SEM Flashcards
Specify the Heart block that is associated with Wenckebach.
2nd degree Type 1 Mobitz
Provide the formula for Stroke Volume (SV).
SV = EDV-ESV
What is the heart’s natural pacemaker?
SA node
What is the best determinant for intensity of exercises in pulmonary pt’s?
Dyspnea
What heart sound refers to the closure of SL valves?
S2 (dub)
A pt has a low BP and high HR. What is the pt experiencing?
Orthostatic Hypotension
How much mL is in a normal EDV?
120 mL EDV
Termination of exercise. How much increase in mmHg from resting BP to stop exercise?
20-10mmHg
20 sbp - 10 dbp
Termination of exercise. How much decrease in mmHg from resting BP to stop exercise?
10-5 mmHg
10 sbp - 5 dbp
Which side of the body is the cardiac pacemaker placed?
Non-dominant side
What condition refers to “multiple P on P phenomenon”?
3rd Degree Heart Block
What type of population are affected with Ventricular hypertrophy?
Athletes (especially olympians)
What is immediately done in a pt. with Ventricular Fibrillation?
CPR and then Defibrillator
Specify the condition with “double P on P phenomenon”?
2nd degree Type 2 Mobitz
What is the proper mmHg release in taking a pt’s BP?
Deflation is 2-3 mmHg/sec drop in taking BP
What is the greatest treatable risk factor?
Hypertension
What condition is associated with a positive finding of chronic valve murmurs?
Rheumatic Heart Disease RHD
What is the % HR max of pt’s with comorbidities?
40-60% HR max
Provide the formula for Cardio Output CO.
CO = HR x SV
What cardiac condition is associated with Brugada syndrome?
Sudden Unexplained Death Syndrome SUDS
What heart sound automatically corresponds to an abnormal pathology?
S4 heart sound
What kind of shunt is a cyanotic VSD?
L shunt
Enumerate the 4 manifestations of Tetralogy of Fallot TOF.
- Pulmonary artery stenosis
- RV hypertrophy
- Ventricular septal defect (L shunt)
- Overriding of the aorta
What invasive surgery may be done to pt’s with a thrombus?
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft surgery
What do you call the object that maintains the shape of a vessel after deflating a ballon?
Cardiac stent
What are the semilunar valves?
Aortic valve and Pulmonary valve
What heart sound is associated with congestive heart failure CHF?
S3
What technique is used to check the pulmonary arterial pressure?
Swan-Ganz catheter
Hypotension in the midst of tachycardia
Orthostatic Hypotension
Drug of choice given to patients with CHF
Digoxin
Antidote to digitalis toxicity
Digibind
What supplies the 40% of the SA node?
Left Circumflex artery
Provide the formula for Bohr Effect.
Co2 + Hgb –> O2
What are the only veins that carry highly
oxygenated blood?
Pulmonary veins
Where does the Bohr Effect take place?
Peripheral/systemic capillaries
What are the only arteries that carry deoxygenated blood?
R & L pulmonary arteries
What is the systemic pump?
L ventricle
Provide the formula for Haldane Effect.
O2 + Hgb –> CO2
What is the most prone for CAD?
LAD
If there is an impending heart disease or MI or angina pectoris, where will the referred pain be?
Simultaneous B shoulder referred pain
What are the physiologic properties of the heart?
Chronotropic, Bathmotropic, Dromotropic and Inotropic
What artery besides the R coronary artery also supplies the Right ventricle?
LAD
What condition can be seen with Levine’s sign?
Myocardial Infarction
What is the definition of Stroke Volume?
The amount of blood ejected by the heart per second/per cardiac cycle
Provide the formula for Ejection fraction (EF)
SV / LV EDV = x 100
What is the normal value of Stroke Volume?
70 mL
What do you call the structure in an adult heart that was previously called in a fetal heart ‘Foramen ovale’?
Fossa ovalis
What do you call the structure in an adult heart that was previously called in a fetal heart ‘Ductus arteriosus’?
Ligamentum arteriosum
What is the most common cause of blue babies?
Tetralogy of Fallot
What are the mainstays for an MI Myocardial Infarction?
