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1
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cardinal cardiac symptoms

A

chest pain
breathlessness
palpitations
syncope

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2
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syncope

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temporary loss of consciousness usually related to insufficient blood flow to the brain

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3
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chest pain description

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tightness

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4
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where can chest pain radiate

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arms and jaw

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5
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what aggravates ischemic chest pain

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exertion
cold
eating

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6
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typical angina provoked by

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exertion or emotional stress

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7
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typical angina relived by

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rest

GTN spray

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8
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what does GTN do

A

vasodilation

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9
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pericarditis

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inflammation of the pericardium

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10
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most common cause of pericarditis

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viral

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11
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pericarditis pain worse with

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inhilation

lying flat

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12
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signs of pericarditis

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pericardial rub

shallow breathing

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13
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pericarditis ECG

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concave ST elevation

PR depression

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14
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P wave represents

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atrial contraction

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15
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QRS

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ventricle contraction

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16
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T wave

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ventricular relaxation

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17
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chest pain radiating to the back is a sign of

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aortic disection

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18
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aortic disection

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tear in the aorta

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19
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where else may you feel pain from aortic disection

A

abdo

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20
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D dimer tests

A

clots

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21
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dyspnoea

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abnormal uncomfortable awareness of breathing

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22
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tachypnoea

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fast breathing

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23
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cardiac breathlessness causes

A

pulmonary oedema and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea

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24
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signs of pulmonary oedema

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pink frothy sputum, orthopnea and being clammy

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25
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paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea

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wake from sleep, cough, wheeze, have to sit up, frightening and it lasts 15-30 mins

26
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othopnoea

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SOB lying flat

27
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enlarged heart

A

cardiomegaly

28
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why might you get ankle oedema

A

baby presses against IVC
immobility
drugs
low albumin

29
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what could you look for in the blood if you suspect heart failure

A

BND, it is released from myocytes when they are stretched

30
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you may neck rubbing cause syncope

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carotid sinus hypersensitivity

31
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palma erythema occurs with

32
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splinter heamorrhages

A

vasculitis

endocarditis

33
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how does central cyanosis present

A

blue tounge

34
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Xanthelasma

A

cholesterol deposits around the eyes

35
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Corneal arcus

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cholesterol and lipid deposits around the edge of the iris

36
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what type of pulse in aortic stenosis

A

slow rising pulse

37
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aortic regurgitation pulse

A

collapsing

38
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cardiac causes of clubbing

A

congenital cyanotic heart disease, infective endocarditis and atrial myxoma and patent ductus arteriosus

39
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where would you see ductus arteriosus clubbing

40
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what is atrial myxoma

A

tumour in the atrium

41
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first heart sound

A

mitral and tricuspid shutting

42
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second heart sound

A

aortic and pulmonary shutting

43
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high JVP

A

heart failure, constrictive pericarditis, cardiac tamponade, renal disease and SVC obstruction

44
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large A wave

A

pulmonary hypertension, tricuspid stenosis, ventricular tachycardia or heart block

45
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steep Y descent

A

constrictive pericarditis

46
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what happens to JVP when you breathe in

47
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cushmores sign

A

JVP goes up when you breathe in

48
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where is apex beet

A

5h intercostal space midclavicular line

49
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thrills

A

palpable murmur

50
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heaves is a sign of

A

left ventricular hypertrophy

51
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when is the third heart sound

A

beginning of diastole

52
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third heart sound descibe

53
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what heart sound is benign in young people and athletes

54
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what is the third heart sound in heart failure

A

blood back and forth between the walls of the ventricles

55
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forth heart sound indicates

A

left ventricular hypertrophy or aortic stenosis

56
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when is the fourth heart sound

A

before the first heart sound at the end of diastole

57
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fourth heart sound why

A

blood being forced into a stiff ventricle

58
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when might you get a flow murmur

A

prosthetic valve

59
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aortic valve prosthesis murmur

A

systolic ejection murmur

60
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Mitral valve prosthesis

A

diastolic flow murmur

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