Cardiovascular Heart Disease Intro

Question 1

NYHA

Answer 1

New York Heart Association Functional Classification

Question 2

NYHA Class I

Answer 2

no limitation

Question 3

NYHA Class II

Answer 3

normal life but slight limitation of ordinary activity

Question 4

NYHA Class III

Answer 4

marked limitation of less than ordinary activity

Question 5

NYHA Class IV

Answer 5

severe limitation of minimal activity or at rest

Question 6

Signs of Right Heart Failure

Answer 6

raised JVP
pitted oedema
hepatic congestion

Question 7

Cause of pitted oedema in RHF

Answer 7

Back log of blood due to RHF causes the collection of fluid in the peripheries

Question 8

Parasternal Heave

Answer 8

precordial impulse that may be palpated
left of sternum
right ventricular overload (cor pulmonary/pulmonary hypertension)

Question 9

Cor Pulmonary

Answer 9

abnormal enlargement of the right side of the heart as a result of disease of the lungs or the pulmonary blood vessels

Question 10

Thrills

Answer 10

a palpable murmur

Question 11

Difference between thrills and heaves

Answer 11

a thrill feels like a vibration and a heave feels like an abnormally large beating of the heart

Question 12

Cardiac Murmur

Answer 12

audible turbulence of blood flow

Question 13

Cardiac Murmur specifications

Answer 13

Timing
Type Area
Radiation
Grade
Respiration

Question 14

Cardiac Murmur types

Answer 14

Pan systolic
Ejection systolic
Early Diastolic
Mid Diastolic

Question 15

Murmur that radiates to the carotids

Answer 15

Mitral Stenosis

Question 16

Murmur that radiates to the axilla

Answer 16

Mitral Regurgitation

Question 17

Side of the heart that murmurs are louder with inspiration?

Answer 17

Right sided murmurs

Question 18

Murmurs that are always pathological

Answer 18

Diastolic Murmurs