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Cardio
Coronary Arteries
- Aortic Root
- Right Coronary Artery (RCA)
- Right (Acute) Marginal Artery
- Posterior Descending Artery (PDA)
- Left Coronary Artery (LCA)
- Left Anterior Descending (LAD) Artery
- Circumflex Artery
- Left Marginal Artery
1 min
Aortic Stenosis
- Characteristics
- Age-related Calcifications
- Bicuspid Aortic Valve
- Crescendo-decrescendo Murmur
- Systolic Murmur
- Ejection Murmur
- Ejection Click
- Radiates to Carotids and Apex
- Pulsus Parvus et Tardus
- Syncope
- Helmet Cells
2 mins
Mitral Regurgitation
- Characteristics
- Holosystolic
- Blowing Murmur
- Loudest at Apex
- Radiates toward Axilla
- Louder by Squatting
- Hand Grip
- Expiration
1 min
Tricuspid Regurgitation
- Holosystolic
- Blowing Murmur
- Radiates to Right Sternal Border
- Enhanced by Inspiration
1 min
Aortic Regurgitation
- Auscultation
- Diastolic Murmur
- Immediate High-pitched
- Blowing Murmur
- Clinical Findings
- Wide Pulse Pressure
- Water Hammer Pulse
- Head Bobbing
- Pulsating Nail Bed
- Considerations
- Can Cause Austin Flint Murmur
1 min
Mitral Stenosis
- Characteristics
- Murmur Follows Opening Snap
- Late Diastolic Murmur
- Enhanced by Expiration
- Low-Pitched Rumbling
- Dilation of Left Atrium (LA)
- Recurrent Attacks of Rheumatic Fever
2 mins
Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Continuous
- Machine like murmur
- Often Due to Congenital Rubella
- Prematurity
1 min
Parts of an ECG
- PQRST
- P Wave
- Atrial Depolarization
- QRS Complex
- Ventricular Depolarization
- T Wave
- Ventricular Repolarization
2 mins
Right to Left Heart Shunts
- The 5 Ts
- Truncus Arteriosus
- Transposition of the Great Vessels
- Tricuspid Atresia
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (TAPVR)
- Associations
- Cyanosis at Birth
- May Require PDA
1 min
Persistent Truncus Arteriosus
- Common Arterial Trunk
- Single Trunk Emerges from Both Ventricles
- Symptoms
- Cyanosis
- Pulmonary Congestion
- Heart Failure
- Single S2 Sound
- Diagnosis
- Echocardiogram
- Chest X-ray
- Treatment
- Early Surgical Correction
- Avoids Pulmonary Hypertension
2 mins
Transposition of Great Vessels
- Pathophysiology
- Pulmonary and Systemic Circulation are in Parallel
- Incompatible with Life Without a Shunt
- Symptoms
- Severe Cyanosis at Birth
- Single S2 sound
- Diagnosis
- Echocardiogram
- Chest X-ray shows "Egg-shaped Silhouette"
- Treatment
- Prostaglandin
- Avoid NSAIDs
- Surgical Correction
- Balloon Atrial Septostomy
2 mins
Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)
- Features
- Blue Baby Syndrome
- Mechanism
- PROVe Acronym
- Pulmonary Infundibular Stenosis
- Right Ventricular Hypertrophy
- Overriding Aorta
- Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
- Diagnosis and Treatment
- Boot-Shaped Heart
- Squatting for Tet Spells
- Surgery
2 mins
Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (TAPVR)
- Pathophysiology
- Pulmonary Veins Do Not Connect to Left Atrium
- Oxygenated Blood Return to Right Atrium
- Incompatible with Life without a Shunt
- With Obstruction
- Vessel Enters at an Acute Angle
- Severe Cyanosis
- Pulmonary Edema
- Without Obstruction
- Delayed Manifestation (1 or 2 years)
- Right Heart Failure
- Chest X-ray Shows "Snowman"
- Diagnosis
- Echocardiogram
- Treatment
- Surgical Correction
3 mins
Left-to-Right Heart Shunts
- The 3 Ds
- Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
- Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)
- PDA
- Associations
- Later Cyanosis
- Clubbing
- Eisenmenger's Syndrome
2 mins
Brugada
- Autosomal Dominant
- Asian males
- ECG: pseudo-right bundle branch block and ST elevations in V1-V3
- increase risk of ventricular tacchyarrhythmias
- sudden cardiac death
- prevent sudden cardiac death with implantable cardioverter-defribillator
Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
- Pathophysiology
- Opening at Intraventricular Septum
- Most Common Congenital Heart lesion
- Symptoms
- High-pitched Holosystolic Murmer (over left sternal border)
- Dyspnea and Respiratory Distress
- Loud Pulmonic S2
- Diagnosis
- Echocardiogram
- Treatment
- Small VSDs Close Spontaneously
- Large VSDs Require Surgery
- Complications
- Endocarditis
- Eisenmenger's Syndrome
- CHF
2 mins
Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)
- Pathophysiology
- Hole in Septum between the Atria
- Symptoms
- Often Asymptomatic
- Wide and Fixed Split S2
- Cyanosis and Dyspnea
- Easily Fatigued
- Diagnosis
- Chest X-ray shows Increased Pulmonary Vascular Markings
- Echocardiogram
- Treatment
- Surgery if CHF as Child
- Antibiotic Prophylaxis
- Most Close Spontaneously
2 mins
Coarctation of The Aorta
- Pathophysiology
- Constriction of a Portion of Aorta
- Turner Syndrome
- Symptoms
- Asymptomatic Hypertension
- BP Higher in Upper Extremities, Right Arm
- CHF
- Diagnosis
- Echocardiogram
- Cardiac Catheterization
- 3 Sign on Chest X-Ray
- Rib Notching
- Treatment
- Surgical Correction
2 mins
Marfan Syndrome
- Mechanism
- Fibrillin-1 Mutation
- Symptoms
- Autosomal Dominant
- Tall
- Arachnodactyly
- Pectus Excavatum
- Hypermobile Joints
- Aortic Aneurysm And Dissection
- Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP)
- Subluxation of Lens (Superior)
2 mins
Primary Hypertension Risk Factors
- Excessive Alcohol Consumption
- High Sodium Diet
- Dyslipidemia
- Obesity
- People of African Descent
- Advanced Age
- Vitamin D Deficiency
- Reduced Nephron Number
- Diabetes
- Lack of Physical Activity
2 mins
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