Aspirin, nitroglycerin and O2 (ANO)
What conditions refers to the exchange places aorta becomes RV while pulmonary a.
becomes part of LV?
Transposition of Great vessels
What is the first drug to be given to a pt. with heart attack?
Oxygen
What condition refers to the aorta and pulmonary a. become one in the same trunk without normal separation?
Truncus Arteriosus
What are the 4 defects associated with Tricuspid valve atresia?
Defective tricuspid valve, ASD, VSD and very small RV
R ventricular hypertrophy may lead to ________
R ventricular hypertrophy may lead to cor pulmonale
What position should an irritable blue baby of 10 months?
Supine knee to chest < 1 y.o
What situation is the given pathway referring to VC, RA, RV, pulmo. artery (blocked) goes back to RV?
Pulmonary artery stenosis
What position should an irritable blue baby of 13 months?
Side lying knee to chest > 1 y.o`
A hole in between two atrias of the R atrium and the L atrium
Astrial sepal defect ASD
Enumerate the 4 acyanotic CHD.
Atrial sepal defect (ASD), Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), Coarctation of the Aorta, VSD (R shunt)
What heart sound can be heard with rapid ventricular filling?
S3
What do you call when the F. ovale is open and the Ductus art. Is closed the blood can still reach the lungs?
Astrial sepal defect ASD
The F. ovale is open and the Ductus art. Is closed the blood can still reach the lungs via ___
L Atrium
What possible conditions with a (+) S4 heart sound?
MI Aortic Stenosis CAD HTN Pulmo Dse. CABG
What heart sound refers to atrial gallop or abnormal atrial systole?
S4 heart sound
In what phase can you hear the S2 heart sound?
Diastole
What BP ranges do you consider normal in a 12 yo.?
SBP: 95-135mmHg
DBP: 53-88 mmHg
What BP ranges do you consider to be preyhypertension?
SBP: 120-139
DBP: 80-89 mmHg
What is the formula for the number of seconds to take a BP?
Pulse pressure divided by 2 mmHg and 3 mmHg
What are the phases of Korotkoff sounds?
Tapping Swishing, murmur Crisp, louder Muffling Disappear
What phase of the cardiac cycle is when all of the AV valves and SL valves are closed?
Phase 2 (Isovolumetric contraction) and Phase 4 (Isovolumetric relaxation)
In the cardiac auscultation where can you hear the murmurs and mitral stenosis?
Erb’s point 3rd ICs on the L
Amount of blood ejected by the ventricle per cycle per second or per beat
Stroke Volume
What is the best determinant for exercise for pulmonary patients like Covid 19?
Dyspnea scale
Provide the formula for BP.
CO x TPR
Where does the conduction of 1st degree Heart Block patients end?
Conducts until the Bundle of HIS
What refers to ventricular repolarization on ECG?
T wave
What basis do you use for termination of exercise?
Blood pressure
What basis do you use for the adjustment of exercise intensity?
Determinants of exercise like dyspnea etc.
What is the pathway for the conduction of the heart?
SA Node → AV Node → AV Bundle of HIS → (R) and (L)
branches of Bundle of HIS → Purkinje Fibers → Ventricles
What refers to atrial depolarization on ECG?
P wave
What is the normal conduction of the heart?
0.12 -0.20 secs
On ECG what determines the conduction of the heart?
PR interval
What heart condition refers to “regularly irregular”?
3rd Degree Heart Block (HB)
What dromotropic incompetence refers to P on P phenomenon – QRS complex is gone
2nd Degree Heart Block (HB) Type 1 Mobitz
Where does physiologic delay happen to allow ventricular filling?
AV Node
What conditions has a flecked sputum?
Pneumoconiosis / Coal Miner’s Disease
What is the most common cause of Bronchiectasis in children?
Cystic Fibrosis
What condition has a purple sputum?
Neoplasm (bronchogenic carcinoma)
What condition has a gray sputum?
Emphysema
What condition has a rusty sputum?
Pneumonia
What is the consistency of a sputum that is “very viscous, white, foul smelling”?
Fetid consistency
What condition has a fetid consistency?
Cystic Fibrosis