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Exercise ramp ECG: contraindications

RAMP:
Recent MI
Aortic stenosis
MI in the last 7 days
Pulmonary hypertension
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---Sushant Varma University of Sheffield, UK

ECG: T wave inversion causes

INVERT:
Ischemia
Normality [esp. young, black]
Ventricular hypertrophy
Ectopic foci [eg calcified plaques]
RBBB, LBBB
Treatments [digoxin]
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---Robert O'Connor University College Dublin

Rheumatic fever: Jones major criteria

JONES:
Joints (migrating polyarthritis)
Obvious, the heart (carditis, pancarditis, pericarditis, endocarditis or valvulits)
Nodes (subcutaneous nodules)
Erythema marginatum
Sydenham's chorea
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---Anonymous Contributor

Myocardial infarctions: treatment

INFARCTIONS:
IV access
Narcotic analgesics (eg morphine, pethidine)
Facilities for defibrillation (DF)
Aspirin/ Anticoagulant (heparin)
Rest
Converting enzyme inhibitor
Thrombolysis
IV beta blocker
Oxygen 60%
Nitrates
Stool Softeners
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---Anonymous Contributor

Atrial fibrillation: causes

PIRATES:
Pulmonary: PE, COPD
Iatrogenic
Rheumatic heart: mirtral regurgitation
Atherosclerotic: MI, CAD
Thyroid: hyperthyroid
Endocarditis
Sick sinus syndrome
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---Anonymous Contributor

Atrial fibrillation: management

ABCD:
Anti-coagulate
Beta-block to control rate
Cardiovert
Digoxin
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---Anonymous Contributor

Anti-arrythmics: for AV nodes

"Do Block AV":
Digoxin
B-blockers
Adenosine
Verapamil
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---Azira Azmi University of Otago

Murmurs: systolic

MR PV TRAPS:
Mitral
Regurgitation and
Prolaspe
VSD
Tricupsid
Regurgitation
Aortic and
Pulmonary
Stenosis
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---Ugonna Duru Yale University School Of Medicine

Apex beat: differential for impalpable apex beat

DOPES:
Dextrocardia
Obesity
Pericarditis/ Pericardial tamponade/ Pneumothorax
Emphysema
Sinus inversus/ Student incompetence/ Scoliosis/ Skeletal abnormalities (eg pectus excavatum)
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---Fiona Hayes and Moses Lee Tong Chsia and Dalton Boyo UWCM, Cardiff, UK and Not Specified and Medical Student

Rheumatic fever: Jones 5 major criteria

STREP:
Sydenhams chorea
Transient migratory arthritis
Rheumatic subcutaneous nodules
Erythema marginatum
Pancarditis (endocarditis, myocarditis, pericarditis)
· STREP, since Rheumatic fever is caused by group A strep.
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---Anonymous Contributor