Buzz words

Question 1

patient has fever and pleuritic chest pain that is relieved by sitting up or leaning forward

Answer 1

pericarditis

Question 2

irregularly irregular pulse

Answer 2

atrial fibrilation

Question 3

saw tooth baseline + 150bpm

Answer 3

atrial flutter

Question 4

alveolar bat wings, kerley B lines, cardiomegaly, dilated prominent upper lobe vessels, pleural effusion

Answer 4

pulmonary oedema

Question 5

raised JVP

Answer 5

RHS HF

Question 6

sense of impending doom

Answer 6

MI

Question 7

saddle shaped ST elevation

Answer 7

pericarditis

Question 8

broad complex tachycardia

Answer 8

ventricular problem

Question 9

mid-diastolic murmur with a tapping, undisplaced apex

Answer 9

mitral stenosis

Question 10

broad QRS with slurred upstroke on R wave (delta wave)

Answer 10

wolfs-parkinson-white syndrome

Question 11

tall, tented T waves, wide QRS complexes

Answer 11

hyperkalaemia

Question 12

patient gets pericarditis 4-6 weeks post MI

Answer 12

dressler’s syndrome

Question 13

blurred yellowing vision headache

Answer 13

digoxin toxicity

Question 14

janeway lesions/oslers nodes

Answer 14

subacute bacterial endocarditis

Question 15

continuous machine like heart murmur

Answer 15

patent ductus arteriosus

Question 16

rib notching on CXR

Answer 16

coarctation of aorta

Question 17

crescendo decrescendo murmur

Answer 17

aortic stenosis

Question 18

diminished absent lower limb pulses

Answer 18

coarctation of aorta

Question 19

radio-femoral delay

Answer 19

coarctation of aorta

Question 20

radio-radial delay

Answer 20

coarctation of aorta or aortic dissection

Question 21

MRS ASS

Answer 21

mitral regurgitation stenosis, aortic stenosis systolic

Question 22

systolic murmur radiates to neck

Answer 22

aortic stenosis

Question 23

sudden tearing/ripping, radiates to back

Answer 23

aortic dissection