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Common Cardiac Conditions Flashcards

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Which leads on the ECG relate to the coronary arteries?

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Lateral leads: I, aVL, V5, V6 - left circumflex

Anterior leads: v1-v4 - LAD

Inferior leads: II, III, aVF - Right coronary

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What are some common modifiable cardiovascular risk factors?

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  • Smoking
  • High cholesterol
  • HTN
  • Obesity
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What are some common non-modifiable cardiovascular risk factors?

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  • Age
  • Family Hx of heart/ cardiovascular disease
  • Gender (more common in men< 50 then equals out)
  • Race (African american greatest risk )
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What is the immediate management of a patient with a STEMI?

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  1. IV acess
  2. Pain relief (morphine)
  3. Anti-emetic e.g. metoclopramide
  4. Oxygen
  5. Aspirin 300mg
  6. Digoxin (if systolic BP ok)
  7. Clopidogrel loading dose (600mg)
  8. PPCI
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What does cardiac rehabilitation entail?

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Medically supervised exercise programme for people who have had cardiac intervention

Mix of exercise and education sessions

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What are some of the possible complications of acute MI?

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  • Arrythmia
  • Hypotension
  • Ventricular septal rupture
  • Left ventruicular free wall rupture
  • Left ventriculat aneurysm formation
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What is the long term medication that should be initiated after a patient has an MI?

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Dual Antiplatelet therapy Clopidogrel 75mg OD / Prasugrel 10mg OD

Blood pressure control ACEi e.g. Ramipril 2.5mg OD or ARB e.g. Losartan 25mg OF

Beta blocker e.g. bisoprolol 1.25 mg OD

Cholesterol lowering agent - Statin e.g. atorvastatin 80mg OD

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What features in a patients history would suggest heart failure?

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  • Increasing breathlessness and reduced exercise tolerance
  • Oedema
  • Orthopnoea (breathless lying flat)
  • PND (paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea)- shortness of breath when asleep
  • Nocturnal cough
  • Wheeze
  • Anorexia
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What are some of the common causes of heart failure?

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  1. Ischemic heart disease (most common)
  2. AF
  3. Valvular heart disease e.g. rheumatic fever
  4. Hypertension
  5. Cardiomyopathy
  6. Previous cancer/ chemotherapy
  7. Chronic lung disease
  8. HIV
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Why do patients with HF develop ankle oedema?

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Cardiac output is low so kidneys are poorly perfused. This activates RAAS which causes Na+ and H2O retention leading to fluid overload

The RV does not pump efficiently causing reduced venous return so fluid remains in peripheries

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What type of oedema are you more likely to get in left vs right sided HF?

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Left: pulmonary oedema

Right: peripheral oedema

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How do you manage an acute presentation of HF?

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  1. Sit patient upright
  2. Give high flow O2 if SpO2 is low
  3. Get IV access and monitor ECG
  4. Diamorphine 1.25-5 mg IV - slowly
  5. Furosemide 40-80mg IV - slowly
  6. GTN spray if chest pain
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How do you manage a chronic presentation of HF?

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  1. Diuretics
    1. Furosemide (IV) / Bumetanide (oral)
  2. ACEi if patient hypertensive
  3. ARB
  4. Sacubotril / Valsartan (Angiotensin Receptor Neprilysin inhibitor) only if NYHA II-IV
  5. Beta blockers - start low go slow.
    1. only if HR >60 and SBP >100mmHg
  6. Vasodilators
  7. Ivabradine - later add on must be in sinus rhythm
  8. Nitrates - reduce preload
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How do you manage a patient with acute SVT?

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  1. Try Valsalva manouvre if haemodynamically stable in unsuccessful:
  2. Adenosine 6mg stat (can increase to 12mg if unsuccessful)
  3. Start heparin or IV flecainide
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What is the indication for electrical DC cardioversion?

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If the patient has AF + adverse signs:

  • shock
  • MI (chest pain/ ECG change
  • syncope
  • HF
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What drugs are used in the long term management of permanent AF?

