Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 101: Patients with BP > _____/10 mmHg above goal should use two antihypertensives

Answer: 20

Flashcard 102: The U wave on ECG is prominent in _____ and bradycardia

Answer: hypokalemia

Flashcard 103: _____ syndrome is due to an abnormally fast accessory conduction pathway from the atria to ventricle via the bundle of Kent, which bypasses the slower AV node

Answer: Wolff-Parkinson-White

Flashcard 104: Coarctation of the aorta in adults presents as _____ in the upper extremities and hypotension in the lower extremities

Answer: hypertension

Flashcard 105: _____ sign is increased jugular venous pressure on inspiration

Answer: Kussmaul

Flashcard 106: Isolated systolic hypertension can occur in _____, severe aortic regurgitation, or systemic causes (anemia, hyperthyroidism)

Answer: aging

Flashcard 107: _____ cardiomyopathy is associated with sudden death in young athletes due to ventricular arrhythmia

Answer: Hypertrophic

Flashcard 108: _____ with ASD forms part of Lutembacher syndrome

Answer: Mitral stenosis

Flashcard 109: Falsely _____ BNP values can be seen in obese patients and during flash pulmonary edema.

Answer: low

Extra: BNP levels are inversely related to BMI (obese patients have lower levels). In flash pulmonary edema, BNP may be falsely low because the peptide has not yet had time to rise. Other causes of lower-than-expected BNP include pericardial constriction and certain valvular heart diseases.

Flashcard 110: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy causes _____ with exercise due to subaortic hypertrophy of the ventricular septum, resulting in functional aortic stenosis

Answer: syncope