Anatomy
Name of the upper heart chamber
What is the Atrium?
Stroke volume / end diastolic volume
What is Ejection Fraction?
When the heart beats abnormally slower than normal
What is Bradycardia?
Excess accumulation of fluid in the lungs due to heart failure
What is pulmonary oedema?
For most adults, ideal blood pressure.
Artery that supplies the brain, head, face and neck.
What is the carotid artery?
System that gives rise to Aldosterone.
What is the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system?
A heart that is beating too fast
What is tachycardia?
Chest pain or discomfort that most often occurs with activity or emotional stress and is relieved with rest
What is stable angina?
Part of vertebrae that contains white and grey rami.
What is T1-L2?
Equation that governs fluid retention in vasculature.
What is Starling's equation:
Jv = k (Pc + 𝛑if ) - (Pif + 𝛑p)
An erratic heartbeat that starts in the heart's upper chambers
What is Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT)?
Myocardial necrosis due to severe and/or prolonged ischaemia.
What is an MI?
What is 1cm medial to the mid-clavicular line, in the 5th left intercostal space?
Arterial structure that supplies the first two digits of the hand.
What is the deep Palmar arch?
Out of the conductive tissues in the heart, only these cells can stimulate cardiac myocytes to contract...?
What are Purkinje fibres?
Irregular and often very rapid heart rhythm originating in the atria and is the most common type of heart arrhythmia
What is atrial Fibrillation?
Troponin tests measure the level of cardiac-specific troponin in the blood
What is a marker of myocardial infarction?
Most correct order for palpating peripheral pulses (proximal to distal).
What are femoral --> popliteal --> posterior tibial --> dorsalis pedis
Artery that determines vascular dominance of the myocardium.
What is the posterior descending artery?
Correct sequence of conduction system in the heart.
What is SA node --> AV node --> Bundle os His --> R+L bundle branches --> Purkinje fibres
Condition that results where on an ECG, p-waves have no relation to the QRS complexes.
What is 3rd degree heart block?
Transmural myocardial infarct with ECG changes and elevated cardiac enzymes.
What is STEMI?
Best SG in MedSoc.
What is Amir's Best SG?