History
Rhythms
Pick Your Poison
Eponyms
Congenital
100

______ invented the stethoscope, improving the ability to listen to internal heart sounds

René Laënnec

100

Treatment of choice for Belhassen's VT

-Verapamil

100

Boundaries of triangle of Koch's

 - Tendon of Todaro, Coronary sinus, tricuspid annulus

100

Autosomal dominant condition which affects bones in the arms and hands, and may also cause hearing problems 


Hold Oram syndrome


- chromosome 12, TBX5 gene mutation

100

Apical displacement of septal leaflet of tricuspid valve should be more than this to define Ebsteins abnormally

8mm/m2


200

Cardiac catheterization paved the way for coronary arteriography, which was first performed by ___

Mason Sones

200

The mechanism of pro arrhythmia in digoxin toxicity, CPVT which is non-pause dependent is    ________

- Calcium overload / Delayed after depolarization.

200

Gibson murmur is heard in patients with this


-PDA

200

_____ A bulging in the lower front chest area (epigastrium), historically associated with a large fluid buildup around the heart (pericardial effusion).

Auenbrugger's Sign

200

Supravalvular mitral membrane, parachute mitral valve, subaortic stenosis, coarctation


Shone complex

300

In 1953, _____ at Thomas Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia performed the first open-heart operation using cardiopulmonary bypass when he successfully closed an atrial septal defect in an 18-year-old girl

John Gibbon

300

 Inheritance pattern of Brugada and Long QT  syndrome

-Autosomal dominant

300

This is when aortic pressure exceeds LV pressure during LVAD support and the aortic valve remains closed


LV – aortic pressure uncoupling

300

 A familial form of mitral valve prolapse which is sometimes inherited as an autosomal dominant trait.

Barlow’s syndrome

300

Phlebotomy is indicated for cyanotic CHD if hematocrit 

> 65 mg/dL


400

In 1961, ________ , then a registrar in cardiology at the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh, Scotland, articulated the concept of the coronary care unit

Desmond Julian

400

 IV drugs for treatment of hemodynamically stable patients with preexisted Afib

Ibutilide, Procainamide, Amiodarone

400

2020 ACC/AHA gudeline recommends TEER in patients with HF and severe MR due to LV dysfunction below this pulmonary arterty systolic pressure


70 mmHg

400

____ An X-linked mutation of the TAZ gene, leading to dilated cardiomyopathy, skeletal myopathy, short stature and neutropenia. 3-methylglutaconic acid excretion in the urine has been observed in almost all reported cases.

Barth syndrome

400

LV to RA shunt is called to

gerbode defect

500

In 1944, _______   , at Harvard and the Massachusetts General Hospital, often referred to as the father of American cardiology, pioneered the concept of cardiovascular prevention

Dr. Paul Dudley White

500

Preexitation syndrome due to accessory pathway present very close to AV node [James fibres] Short PR and absent Delta waves on ECG

Lown–Ganong–Levine (LGL) syndrome

500

 PCI did not reduce the occurrence of death, reinfarction, or heart failure and there was a trend towards excessive reinfarction rate for years of follow-up in stable patients with occlusion of the infarct when artery 3 to 28 days after MI

OAT Trial

500

An eponym for rheumatic fever.

Bouillaud’s syndrome

500

Potts shunt connects these two structures

L pulmonary artery to ascending aorta