Lipid Disorders
"Bad" form of cholesterol?
What is LDL
IV drug user what valve is affected?
What is tricuspid?
most common cause of pericarditis
what is a virus?
Most common cause of rheumatic fever.
what is streptococcus
WHat is rheumatic heart disease?
Age to start screening for lipid disorders?
What is age 20?
Most common cause of endocarditis?
Most common complaint with pericarditis?
Pleuritic chest pain
improved with sitting forward
How long does rheumatic fever develop after strep?
2-3 wks.
How do you diagnose rheumatic heart disease?
Echo
What population gets a statin?
Who is adults 40-75, 1 or more CVD risk factors?
What causes turbulent blood flow in bacterial endocarditis?
What is fibrin deposits?
Changes on EKG with pericarditis
ST/T wave changes/inversions
What is jones criteria?
j = arthritis
o= carditis
n = nodules
e = erythema migrans
s = sydenham chorea
What is pericardial friction rub?
Inflammation of layers of heart in pericarditits.
When do xanthomas appear?
Symptoms in infective endocarditis?
What are fever, roth spots, splinter hemorrhages, janeway lesions, osler nodes?
Treatment for pericarditis?
1-2 wks aspirin
3 months colchecine
Most commonly affected valve in Rheumatic heart disease?
Treatment for high triglycerides?
Statins and fibrins!
What is Familial hypercholesterolemia?
IV Vanc 6 wks
Classic features of Pericarditis most common complication?
What is cardiac tamponade, Becks triad.
hypotension, soft heart sounds, JVD
How to prevent progression of fever to disease
monthly PCN g injection
10 yrs or until 40 y/o
What do the HACEK Group of bacteria originate?
what is the Oropharynx?