Cardio Examination

Question 1

what are osler nodes

Answer 1

inflammatory deposits, sore to touch, associated with infective endocarditis

Question 2

what are janeway lesions

Answer 2

pus deposits, painless, associated with IE

Question 3

what is Koilonychia

Answer 3

spooning of nails, anaemia

Question 4

what causes a collapsing pulse

Answer 4

aortic regurgitation

Question 5

where is xanthoderma

Answer 5

on the elbows

Question 6

what can cause a raised JVP

Answer 6

RSHF, tamponade

Question 7

what is the rhythm of atrial flutter

Answer 7

regularly irregular

Question 8

what is the rhythm of A fib

Answer 8

irregularly irregular (with absent p waves)

Question 9

what is angular stomatitis

Answer 9

common inflammatory condition affecting the corners of the mouth or oral commissures- dryness

Question 10

what is the saying for remembering valves

Answer 10

all prostitutes take mioey

Question 11

what murmur radiates to the carotids

Answer 11

aortic stenosis

Question 12

what is the role over manoeuvre for

Answer 12

mitral stenosis

Question 13

which murmur radiates to the axilla

Answer 13

mitral stenosis

Question 14

what causes a radial femoral pulse delay

Answer 14

coarctation of the aorta

Question 15

where are venous ulcers normally

Answer 15

located superficially

Question 16

where are arterial uclers normally located

Answer 16

usually small, below ankles, deep

Question 17

what are roth spots

Answer 17

in eyes, like splinter haemorrhages, associated with IE