Word associations Flashcards

1
Q

Irregularly Irregular Pulse

A

AF

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2
Q

Slow up-rising pulse

A

Aortic stenosis

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3
Q

Collapsing pulse

A

Aortic regurg

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4
Q

Bounding pulse

A

CO2 retention
hepatic failure
Sepsis

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5
Q

Radio femoral delay

A

Coarctation of aorta

Aortic dissection

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6
Q

Pulsus paradoxus

A

Constrictive pericarditis

Cardiac tamponade

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7
Q

Jerky Pulse

A

Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

Mitral regurgitation

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8
Q

Raised fixed JVP

A

SVC obstruction

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9
Q

JVP rising on inspiration

A

Constrictive pericarditis

Cardiac tamponade

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10
Q

Large ‘v’ waves

A

Triscuspid regurg

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11
Q

Absent ‘a’ waves

A

AF

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12
Q

Cannon ‘a’ waves

A

Complete heart block
AV dissociation
Ventricular arrhythmias

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13
Q

Malar flush

A

Mitral stenosis

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14
Q

Pulsatile hepatomegaly

A

Tricuspid regurg

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15
Q

Carotid pulsation (Corrigan’s sign)
Head nodding (De Musset’s sign)
Capillary pulsations in nail-bed (Quincke’s sign)
Pistol-shot heard over femorals (Traube’s sign)

A

Aortic regurgitation

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16
Q

Roth’s spots (boat-shaped retinal haemorrhages)
Osler’s nodes (painful hard swellings on fingers/toes) Janeway’s lesions (painless erythematous blanching macules seen on palmar surface)

A

Infective endocarditis

17
Q

‘Saw-tooth’ pattern with normal complexes

A

Atrial flutter

18
Q

Absent p waves

A

AF

19
Q

Bifid P waves

A

left atrial hypertrophy

20
Q

Peaked p waves

A

right atrial hypertrophy

21
Q

ST depression

A

Myocardial ischaemia

22
Q

ST elevation

A

MI

23
Q

‘Saddle’-shaped ST elevation

A

Pericarditis

24
Q

S I, Q III, T III pattern (deep S waves in I, Q waves in III,
inverted T waves in III)

A

PE

25
Q

Tall tented ‘t’ waves, wide QRS

complex (sine wave)

A

Hyperkalemia

26
Q

Flattened ‘t’ waves, prominent
‘U’ waves (muscle weakness,
cramps, tetany)

A

Hypokalemia

27
Q

Long ‘Q–T’ interval, tetany,

perioral paraesthesia, carpopedal spasm

A

Hypocalcemia