CVS Conditions

Question 1

Brugada syndrome

Answer 1

Rare but potentially life-threatening inherited disease that predisposes patients to fatal cardiac arrhythmias. Characterized by ECG findings of a right bundle branch block and ST-segment elevations in the right precordial leads (V1-V3).

Question 2

What is Wolff Parkinson White syndrome?

Answer 2

Congenital condition characterized by intermittent tachys and signs of ventricular pre-excitation on ECG, both of which arise from an accessory pathway known as bundle of Kent

Question 3

What is Polycythemia Vera?

Answer 3

Chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm causing erythrocytosis with or without increases in granulocytes and platelets.
Manifest with fatigue, facial flushing etc etc.
Makes blood thicker

Often asymptomatic

Question 4

What is Vasculitides?

Answer 4

Heterogenous group of rare AI diseases characterized by vasculitis.
Can be primary (idiopathic) or secondary.

Classified by size of affected vessels

Question 5

What is polycythaemia?

Answer 5

Raised Hb + Raised RBC count + High haematocrit

Question 6

What is temporal arteritis?

Answer 6

Autoimmune vasculitis that causes chronic inflamm or large and medium size arteries (esp carotid arteries / aorta)
Usually constitutional symptoms, new headache, jaw claudication etc

Question 7

Definition of Heat failure?

Answer 7

Heart cannot pump blood efficiently to meet the body’s metabolic needs.
OR can only do so with higher volume