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  • Beta blocker 1st line
    • Digoxin if this fails
  • Anticoagulation with DOAC
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What are the common complications of severe aortic stenosis?

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  • HF
  • Stroke
  • Blood clots
  • Arrythmia
  • Bleeding
  • Death
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Where do you ausculate the heart valves?

19
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How do you manage aortic stenosis?

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Conservative management: manage CV risk factors

Definitive management: valve replacement or TAVI

20
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What are some of the common causes of valvular heart disease?

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  • Infective endocarditis
  • Congenital: connective tissue disorders
  • Rheumatic fever
  • Calcification
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What are the clinical signs and symtpoms of aortic regurgitation?

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​Symptoms

  • Exertional dyspnoea
  • Orthopnea
  • PND

Signs:

  • Collapsing pulse
  • Hyperdynamic apex beat
  • High pitched early diastolic murmur
  • Quinke’s sign
  • Pistol sound on ausculation of femoral artery
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What are the clinical signs of mitral stenosis?

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  • Malar flsuh
  • low volume pulse
  • +/- AF
  • RV heave
  • Opening snap on auscultation of S1 (diastolic murmur)
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What are the clinical signs of mitral regurgitation?

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  • AF
  • Displaced hyperdynamic apex
  • Pan systolic murmur at apex radiates to axilla
24
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What are the clinical signs of infective endocarditis?

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  • Janeway lesions
  • Splinter haemmorhage
  • Clubbing
  • Oler’s nodes
25
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What are the common pathogens that cause infective endocarditis?

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  • Streptococcus viridans
  • Staphylococcus aureus
26
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How is a definitive diagnosis of infective endocarditis made?

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Modifed DUKE criteria

  • + ve blood culture for typical organism
  • + ve endocardiogram for vegetation, abscess
27
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What initial antibiotic therapy is indicated for infective endocarditis?

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If native valve/ prosthetic valve >1 year ago: ampicillin, flucloxacillin, gentamycin

If prostethic valve <1 year ago: vancomycin, gentamycin, rifampicin

28
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What are some of the common secondary causes of high blood pressure?

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  • renal disease
    • ​75% intrinsic renal
    • 25% renovascular disease
  • Endocrine:
    • cushing’s
    • phaeocromatoma
    • acromegaly
  • Pregnancy
  • Steroids
  • Liquorice
29
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What non-pharmacological advice can be given to help lower BP?

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  • Stop smoking
  • Weight loss
  • Decrease salt intake
  • Exercise
  • Decrease alcohol consumption
30
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What are some of the common drug classes used to treat HTN and their common side effects?

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ACEi - dry cough

ARBs - dizziness

CCBs - flushing/ headache/ ankle swelling

31
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How is the choice of antihypertensive agent made?

32
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What are the common complications of untreated HTN?

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  • End organ damage e.g. to kidneys
  • Increased risk of IHD
  • Encephalopathy (headache, focal CNS signs, seizure, coma)
  • Dementia
  • Retinopathy
33
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What will you see on fundoscopy if patient has hypertensive retinopathy?

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Flame haemorrhages

34
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Which patients is Prasugrel post MI contraindicated in?

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  • Age 75 +
  • Weigh less than 60kg
  • Have had previous TIA or stroke
35
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What are the 3 main causes of aortic stenosis?

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  • Bicuspid heart valve most common
  • Age related calcification
  • Rheumatic fever
36
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What is the common triad of symtpoms in aortic stenois?

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  • Dyspnoea
  • Syncope
  • Angina
37
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Which murmurs are systolic?

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S-ASMR

Aortic Stenosis

Mitral Regurgitation

38
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Which murmurs are diastolic?

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D-ARMS

Aortic regurgitation

Mitral stenosis

39
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How can you distinguish between regurgitations and stenosis when feeling for the left ventricle?

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Left ventricle displaced? - regurgitation due to volume overload

Non displaced? - stenosis due to pressure overload

40
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What are the common causes of AF?

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SMITH

  • Sepsis
  • Mitral valve pathology (mitral valve stenosis or mechanical valve)
  • Ischaemic heart disease
  • Thyrotoxicosis
  • Hypertension

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