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62 Cards in this Set

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