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What is the likely diagnosis in a young patient with palpitations, tachycardia, and representative ECG findings (short PR, delta wave)?\n_____
Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy causes _____ dysfunction
Hint: diastolic/systolic
What is the likely cause of syncope in a young patient with occasional chest pain, dyspnea, and a crescendo-decrescendo systolic murmur along the left sternal border without carotid radiation? _____
Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) on echocardiogram shows the triad: _____?
Widened/slurred QRS (delta wave) and ↓ PR interval is suggestive of _____
Hint: arrhythmia
_____ is characteristic for Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) on ECG
In Wolff-Parkinson White (WPW) syndrome there is axis deviation _____ to the accessory pathway
Hint: ipsilateral/contralateral
Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy can also present with _____
Hint: valvular pathology
Patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy most commonly present _____, but can develop dyspnoea, chest pain, palpitations, and syncope
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (WPW) presents with a _____ QRS complex, shortened PR interval, and characteristic delta wave on ECG
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