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glucose
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other
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early RA
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chronic/subsiding crystal
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osteonecrosis
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SLE
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sickle cell
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amyloidosis
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Hypothyroid
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Osteochondritis dessicans
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RA
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Reiter’s
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Psoriasis
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IBD
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AS
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Acute crystal
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Viral
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ARF
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JRA
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Behçet’s
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Infection
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Fungal
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Mycobacterial
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Acute crystal
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Group M
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Trauma
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Neuropathy
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Bleeding Disorders (hemophilia, vWF, anticoagulation, scurvy, TCP, thrombocytosis)
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Prosthesis, post-op aneurysm
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Sickle cell
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Cardiovascular
[a bunch of images]
General Circulatory HTN, Edema, Thrombosis, PE, DIC, Shock, CHF, Cor Pulmonale
General Metabolic hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis (PVD)
Ischemic ANGINA, MI (myocardial infarction)
Cardiomyopathies dilated, restrictive, HOCM
Arrhythmias bradycardia, heart block, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, SVT
MAT, VT, prolonged QT, torsades de pointes
Valvular AS, MS, AR, MR, TR, Rheumatic Fever
antibiotic prophylaxis
Aortic Aneurysm Aortic Dissection Endocarditis Myocarditis
Pericardial Disease pericardial effusions, acute pericarditis, infectious pericarditis, Dressler’s, uremic, restrictive pericarditis, cardiac tamponade
Cardiac Tumors, Cardiac Malformations
[cardiac pre-op][cardiac physiology][cardiac physical exam][EKG reading] [cardiac labs]
Cardiac Physiology
Single Cardiac Cycle [see diagram]
Jugular Venous Pulses [see diagram]
Swan-Ganz catheter [interpretation of values]
Radiology of the Heart in Cecil’s at MDconsult (great pictures)
Fick equation CO = (O2 consumption) / (AO2% - VO2%)(Hg)(1.36)(10)
Cardiac Physical Exam
Systolic murmurs [see diagram]
Diastolic murmurs [see diagram]
Low-Pitched Sounds Bell S3, S4, MS, AR (Austin-Flint)
High-Pitched Sounds Diaphragm everything else
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Best Heard
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S2
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2nd/3rd LICS
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S3
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3rd/4th LPS and apex / increased with inspiration
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S4
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3rd/4th LPS and apex
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PDA
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1st/2nd LICS mid-clavicular
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MR
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AR
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MS
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AS
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MS
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MR
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can radiate to various places
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AR
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AS
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ASD
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“pulmonic area” of the chest / may radiate to back as with pulmonary stenosis
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VSD
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S1 increased (↑)
LVH (muscle), MS
S1 decreased (↓)
