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ToL EM cardiology Flashcards

1
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What is the most common valve involved in acute bacterial endocarditis?

A

Mitral valve

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What organisms are most commonly involved in acute bacterial endocarditis?

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HACEK organisms (haemophilus, actinobacillus, cardiobacterium, eikenella, kingella)

Staph aureus

Viridans streptococci

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What diagnostic studies should be preformed on a patient in whom you suspect acute bacterial endocarditis?

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Blood cultures (before abx initiation)
EKG
Echo
CBC

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What criteria can be used to diagnose acute bacterial endocarditis?

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Duke criteria

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5
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How many duke criteria must be positive to diagnose acute bacterial endocarditis?

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2 major
OR
1 major + 3 minor
OR
5 minor
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What are the major duke criteria?

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Bacteremia (2 positive blood cultures)
Endocardial involvement (positive echo showing vegetations, or new valvular regurg)
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What are the 6 minor duke criteria?

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  1. Predisposing condition (IVDE, indwelling cath)
  2. Fever
  3. Vascular/embolic phenomena (janeway lesions, ICH)
  4. Immunologic phenomena (oseler nodes, roth spots, + RF, acute glomerulonephritis)
  5. 1 positive blood culture
  6. Positive echo not meeting major criteria (worsening murmur)
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What is the suggested empiric therapy and duration for acute bacterial endocarditis of a native valve in a non-IVDU?

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Penicillin/ampicillin + gentamycin x 4-6 weeks

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What is the suggested empiric therapy and duration for acute bacterial endocarditis of a native valve in an IVDU patient?

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Vancomycin x4-6 weeks

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What is the treatment for acute bacterial endocarditis in a patient with a prosthetic valve?

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vancomycin + gentamycin + rifampin

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What is the #1 risk factor for angina?

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Smoking

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What EKG findings are consistent with stable angina?

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No changes at rest.

1mm ST depression during episode

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What follow up testing should a patient undergo after being diagnosed with stable angina?

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Exercise stress test

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14
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What is the first line therapy for chronic angina?

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B-blockers

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15
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What is prinzmetal angina?

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vasospastic angina

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16
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What medication is contraindicated in treatment of prinzmetal angina?

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propanolol

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17
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What is the treatment for prinzmetal angina?

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nitrates and CCB

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18
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An irregularly irregular rhythm with no discernable P waves is consistent with what dysrhythmia?

A

A fib

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What are the components of the CHA2DS2VASc score?

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CHF = 1
HTN = 1
Age >74 = 2
DM = 1
Stroke/TIA = 2
Vascular disease = 2
Age 65-74 = 1
Female = 1
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20
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A CHADSVASc score of ___ or greater should be anticoagulated

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2

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21
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What rhythm is characterized by a PR interval >.2 without any dropped beats?

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1st degree AV block

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PR intervals that become longer and longer until a beat is dropped is what type of rhythm?

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Wenckebach (Mobitz I) (Second degree AV block, type 1)

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23
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What are the characteristic EKG findings of a mobitz II (second degree AV block, type II)?

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Consistently long PR interval, with some dropped beats.

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24
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How would you describe the EKG findings of a 3rd degree AV block (complete heart block)?

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P waves and QRS complexes have no correlation to eachother.

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25
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A wide QRS with R and R’ waves in leads v4-v6 is characteristic of?

A

Left heart block

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26
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Which leads are R and R’ waves seen in in a right heart block?

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V1-V3

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27
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What should be the first attempted treatment for a stable patient in SVT?

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valsalva

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28
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For a symptomatic patient in SVT, what is the treatment?

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Adenosine

Definitive treatment is ablation

29
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How is a PVC distinguished from a PAC?

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PVC is initiated by ventricles = wide QRS

PAC is initiated by atria = narrow QRS

30
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A EKG showing wide QRS and a delta wave is characteristic of what arrhythmia?

A

WPW

31
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What is sick sinus syndrome?

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Dysfunction in the sinus node automaticity and impulse generation.

32
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What is the treatment for sick sinus snydrome?

A

Pacemaker

33
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What is the treatment for Torsades?

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IV magnesium sulfate

34
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What is the triad of symptoms associated with cardiac tamponade?

