Random Cardiology Facts Flashcards
What valve does endocarditis usually affect?
Tricuspid valve
What is Buerger’s disease?
Inflammation and thrombosis in the small and medium vessels, associated with smoking
What are the side effects of furosemide?
OH DANG Ototoxicity Hypokalaemia Dehydration Allergy Nephritis Gout
When should cardioversion immediately take place in patients with arrythmias?
If they are showing signs of decompensation
Such as hypotension, heart failure
What arrythmia can hypotension cause?
Torsades de pointes
What does the CHA2DS2-VASc score show?
The need to anticoagulate a patient who has AF
What does the HAS-BLED score show?
The risk of major bleeding on an anticoagulated patient with AF
What is pulsus paradoxus?
An abnormally large drop in BP on inspiration
What is the most common organism that causes endocarditis?
Staphylococcus
All patients with a LVEF <40% should be started on what drug?
ACE inhibitors regardless of symptom severity
What are the three mortality reducing drugs?
ACEi
Spironolactone
BB
If a patient has heart failure and AF, what drug should they be given?
Digoxin
What drugs should not be given to patients with heart failure?
CCB (verapamil and diltiazem)
NSAIDs
Corticosteroids
What is a positive Kussmaul’s sign? Where is this usually seen?
When the JVP does not fall on inspiration
Constrictive pericarditis
When is warfarin stopped before surgery?
5 days before
