SBA tips Flashcards
In an SBA what is ‘tapping apex beat’ usually indicating?
Mitral stenosis
In an SBA what is ‘canon A waves’ usually indicating?
Complete Heart Block
In an SBA what is ‘Absent JVP’ usually indicating?
SVC Obstruction
In an SBA what is ‘Dominant V (c or v) waves’ usually indicating?
Tricuspid Regurgitation
In an SBA what is ‘Dominant A waves’ usually indicating?
Tricuspid Stenosis or Pulmonary Hypertension
In an SBA what is ‘Prominent x descent + Prominent y descent’ usually indicating?
Constrictive Pericarditis
In an SBA what is ‘Prominent x descent + Absent y descent’ usually indicating?
Cardiac Tamponade
In an SBA on chest pain what is ‘sweating, nausea and vomiting’ is usually indicating?
Myocardial Infarction
In an SBA what is ‘72hours post MI’ usually indicating?
VSD
In an SBA what is ‘mid-diastolic click’ usually indicating?
Mitral Valve prolapse.
In an SBA what is ‘continous murmur through systole and diastole’ or ‘machinery murmur’ usually indicating?
Patent Ductus Arterious
In an SBA what would be linked with ‘inferior MI’
Bradycardia
In an SBA what is ‘diffuse apex beat’ usually indicating?
Left Ventricular Aneurysm
In an SBA what is ‘Ballooned apex’ usually indicating?
Takotsubo’s cardiomyopathy
