High Yield Facts Flashcards
Cardiac tamponade
Beck’s triad
HoTN + distant heart sounds + JVD
Drugs that slow heart rate
BB, CCB, digoxin, amiodarone, adenosine
HOCM murmur
systolic ejection murmur heard along the lateral sternal border, increases w/ decreased preload (Valsalva)
Aortic insufficiency
Austin Flint murmur, a disastolic decrescendo, low-pitched, blowing murmur that is best heard sitting up; increases with increased afterload (handgrip)
Aortic stenosis
Systolic crescendo/decrescendo; increases with increased preload (squatting)
Mitral Regurg
holosystolic murmur; increases with increased afterload (handgrip)
Mitral stenosis
diastolic mid-to-late low pitched. Opening snap
Tx afib or a flutter
unstable = cardiovert stable/chronic = rate ctrl BB or CCB
Dressler’s syndrome
autoimmune rxn w/ fever, pericarditis + high ESR
2-4 weeks post-MI
Pulsus paradoxus
decrease in SBP > 10 w/ inspiration
cardiac tamponade
Pericarditis EKG
low voltage diffuse ST segment elevation
Indications for surgical repair AAA
> 5.5 cm, rapidly enlarging, symptomatic, ruptured
Tx acute coronary syndrome
ASA, heparine, clopidogrel, morphine, O2, sublingual nitro, IV BB
Metabolic syndrome
1) abdominal obesity
2) high TG
3) low HDL
4) HTN
5) insulin resistance
Med used for phramacological stress test
dobutamine
Target LDL pt w/ diabetes
< 70
Signs of active ischemia during stress test
angina
ST changes
decrease BP
Anterior/septal wall MI artery
LAD
Inferior MI artery
RCA
Posterior/left MI artery
left circumflex
young pt + angina at rest + ST segment elevation w/ normal cardiac enzymes
Prinzmetal’s
Common sx associated w/ silent MIs
CHF, shock, AMS
Diagnostic test for pulmonary embolism
spiral CT + contrast
Heparin antidote
protamine