson-Whate Syndrome
What causes tall, slender T waves on an ECG?
Hyperkalaemia (and with wise QRS complexes)
What causes flattened T waves on an ECG?
Hypokalaemia
What causes blurred yellowing vision headache?
Digoxin Toxicity
What is it called when a patient gets pericarditis 4-6 weeks post myocardial infarction or CABG?
Dressler’s Syndrome
