Buzzwords

Question 1

pleuritic chest pain relieved by sitting up and forewards?

Answer 1

pericarditis

Question 2

irrergularly irregular pulse + no clear P waves?

Answer 2

A fib

Question 3

saw tooth base line + 150bpm?

Answer 3

atrial flutter

Question 4

alveolar bat’s wings, kerley B lines, cardiomegaly, dilated prominent upper lobe vessels

Answer 4

pulmonary oedema

Question 5

raised JVP/hepatojugular reflux

Answer 5

right sided 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

broad QRS with slurred upstroke on R wave (Delta wave) and short PR interval

Answer 9

wolff-parkinson-white syndrome

Question 10

tall tented T waves?

Answer 10

hyperkalaemia

Question 11

patient gets pericarditis 4-6wks post MI?

Answer 11

Dressler’s syndrome

Question 12

blurred yellowing vision headache?

Answer 12

digoxin toxicity

Question 13

janeway lesions, oslers nodes?

Answer 13

bacterial endocarditis

Question 14

continuous machine like heart murmur

Answer 14

patent ductus arteriosus

Question 15

rib notching on CXR

Answer 15

coarction of aorta

Question 16

collapsing pulse

Answer 16

aortic regurgitation

Question 17

bounding pulse

Answer 17

acute CO2 retention

Question 18

diminished absent lower limb pulses, radiofemoral delay

Answer 18

coarctation of the aorta

Question 19

tertalogy of fallot?

Answer 19

pulmonary stenosis
ventricular septal defect
overriding aorta
right ventricular hypertrophy