LVH (collagen), LV dilatation/dysfunction, some MR, AR, prolonged PR, LBBB
Note: mechanisms can be way too complex and you’ll make yourself crazy; just refer to this
S2 (normally S2 splitting increases with inspiration due to increase venous return and RVEF; it follows that inspiration will increase most right-sided murmurs/gallops)
abnormally increased split S2
Delayed RV (electrical): incomplete RBB, pacemaker, PVC
Delayed RV (mechanical): VSD (if LR flow), pulmonic stenosis, severe pulmonary edema (↑ impedance)
Shortened LV ejection time:, MR
ASD
(explanation; why not variable? RV already ~max overloaded; and L/R atrial pressures equalized so no net Δ in LV/RV output with inspiration—unlike VSD)
mild pulmonary HTN
RVF
paradoxically split S2 (decreases with expiration)
usually from delayed A2 due to electrical (complete LBB (1st), RV PVC) or mechanical (AS, HOCM, acute ischemia, myocarditis, CHF)
S3 AR, TR, MR / don’t confuse with “tumor plop”
S4 stiff ventricle (various causes) / it can’t happen during Afib
Jugular Venous Pulsations (JVP) [diagram]
“dip and plateau” or “square root” sign constrictive pericarditis
Kussmaul’s sign constrictive pericarditis
Prominent y descent constrictive pericarditis
Large V wave TR
Canon a wave AV dissociation
Pericardial effusion
r/o tamponade (pulsus paradoxus, undulating pulses)
elevated venous pressure
Borderline – expiration/inspiration 105/94
Electrical alternans or alternating voltage
big pericardial effusions from TB and tumor [< 5 mm leads 1-aVF] / can also be from AV fistula in lungs/coronary vessels
Treatment: pericardial window / can also obliterate pericardial space with nitrogen mustards, talc, tetracycline to prevent recurrence
Pulsus paradoxus
> 10 mmHg fall in SBP during inspiration / occurs in 95% of cardiac tamponade (as well as disorders involving intrathoracic pressure changes, such as COPD) / 4 mechanisms
septal shift/pressure, RV enlargement (prevents filling of LV)
tensing of pericardium (impairs cardiac output)
increased capacitance of pulmonary capillary bed (decreases LV filling)
decreased afterload (negative intrathoracic pressure, this is normal)
Tilt Table Testing
Decreased preload stimulates Bezal Jarisch reflex / catecholamines can be used to
enhance this reflex / hold vasoactive drugs for 5 half-lives before / endpoint is
pre-syncope w/ hypotension or bradycardia
Reading EKG’s [Vectorial diagram of Limb Leads]
EKGs of the Major Arrhythmias [tutorial with pictures]
Method for EKG reading: heart rate / heart rhythm / intervals / axis deviation / hypertrophy
EKG reading in myocardial ischemia
For ECG changes associated with electrolyte disturbances (see lytes) [potassium ECG]
Definitions:
If the QRS complex begins with a negative deflection, it is called a Q wave
1st positive deflection is R wave
a negative deflection following an R wave is an S wave
T waves are positive because the ventricles repolarize from epicardium to endocardium (opposite of contraction)
Heart Rate
Each small box is 0.1 mV and 0.04 seconds / one large square is 0.2 seconds (5 small boxes of 0.04)
HR is 300/# of large boxes in RR interval [ex., 4 large boxes between R waves 300/4 or 75 bpm or just count # of large squares from 1,2,3,4,5,6 corresponds to 300, 150, 100, 75, 60, 50
Heart Rhythm
Regular? Are P waves present?
In sinus rhythm, P waves should be upright in lead II (unless reversal of leads or dextracardia)
Are P waves related to QRS?
[sinus arrhythmia v. multifocal atrial tachycardia v. atrial fibrillation v. ventricular arrhythmias etc.]
Intervals
PR interval [0.12 to 0.21] becomes shorter as HR increases
QRS Axis
Extreme left axis (-90 to -180°)
Right-axis deviation in presence of LBBB (+90 to +180°)
QRS interval [0.04 to 0.1]
LBBB: >160 msec
RBBB: >140 msec
QRS Morphology
QT interval normal is less than ½ RR interval with HR < 100
Prolonged QT interval
QTc – corrected for heart rate / women > men / can be a sign of ischemia (lack of ATP and reduced inward K current) / can cause torsades de pointes
Prolonged QT: class Ia and III agents, sotalol, amiodarone, TCA’s, phenothiazines, ketoconazole, quinolones, erythromycin, clarithromycin, antiemetics, antipsychotics, pentamidine, hypomagnesemia, hypokalemia, hypocalcemia, hyperthyroid, hypothyroid, intracranial bleeds, congenital long QT
Shortened QT: hypercalcemia, digitalis (scooping)
Tip: regarding intracellular electrolytes (K, Ca, Mg)
↑ Elevations shorten ↓ QT interval
↓ Depressions prolong ↑ QT interval
Voltage
low voltage is any 3 limb leads < 15 mm or any one precordial lead < 10 mm
Causes: pericardial effusion/tamponade, emphysema, obesity
Axis [vectorial diagram of limb leads]
Calculate Axis
If lead I and II /aVF are both positive 0 to 90 and normal axis (down and to the left)
If lead I is positive and II/aVF is negative LAD
If lead I is negative and II/aVF is positive RAD
