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1
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Patient has fever and pleuritic chest pain that is relieved by sitting up and leaning forward

A

Pericarditis

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2
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Irregularly irregular pulse

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Atrial fibrillation

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3
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ECG - saw tooth baseline +150bpm

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Atrial flutter

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4
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Alveolar bat’s wings, Kerley B lines, cardiomegaly, dilated prominent upper lobe vessels pleural effusion

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Pulmonary oedema

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5
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Raised JVP/hepatojugular

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Right-sided heart failure

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6
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Sense of impending doom

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MI

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7
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Saddle shaped ST elevation

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Pericarditis

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8
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Broad complex tachycardia

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Ventricular problem

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9
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Mid-diastolic murmur with tapping, undisplaced apex

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Mitral stenosis

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10
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Broad QRS with slurred upstroke on R wave (delta wave)

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Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

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11
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Tall, tented T waved

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Hyperkalaemia (and wide QRS complexes)

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12
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Patient gets pericarditis 2-10 weeks post MI

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Dressler’s syndrome

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13
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Janeway lesions/Osler’s nodes

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Subacute bacterial endocarditis

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14
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‘Blurred yellowing vision headache’

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Digoxin toxicity

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15
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Continuous machine like heart murmur

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Patent ductus arteriosus

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16
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Rib notching on CXR

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Coarctation of the aorta

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17
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Crescendo decrescendo murmur and slow-rising pulse

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Aortic stenosis

18
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Diminished/absent lower limb pulse

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Coarctation of the aorta

19
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Radio-femoral delay

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Coarctation of the aorta or aortic dissection

20
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MRS ASS

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Mitral regurgitation systolic, aortic stenosis systolic

21
Q

Systolic murmur that radiates to the neck

A

Aortic stenosis

22
Q

Sudden tearing/ ripping chest pain, radiates to the back

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Aortic dissection

23
Q

Raised JVP on inspiration

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Constrictive pericarditis

24
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Flattened T waves

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Hypokalaemia

25
Q

Holosystolic harsh murmur

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Ventricular septal defect

26
Q

Pulmonary stenosis, ventricular septal defect, overriding aorta, right ventricular hypertrophy

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Tetralogy of fallot

27
Q

Endocarditis after dental work

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strep viridians

28
Q

Endocarditis in IV drug users

A

staph aureus

29
Q

Endocarditis of tricuspid valve

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IV drug users

30
Q

Pericardial knock

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Constrictive pericarditis

31
Q

Hypertension + secretion of catecholamines

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Phaeochromocytoma

32
Q

Early diastolic plop

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Atrial myxoma

33
Q

Hypertension + high aldosterone

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Conn’s syndrome

34
Q

Hypertension + high cortisol

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Cushing’s syndrome

35
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Murmur associated with AF

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Mitral stenosis

36
Q

ST elevation V2-V5

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Anterior

LAD artery

37
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ST elevation in V1-V3

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Anteroseptal

Left coronary

38
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ST elevation in I, AvL, V4-V6

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Anterolateral

LAD

39
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ST elevation in II,III, AvF

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Inferior

Right coronary

40
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ST elevation in V1-V2

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Posterior

Left circumflex

41
Q

Heart failure + new pansystolic murmur after MI

A

Ventricular septal defect

42
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Pluse paradoxus

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Cardiac tamponade

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