triads in cardiology

Question 1

triad of ruptured aneurysm

Answer 1

Left plank pain
hypotension
pulsatile mass

Question 2

diagnostic triad of wolf parkinson white ecg pattern

Answer 2

Wide QRS
relatively short PR interval
SLurring of the initial part of the QRS complex

Question 3

triad of chronic renal failure in ECG

Answer 3

Peaked T waves
Long QT due to ST segment lengthening
LVH

Question 4

(Beck’s Triad) 3 principles features of tamponade

Answer 4

hypotension
soft/absent heart sounds
jugular venous distention with a prominent x-descent but an absent y-descent

Question 5

plaques that have caused fatal thromboses tend to have

Answer 5

thin fibrous caps
relatively large lipid cones
high content of macrophages

Question 6

major determinants of myocardial O2 demand

Answer 6

heart rate
myocardial contractility
myocardial wall tension (stress)

Question 7

triad of buerger’s disease

Answer 7

claudification of the affected extremity
raynaud’s phenomenon
migratory superficial vein thrombophlebitis

Question 8

virchow’s triad

Answer 8

stasis
vascular/endothelial damage
hypercoagulability

Question 9

dressler’s triad (post MI pericarditis)

Answer 9

Fever
pleuritic pain
pericardial effusion