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62 Cards in this Set
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Levocardia means what?
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Heart is in normal position (left chest)
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Dextrocardia means what?
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heart formed in right chest
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Thrills are best felt with what part of the hand?
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ball of hand
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Thrills are present with what grades of murmurs?
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4, 5, 6
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S1 corresponds to the closure of what valves?
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Mitral & tricuspid
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S2 corresponds to the closure of what valves?
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Aortic & pulmonary
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S3 is caused by what?
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Rapid filling of the ventricles
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S4 is caused by what?
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atrial kick
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A gallop is heard when?
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When S3/S4 are as loud as S1/S2
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Still's murmur is loudest in what position?
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Supine
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Describe a Still's murmur.
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Systolic vibratory musical sound
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Where on the chest can a Still's murmur be heard?
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along left lower sternal border to the apex
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Still's murmur is thought to be caused by what mechanism?
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Vibration of heart and/or great vessels
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A pulmonary flow murmur is caused by what mechanism?
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Audible flow in the main pulmonary artery
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Where is a pulmonary murmur heard on the body?
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left upper sternal border & back
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A pulmonary murmur is louder in what position?
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Supine
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What is the description of a pulmonary murmur?
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grade I-III, systolic ejection murmur
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A brachiocephalic murmur is caused by what mechanism?
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turbulent flow at brachiocephalic artery take-off
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What is the description of a brachiocephalic murmur?
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scratchy harsh systolic ejection murmur loudest above right clavicle
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A brachiocephalic murmur can be altered by what action?
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shoulder hyper-extension
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A branch pulmonary artery stenosis is also known as what?
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peripheral pulmonary stenosis
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What is the mechanism behind a branch pulmonary artery stenosis?
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Due to acute angulation of branch PAs
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Where is a branch pulmonary artery stenosis heard?
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axillae, back
left upper sternal border |
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When should a branch pulmonary artery stenosis resolve?
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by age 6 months
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Venous hum represents what?
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represents turbulent venous flow return from upper body
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A venous hum can be what grades?
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I - VI
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What is the description of a venous hum?
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Very low pitched continuous rumbling
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Where is a venous hum best heard?
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under right clavicle
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At what phase in the cardiac cycle is a venous hum loudest?
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diastole
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A venous hum disappears when?
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Supine or with jugular pressure
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Mammary souffle represents what?
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flow within enlarged internal mammary arteries
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Mammary souffle is only found in what patients?
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lactating females
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What is the description of mammary souffle?
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Continuous high pitched murmur
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Mammary souffle is loudest when?
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Systole, no change with position
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What congenital heart diseases have a L to R shunt?
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VSD
ASD PDA |
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What is the most common congenital heart defect?
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VSD
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What is the description of a VSD murmur?
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harsh holosystolic murmur
S1 often obscured |
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Where is a VSD murmur heard best?
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lower left sternal border
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What is the second most common congenital defect?
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PDA
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PDA is associated with what abnormal valve?
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bicuspid aortic valve
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What does a PDA murmur sound like?
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continuous machinery-like
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Where is a PDA murmur best found?
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under left clavicle
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A PDA is best heard in what phase of the cardiac cycle?
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systole
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What is the treatment for a PDA in a premature infant?
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IV indomethacin
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What are the closure options for a PDA besides indomethacin?
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Coils
Thorascopic closure Surgery |
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What is the most common atrial septal defect?
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secundum
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What are the 3 atrial septal defects?
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Secundum
Primum Sinus venosus |
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An ASD has what finding on palpation?
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RV lift
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An ASD shows what on CXR?
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large heart
increased flow |
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What is the description of the second heart sound in an ASD?
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fixed split S2
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Relative stenosis is present in what valves in ASD?
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pulmonary
tricuspid |
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An rsR' is present in V1 in what defect?
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ASD
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The EKG shows what in an ASD?
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right axis deviation
right atrial enlargement right ventricular hypertrophy |
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What congenital heart diseases are obstructive?
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Pulmonary stenosis
Aortic stenosis Coarctation |
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What congenital heart diseases are cyanotic?
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transposition of the great arteries
Tetralogy of Fallot Hypoplastic right heart syndrome Hypoplastic left heart syndrome Total anomalous pulmonary venous return Truncus arteriosus |
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What arteries are transposed in TGA?
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pulmonary artery & aorta
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TGA is most common in what infants?
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term large males
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What is found upon palpation and auscultation in TGA?
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RV lift
single S2 |
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What is the CXR finding in TGA?
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"egg on a string"
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What is the surgery to correct TGA?
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septostomy
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What are the four components of tetralogy of Fallot?
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Large VSD
Aorta over-rides the VSD Pulmonary stenosis (valvular & muscular) Right ventricular hypertrophy |
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What is the most common cyanotic defect?
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Tetralogy of Fallot
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