week 12

Question 1

myocardial infarction(heart attack)

Answer 1

hypotension
S3 heart sound, palpitations, pain

lung crackles

diaphoresis (sweating)

dyspnea (laboured breathing)

indigestion

Question 2

endocarditis

Answer 2

fever

bruit and pitting edema from peripheral ischemia

heart murmur

Question 3

myocarditis

Answer 3

chest pain, SOB, arrhythmia, S3 heart sound, murmurs

peripheral edema

elevated JVP

Question 4

pericarditis

Answer 4

chest pain, S3 sound, cardiac tamponade (fluid)

pleural effusion (lung)

JVP

sharp drop in BP on inspiration- pulses paradoxus

tachycardia

Question 5

aortic dissection

Answer 5

hypertension
chest pain, back pain

peripheral ischemia (pitting) and bruit

asymmetric pulses and BP in upper limbs

Question 6

pulmonary embolism

Answer 6

DVT (bruit, peripheral pulses)

tachycardia

Question 7

ischemic heart disease

Answer 7

hypertension, high BMI

SOB, chest pain, heart murmur

Question 8

cerebrovascular disease

stroke or transient ischemia attack TIA

Answer 8

rapid heart beat, overweight, hypertension, depression, gait problems.

Question 9

peripheral vascular disease

Answer 9

bruit, peripheral pulses

skin- ulcers, wounds, pallor or blue, cold to touch

nails- brittle, ridged

Question 10

deep vein thrombosis

Answer 10

calf swelling >3cm compared to other leg, pitting edema

collateral superficial veins present

legs swollen and pain

dry and discoloured skin with venous ulcers

Question 11

cardiac arrhythmias

Answer 11

hypertension
eating disorders

S3 heart sounds, palpitations, SOB

irregular pulse

JVP

peripheral edema and pitting

lung crackles

Question 12

heart failure

Answer 12

SOB

lung crackles

peripheral edema and pitting exam