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Becks triad - Muffled heart sounds, JVD, hypotension

35
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How do you expect BP to change during cardiac tamponade?

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Narrowed pulse pressure

36
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What EKG finding is consistent with cardiac tamponade?

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Electrical alternans

37
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What is the treatment for cardiac tamponade?

A

Pericardiocentesis

IV fluids to increase preload and prevent RV collapse

38
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What medication is the cornerstone of primary prevention of coronary vascular disease?

A

Aspirin

39
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How long after cardiac ischemia does a troponin become positive?
When does it peak?

A

2-4 hours

Peaks at 12-24 hours

40
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ST elevation in lead 1, AVL, V2-V6 indicates an MI in what location?

A

Anterior wall

41
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ST elevation in leads II, III, and AVF suggest MI in what location?

A

Inferior

42
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ST elevation in leads I, AVL, V5-V6 suggest MI in what location?

A

Lateral

43
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What EKG findings are expected in a posterior MI?

A

ST depression in leads V1-V3

44
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What EKG findings would you expect in an anterior MI?

A

ST elevation in leads I, AVL, and V2-V6

45
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What EKG findings would you expect in an inferior MI?

A

ST elevation in leads II, III and AVF

46
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What EKG findings would you expect in a lateral MI?

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ST elevation in leads 1, AVL, V5-V6, and reciprocal ST depression in inferior leads (III and aVF)

47
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What EKG changes would you expect in a posterior MI?

A

ST depression in leads V1-V3

48
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What are the symptoms of left ventricular heart failure?

A

SOB + fatigue

49
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What are the symptoms of right ventricular heart failure?

A

Peripheral edema and abdominal fluid accumulation

50
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Is digoxin indicated for systolic or diastolic heart failure?

A

Systolic

51
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What is the treatment for heart failure?

A

ACE-I and a beta blocker +/- loop diuretic

52
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What qualifies as a hypertensive urgency?

A

SBP >180 or diastolic >100 without end organ damage

53
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What is the treatment for hypertensive urgency?

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Immediate BP reduction not required but pt should be started on 2-drug oral combination (clonidine, captopril, labetolol, furosemide, nicardipine) with close follow up

54
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What qualifies as a hypertensive emergency?

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SBP >180 and/or DBP >120 with signs of end organ damage (encephalopathy, neuropathy, ICH, aortic dissection, pulmonary edema, unstable angina, MI)

55
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What is the treatment for hypertensive emergency?

A

Sodium nitroprusside

56
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What qualifies as malignant HTN?

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DBP >140 with papilledema and either encephalopathy or nephropathy.

57
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What is the drug of choice for malignant HTN?

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hydralazine

58
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What is the diagnostic criteria for orthostatic hypotension?

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Drop of >20mmHg SBP or 10mmHg DBP or 15 bpm increase in pulse 2-5 minutes after change supine to standing

59
Q

Claudication is a symptom of what disease?

A

Peripheral vascular disease (peripheral artery disease)

60
Q

What syndrome is characterized by claudication, erectile dysfunction, and decreased femoral pulses?

A

Leriche syndrome

61
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Thigh and upper calf claudication suggests occlusion of what artery?

A

Femoral artery

62
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Lower calf claudication suggests occlusion of what artery?

A

Popliteal artery

63
Q

What are the 6 P’s of acute arterial embolism?

A

Pain, pulselessness, pallor, paresthesia, poikilothermy, paralysis

64
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What study is the gold standard diagnostic tool for PAD?

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Arteriography - typically only done if revascularization is planned.

65
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What ankle-brachial index is diagnostic of PAD?

A

<0.9

66
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What medication is used to treat claudication?

A

Cilostazol

67
Q

What are the 4 diastolic murmurs?

A

Aortic regurg
Mitral stenosis
Pulmonary regurg
Tricuspid stenosis

68
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What are the 4 midsystolic murmurs (ejection murmurs)?

A

Aortic stenosis
Pulmonic Stenosis
HOCM
Mitral valve prolapse

69
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What are the 3 holosystolic (pansystolic) murmurs?

A

Mitral regurg
Tricuspid regurg
Ventricular septal defect

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