CVS signs

Question 1

What is angular stomatitis a sign of?

Answer 1

Iron deficiency

Question 2

What is slow-rising pulse in the carotid artery assocaited with?

Answer 2

Aortic stenosis

Question 3

What is the pathology on this ECG?

Answer 3

Second degree heart block type 2

• Irregularly irregular rhythm
• Dropped QRS complexes
• No progression of PR interval

Question 4

What is the patholgoy in this ECG?

Answer 4

Atrial flutter

• Sawtooth baseline
• Irregularly irregular rhythm

Question 5

What is the pathology on this ECG?

Answer 5

First degree heart block

• Prolonged PR interval
• Regular rhythm

Question 6

Where do you listen for the tricuspid valve?

Answer 6

4/5th intercostal space left sternal edge

Question 7

Describe this murmur and what it is caused by

Answer 7

Systolic crescendo-decrescendo murmur

Aortic stensosis

Question 8

What is this?

Answer 8

Splinter Haemorrhages

Question 9

What is corneal arcus a sign of?

Answer 9

Hyperlipidaemia

Question 10

What can you see on this person?

Answer 10

• Pacemaker
• Sternotomy scar

(Two for one here!)

Question 11

What is the pathology on this ECG?

Answer 11

LBBB

• Widened QRS complex
• V₁ - WiLLiaM - V₆

Question 12

What surgeries can require sternotomy?

Answer 12

• CABG
• Valve surgery

Question 13

What is the pathology on this ECG?

Answer 13

Second degree heart block (Type 1 aka Wenkebach)

• Progressively prolonged PR interval with a dropped beat and reset
• Regularly irregular rhythm

Question 14

What’s going on with the palm?

Answer 14

Janeway lesions

Question 15

Describe this murmur and what most likely causes it

Answer 15

Diastolic murmur

Mitral stensosis

Question 16

What is the pathology on this ECG?

Answer 16

RBBB

• Prolonged QRS (>0.12s)
• V₁ - MaRRoW - V6

Question 17

What is the pathology on this ECG and where has it occured and what has been affected?

Answer 17

STEMI - Inferior - RCA and Circumflex

Question 18

What can clubbing be a sign of?

Answer 18

• Endocarditis
• Cyanotic congenital heart disease

Question 19

What can a radio-radial delay suggest?

Answer 19

Co-arctation of the aorta

Question 20

What is the pathology of this ECG and where has it taken place and what has been affected?

Answer 20

NSTEMI - Infeirior and lateral aspects - most likely the left circumflex artery

Question 21

What is the pathology in this ECG?

Answer 21

Left axis deviation

• Mostly positive in I
• Mostly negative in II an aVF

Question 22

Describe this murmur and what most likely causes it

Answer 22

Pansystolic murmur

Mitral regurgitation

Question 23

What is this?

Answer 23

GTN Spray

Question 24

What is a collpasing pulse associated with?

Answer 24

Aortic regurgitation

Question 25

What is the pathology on this ECG?

Answer 25

Third degree heart block

• No relationship between P wave and QRS complex
• Irregularly irregular rhythm