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Chest Pain Flashcards

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What is the breakdown of Ischaemic Heart disease categories?

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Vasospastic = Prinzmetal Angina
All else atherosclerotic

Then stable angine or ACS
ACS broken into unstable angina and STEMI and NSTEMI

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RFs for IHD?

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HTN
Smoking
Diabetes
FHx
PMHx
Hyperlipidaemia
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Stable angina presentation, Ix and management?

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Normal on resting examination
Bloods = lipids, FBC and glucose
ECG

Conservative: weight loss, improved diet and smoking cessation
Medical = drugs:
ACEi, antiplatelete.g. aspirin, statins, anti-anginals e.g. Beta-blocker/CCB
GTN spray

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Unstable and NSTEMI ECG features?

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Normal, inverted T waves or ST depression

NSTEMI has elevated tropomin

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ACS signs and symptoms?

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Acute central chest pain (grip[png or heavy) +/- radiation to neck,arm,jaw
Sweating
Pallor
\+/- SOB
CAN BE SILENT IN OLD or DM
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ACS Ix?

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ECG and troponins

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Coronary anatomy and ECG leadfs?

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Anterior/septal leads V1-V4 = LAD
Lateral leads I,aVL V5V6 = LCx or diagonal of LAD
Inferior leads 2,3,aVF = RCA and or LCx

Anterolateral MI V1-V6 - LCA
Posterior MI ST depression V1-V4 = posterior descending

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ECG changes in STEMI?

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Hyperacute T waves

ST elevation and new LBBB

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Old infarct ECG feature?

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Pathological Q waves

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STEMI management?

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<12hrs and PCI in <2 hours = PCI
<12hours and PCI not <2 hours = thrombolysis
>12hours simnce onset = Angio and then possible PCI

Management:
Immediate = morphine, oxygen, nitrates, aspiring and clopidogrel
Long = Betablocker,ACEi and statin, heparin

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NSTEMI management?

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Same as STEMI but LMWH

Determine risk via GRACE score: low = angiography
Moderate high = angiography with possible PCI

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STEMI Complications?

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DARTH VADER
Death
Arrhythmia
Rupture
Tamponade
HF
Valve disease
Aneurysm
Dresslers syndrome
Embolism
Reinfarction
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Causes of pericarditis?

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ABCDIVM

Idiopathic
Viral e.g. Coxsacki, mumps, ebv
Bacterial e.g. pneumococcus, staph, strep
Connective tissue e.g. sarcoidosis
Autoimmune e.g. SLE, RA
Dressler syndrome (2-10 week post MI
Malignancy
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RFs for pericarditis?

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Male, 20-50, transmural MI, cardiac surgery, neoplasm and uraemia or dialysis

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Pericarditis signs and symptoms?

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SHarp, stabbing pleuritic chets pain
May be releive leaning forward, May radiate to trapezius ridge
Corysal Symptoms if viral
pericardial friction RUB
Tamponade = becks triangle
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What is becks triangle?

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Low arterial BP, distended neck veins, muffled heart valves. indicate tamponade and constrictive pericarditis

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Pericarditis Ix?

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ECG showing widespread saddle shaped ST elevation
Or widespread PR depression
Spodicks sign (downsloping TP segment)

Bloods and CXR for pericardial effusion

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Pericarditis management?

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NSAID + PPI + Cochicine + exercise restriction if viral

Tamponade or purulent = pericardiocentesis + AB as well as above

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Complication of pericarditis?

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Pericardial effusion +/- tamponade

Chronic constrictive pericarditis

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Categories of syncope?

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1) arrhythmia related (due to CO compromise e.g. VT or heart block)
2) Cardiac = structural heart disease most notably LV outflow obstruction (HOCM, sevre AS, PE, aortic dissection)
3) Orthosatic
Reflex (reflex vasodilation/bradycardia due to trigger e.g. vasovagal or carotid sinus syncope)

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How to differentiate syncope types?

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1) establish LOC with no seizures
2) determine cardiac red flag symptoms
3) Ix
ECG, imaging for PE or aortic dissection, ECHO for cardiac syncope. BP for orthostatic
Negative IX = orthostatic

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What are the cardiac red flags?

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LOC during exertion
Severe valvular disease
Previous arrhythmia
Concerning ECG

23
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RFs for vasovagal syncope?

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Prior syncope, emotional stress, prolonged staning, heat and excessive dehydration

24
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Presentation, Ix and management of vasovagal syncope?

