| Question |
Answer |
| ECG finding for a. flutter |
sawtooth p waves |
| unstable angina |
angina is new, is worsening, or occurs at rest |
| antihypertensive for diabetic w/ proteinuria |
ACEI |
| beck's triad for cardiac tamponade |
hypotension, distant heart sounds, and JVD |
| drugs that slow AV node transmission |
b-blockers, digoxin, CCB |
| hypercholesterolemia tx that leads to flushing and pruritis |
Niacin |
| tx for a. fib |
anticoag, rate control, cardioverstion |
| tx for v.fib |
immediate cardioversion |
| AI complication occuring 2-4wks post MI |
Dressler's syndrome: fever, pericarditis, inc ESR |
| IV drug use w/ JVD, holosystolic murmur at the L sternal boarder. Tx? |
treat existing heart failure and replace tricuspid valve |
| diagnosis for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy |
echo |
| fall in systolic BP of >10mmHg w/ inspiration |
pulses paradoxus --> cardiac tamponade |
| ECG finding in pericarditis |
low-voltage, diffuse ST seg elevation |
| define HTN |
BP >140/90 on 3 separate occasions, 2wks apart |
| 8 surgical correctable causes of HTN |
renal art stenosis, coar of aorta, pheochromocytoma, Conn's syndrome, cushings, uliat renal parenchymal dz, hyperthyroid, hyperpara |
| eval of pulsatile abd mass |
US and CT |
| indications for surgical repair of abd aortic aneursym |
>5.5cm, rapidly enlarging, symtpomatic or ruptured |
| tx for acute coronary syndrome |
morphine, O2, sublingual nitro, ASA, IV b-blocker, heparin |
| Metabolic Syndrome |
abd obesity, high triglycerides, low HDL, HTN, insulin resistance, PT or proinflammatory states |
| 50yr male w/ angina can exercise to 85% of maximum predicted heart rate? |
exercise stress test w/ ECG |
| target LDL for diabetic pt |
<70 |
| signs of active ischemia during stress testing |
angina, ST seg changes, dec BP |
| ECF findings suggesting MI |
st seg elevation, flattened T waves, Q waves |
| young pt has angina at rest w/ st segment elevation. cardiac enzyme nl |
prinzmetal's angina |
| common symptoms a/w silent MI |
CHF, shock, AMS |
| diagnostic test for PE |
V/Q scan |
| agent that reverses the effect of heparin |
protamine |
| coag parameter affected by warfarin |
PT |
| young pt w/ FHx of sudden death collapses and dies while exercising |
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy |
| endocarditis prophylaxis regimens |
oral surgery -amoxicillin; GI/GU - amp and gent |
| 6 Ps of ischemia d/t peripheral vascular dz |
Pian, pallor, pulselessness, paralysis, paresthesia, poiklothermia |
| virchow's triad |
stasis, hypercoag, endo damage |
| mc cause of HTN in young women |
OCPs |
| mc cause of HTN in young men |
excessive EtOH |
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