Cardiology — Flashcards

Cardiac output can be increased in patients with mitral regurgitation by giving _____ or insertion of an intra-aortic balloon pump

Hint: pharmacological

Symptoms of mitral regurgitation are generally caused by _____ failure, pulmonary hypertension or arrhythmias

Auscultation of mitral regurgitation reveals a _____ murmur heard best at the apex.

The target INR for mitral stenosis is _____-3.5

Auscultation of severe mitral regurgitation may reveal _____

What is the management of symptomatic aortic stenosis? _____

The most common cause of aortic reguritation in the developed world is _____

What is the management of asymptomatic aortic stenosis? _____

What is the definitive management of aortic regurgitation? _____

Aortic regurgitation may present with a(n) collapsing pulse (Corrigan / bounding / Water-hammer pulse), pulsating nail bed (Quincke pulse), and head _____ when severe