Chest Pain and Fever I Flashcards
concave upward on EKG
pericarditis
convex upward on EKG
MI
pain worse when lying down, better when sitting
pericardial pain
most common cause of pericarditis
viral - coxsackie
also, TB, bacterial, uremia, neoplastic, dresselers, radiation, drugs, myxedema
borrelia burdorferia
spirochete
lyme disease
can lead to pericarditis
exertional dyspnea and orthopnea three weeks after pericarditis
myocaridits
-see heart block on EKG
narrow QRS
no pacemaker
wide QRS - yes pacemaker
pericarditis with myocarditis?
troponin, heart block, wall motion abnormalities, CHF (BNP)
erythemia chronica migrans
lyme disease
bilateral bells palsy, oligoarthritis, heart block, myopericarditis
lyme disease
-borrelia burgdorferia
becks triad
muffled heart sounds
JVP
hypotension
electrical alteraans
cardiac tamponade
prerenal azotemia
pulsus paradoxus
cardiac tamponade
a wave
atrial contraction
x wave
atrial relax
v wave
atrial filling