Cardio Buzzwords

Question 0

ECG with sawtooth baseline and 150 bpm

Answer 0

Atrial flutter

Question 1

Fever and pleuritic chest pain, relieved by sitting up and leaning forward

Answer 1

Pericarditis

Question 3

Alveolar bat’s wings
Kerley B lines
Cardiomegaly
Dilated prominent upper lobe vessels

Answer 3

Pulmonary oedema

Question 4

Raised JVP (on hepatojugular reflex)

Answer 4

Right-sided heart failure

Question 5

Sense of impending doom

Answer 5

MI

Question 6

Saddle shaped ST elevation

Answer 6

Pericarditis

Question 7

Broad complex tachycardia

Answer 7

Ventricular problem

Question 8

Mid-diastolic murmur

Answer 8

Mitral stenosis

Question 9

Tapping undisplaced apex beat

Answer 9

Mitral stenosis

Question 10

Broad QRS
Slurred upstroke on R wave
Delta wave

Answer 10

WPW syndrome

Question 11

Tented T waves

Answer 11

Hyperkalaemia

Question 12

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

Osler’s 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 hte aorta

Question 17

Crescendo decrescendo murmur

Answer 17

Aortic stenosis

Question 18

Diminished/absent lower limb pulses

Answer 18

Coarctation of the aorta

Question 19

Systolic murmur

Answer 19

Mitral regurgitation or aortic stenosis (MRS ASS)

Question 20

Systolic murmur radiating to the neck

Answer 20

Aortic stenosis

Question 21

Irregularly irregular pulse

Answer 21

Atrial fibrillation