CVS signs Flashcards
What is this?
Finger clubbing
What is angular stomatitis a sign of?
Iron deficiency
What is this?
Angular stomatitis
What is slow-rising pulse in the carotid artery assocaited with?
Aortic stenosis
What is the pathology on this ECG?
Second degree heart block type 2
- Irregularly irregular rhythm
- Dropped QRS complexes
- No progression of PR interval
What is the patholgoy in this ECG?
Atrial flutter
- Sawtooth baseline
- Irregularly irregular rhythm
What is this scar from?
Sternotomy
What is a parasternal heave?
When the heel of your hand is pushed upwards during systole due to right ventricular hypertrophy
What is going on with this thumb?
Osler’s nodes
What is the pathology on this ECG?
Right axis deviation
- Mostly positive in aVF
- Mostly negative in I
- isoelectric in II
What is the pathology on this ECG?
First degree heart block
- Prolonged PR interval
- Regular rhythm
Where do you listen for the tricuspid valve?
4/5th intercostal space left sternal edge
How do you feel for thrills?
Flat hand over each valve area
Describe this murmur and what it is caused by
Systolic crescendo-decrescendo murmur
Aortic stensosis
What is this?
Splinter Haemorrhages
What is corneal arcus a sign of?
Hyperlipidaemia
What is this?
Xanthalasma
What are splinter haemorrhages a sign of?
Infective endocarditis
What is the pathology on this ECG?
Atrial fibrilation
- Irregularly irregular rhythm
- Absent P waves
What can you see on this person?
- Pacemaker
- Sternotomy scar
(Two for one here!)
What are we worried about?
Infective endocarditis