I. Cardiovascular Flashcards
Most common cause of R-sided heart failure
Left sided heart failure
Enumerate the acute precipitants to Heart Failure.
PAIN To My DamN HeArt: Pregnancy, Anemia, Infections, increased Na intake, Thyrotoxicosis, Myocardial infarction, Drugs (beta-blockers and NSAIDs), Non-compliance to HF meds, Hypertensive emergency, Alcohol consumption
A type of arrythmia characterized by alternating bradycardia and tachycardia
Sick - Sinus Syndrome
Name the murmur with the ff. characteristic upon auscultation: Diastolic opening snap, Diastolic rumble
Mitral Stenosis
Name the murmur with the ff. characteristic upon auscultation: Soft S1, loud holosystolic murmur, S3
Mitral Regurgitation
Name the murmur with the ff. characteristic upon auscultation: mid to late systolic click
Mitral valve prolapse
Name the murmur with the ff. characteristic upon auscultation: crescendo mid systolic murmur
Aortic stenosis
A type of pulse characterized as slow to peak, slow to fall seen in Aortic stenosis
Pulsus parvus et tardus
Name the murmur with the ff. characteristic upon auscultation: high pitched blowing decrescendo diastolic murmur, mid-systolic ejection murmur
Aortic regurgitation
A low pitched rumbling mid diastolic murmur heard in Aortic regurgitation
Austin Flint murmur
Name the sign associated with Aortic Regurgitation characterized by the ff: increase in systolic BP greater than 30mm Hg between LE vs UE
Hill’s sign
Name the sign associated with Aortic Regurgitation characterized by the ff: head bobbing
Demusset’s sign
A type of pulse characterized as diastolic bruits on femoral artery seen in Aortic regurgitation
Duroziez’s sign
A type of pulse characterized as pistol shot femoral pulses seen in Aortic regurgitation
Traube’s sign
A type of pulse characterized as systolic blushing and diastolic blanching of the nailbed when pressure is applied seen in Aortic regurgitation
Quincke’s pulse
A type of pulse characterized as rapid rise and fall of carotid pulse seen in Aortic regurgitation
Corrigan’s pulse
A high pitched decrescendo diastolic murmur heard in pulmonic regurgitation in patients.
Graham Steell murmur
Enumerate the irrevesibly types of Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Peripartum DCMP, Alcohol DCMP, Thyrotoxic DCMP, Tachycardia-induced, Coccaine DCMP, Keshan’s Disease
A type of cardiomyopathy characterized by assymetric LV hypertrophy with a ground glass interventricular septum and the most common cause of sudden cardiac death in young athletes
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
In Acute Pericarditis, enumerate the signs seen in Beck’s Triad.
Low blood pressure, Neck vein engorgement, Distant heart sounds
In Acute Pericarditis, what do you call the decline in systolic pressure greater than 10 mmHg during inspiration?
Pulsus Paradoxicus
A post cardiac injury seen in acute pericarditis characterized by a triad of pleuritic chest pain, fever, and pericardial effusion
Dressler’s syndrome
A sign characterized by non-declining venous pressure during inspiration in Chronic Constrictive Prericarditis
Kussmaul’s sign
A sign characterized by a reduction and retraction of the apical pulse during systole in Chronic Constrictive Prericarditis
Broadbent’s sign