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Nausea, pallor, light headed, diminished hearing/vision. physical injury

ECG and bloods

Patient education on triggers with physical counter pressure manouevres

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RFs for AF?

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HTN, heart failure, diabetes, obesity, alcohol use and hyperthyroid

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Causes of AF?

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Idiopathic, coronary artery disease, thyroid, COPD< electrolyte disturbance and pneumonia

27
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Types of AF?

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Paroxysmal AF terminates within 7 days

Persistent AF terminates after 7 days

28
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AF signs and investigations?

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Palpitations, irregularly irregular pulse rate, sob and chest pain

ECG showing Irrgularly irregular with no p waves
Bloods
CXR and TEE for valve disea

29
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Complications of AF?

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Thromboembolism or worsened HF

30
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How to treat AF?

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<48 hours and haemodynamically stable = Rhythm control = DC cardioversion of chemical via fleicanide or amiodarone

> 48 hours haemodynamically stable then anticoagulation with LMWH + warfarin and rate control bisprolol, verapamil, diltizem and digoxin

If haemodynamically unstable = DC cardioversion

31
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Atrial flutter causes and ECG + symptoms?

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Underlying heart conditions causijg Saw tooth pattern with loss of isolelectric baseline and p waves

Same signs, symptoms and manegement as AF

32
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Causes of heart block?

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MI/IHD
infection = rheumatic fever
Drugs e.g. beta blockers, CCB, amiodarone
Metabolic = hyperkalaemia, low T4
Sarcoidosis
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Signs and symptoms of heart block?

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1st and 2nd type 1 = asymptomatic
2nd type 2 and 3rd = dizzy, palpitations, chest pain and heart failure

May have stokes-adams attacks which are syncope due to ventricular asystole

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Ix for Heart block?

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ECG, troponins, K+, Ca2+, pH, digitalis toxicity and echo

35
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Management for heart block?

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Chronic = pacemake for mobitz 2 for 3rd degree

Acuet 2nd to MI = IV atropine and external pacemaking

36
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Complications of heart block?

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Asystole, heart faliure and cardiac arrest

37
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SVT signs and symptoms + types?

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Regular narrow complex tachycardia with no p waves >100bpm

AVRT = accesory pathway from ventricles back to atria
AVNRT = accesory pathway from AV node to atria (bundle of kent in WPW)

Palpitations
Syncope
SOB and CHest pain

38
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SVT Ix and management?

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ECG and bloods

Vagal manouvres, adenosine and ablation

Digoxin and verapmil containdicated in AVRT
NO adenosine in astma so use verapamil

39
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VT causes and Ix?

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Regular ,wide complex tachycardia with no p waves
Long QT syndrome, electrolyte imbalance or illicit drugs

ECG and bloods

40
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VT signs and symptoms?

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Chest pain, dizziness, fainting, sudden death, pallor and hypotension

41
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Management of VT?

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Stable = amiodarone 300mg IV
Unstable = DC cardioversion
42
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Type of polymorphic VT and how to remove QT prolongation?

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Torsades de Pont

Magnesium and phenytoin

43
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VF causes?

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MI, increased catecholamines, electrolyte imbalance, hypoxia, acid-base distribance, hyper or hypothermia and congenital conditions e.g. QT syndrome or brugada

ACCEHHM

44
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SS of VF and Ix?

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Chest pain, dizzy, sob and unconscious

Time dependent Ix but ECG and bloods

45
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Managment of VF?

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Commense CPR/cardiac arrest protocol immediately

IV adrenaline and iv amiodarine after 3 shocks.
Treat reversible causes: 4 Hs and 4Ts

46
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4Hs and Ts of Cardiac arrest

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Hyperkalaemia
Hypo/hyperthermia
Hypovolaemia
Hypoxia
Tension pneumothorax
Tamponade
Toxic
Thromboembolism
47
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Causes of WPW?

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EBSTEINS ANOMAL
heart defect e.g VSD, dextrocardia, great vessel transpostition
mitral valve prolapse
coarctation of aorta
Marfans
48
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SS of WPW?

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Palpitations, dizzy, chest pain, SOB

49
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WPW Ix?

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ECG showing sluured upstroke (delta wave) on with short PR

ECHO for structural disease

50
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Management of WPW?

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Unstable = DC cardioversion
Stable = vagal mouvres -> IV adenosin -> DC cardiovert

Long term = ablation or anti-arrhythmic = amiodarone,procainamide

51
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Complications opf WPW?

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Sudden cardiac death

Ablation SE e.g. bleeding, infection, pneumothorax

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