Note: axis can also be determined by finding the isoelectric deflection (i.e., shortest QRS) (axis is perpendicular to that vector)
Frontal planes: axis deviation (I, II/AVF)
Horizontal planes: axis rotation (V1-6)
RAD RVH, RBBB, LPFB, RV strain (pulmonary HTN, PE), emphysema / may be normal in children, young adults
Note: mean QRS tends to point away from infarct, toward hypertrophy
Hypertrophy
sum of deepest S in V1 or V2 and tallest R in V5 or V6 is > 35 mm (in patients > 35 yrs)
R in aVL > 12 mm (strain pattern)
R in V6 > 25-35 mm
Note: may see asymmetrical or inverted T in V5 or V6 (strain pattern ~ ST ↓ with upward hump in middle)
Criteria for LVH (sensitivity/specificity)
RaVL + SV3 > 28 mm (men) (40/95)
or RaVL + SV3 > 20 mm (women)
SV1 + RV5 or RV6 > 35 mm (30/95)
RV5 or RV6 >/= 25 mm (20/95)
RaVL > 11 mm (20/95)
right atrial enlargement, right axis deviation, incomplete RBBB, low voltage, tall R wave in V1, persistent precordial S waves, right ventricular strain
Criteria for RVH (sensitivity/specificity)
Limb lead criteria R in I = 0.2 mV (40/100)
S2 S2 S3 (45/75)
Precordial lead criteria R/S ratio in V1 > 1 (30/100)
R wave height in V1 > 0.7 mV (30/100)
S wave depth in V1 < 0.2 mV (20/100)
R/S ratio in V5 or V6 < 1.0 (10/100)
QR in V1 (-/100)
QRS axis > + 90 degrees (15/100)
P wave amplitude > 0.25 mV in II, III, aVF, V1 , or V2 (20/100)
broad, notched (M-shaped) P waves in mitral leads (I, II, aVL) or deep terminal negative component to P in lead V1 (biphasic V1 is the most specific criterion) / causes include MS, HTN
P waves are prominent V1 or > 2.5 mm in any limb lead (tall, peaked in II)
EKG segments [anterior heart] [posterior heart]
Septal depolarization normally moves from R to L causing small downward deflection in V6
Significant Q waves
> 1 mm wide or > ⅓ QRS amplitude (measured from top to bottom) / can start early in MI or in ensuing weeks
Small, insignificant Q waves
normal is < 0.04 seconds in I, aVL and V1-6 / < 0.025 in II and < 0.030 in aVF
small “septal Q’s” commonly seen in lateral leads (I, aVL, V4, V5, or V6)
mid-septal depolarization (from LBB) moving L to R
medium to large Q waves may be normal in aVR if not lead placement
Q in V2 could be lead placement, LVH, LBB, pulmonary disease
downgoing delta waves in II, III, aVF can mimic Q waves
large (deep, broad) Q’s in I and III may occur in HOCM
R waves
R in V1, V2 with posterior MI (see below)
Intrinsicoid deflection > 50 mm with some LVH
Delta wave with WPW, large R in I with LBBB and LAFB, large R in inferior leads with LPFB
R wave progression
transition should occur between V2 and V4; LVH may change vector of conduction such that R wave progression seems poor (yet not ischemic); poor R wave progression is c/w prior anteroseptal infarct; early R wave progression can be sign of prior inferior infarct
V6 with RBBB
Large S in inferior leads with LAFB
Large S in lateral leads with LPFB
T wave changes [diagram] – cannot definitively localize MI’s
subepicardial ischemia (inverted, symmetric), subendocardial ischemia (peaked)
hyperacute MI (tall, peaked, may have associated ST ↑ and/or Q’s)
RBBB, LVH, RVH (septal leads), LBBB (lateral leads)
hyperkalemia (peaked, also with widened QRS, prolonged PR, sine wave) [ECG]
hypokalemia (may have flat, inverted T)
pericarditis (inverted), intracranial hemorrhage (ICH)
Note: can be normal in limb leads, but usually pathological in V2 to V6
Wellen’s T waves – deep, symmetric TWI (usu. early precordial leads) may occur in significant left main or proximal LAD
ST segment changes [diagram]
shape more important than size of changes / J point is the beginning of the ST segment / ST segment changes tell you where the injury is because the injured tissue remains depolarized when surrounding tissue is repolarized / diffuse ST elevations with chest pain [table]
ventricular aneurysm: can produce baseline ST elevations
pericarditis: ST elevations are flat or concave (often entire QT segment)
ST elevation
Diffuse: pericarditis, myocarditis, cerebral hemorrhage, others
Localized: transmural ischemia, MI, wall motion disorder (e.g. aneurysm), others
ST depressions – cannot definitively localize MI’s
subendocardial ischemia (e.g. angina)
ST ↓ V1, V2 with posterior MI (flip and invert EKG to see posterior ST ∆’s)
reciprocal changes with ST elevation MI’s (note:)
LVH, LV strain with repolarization (inverted T’s)
hypokalemia
digoxin toxicity
U waves
(+) > 1 mm / caused by class Ia drugs, hypokalemia [pic], hypomagnesemia, CNS disease (TU fusion waves) [pic], LQTS (+/-) [pic] / predisposes to torsades de pointes
(-) HTN, AV valvular disease, RVH, major ischemia, 60% of anterior MI, 30% of inferior MI, 30% of angina
ECG changes suggestive of MI
ST changes: convex suggests infarction (concave could be pericarditis, other)
ST ↑ > 2 mm in 2 contiguous (by grouping) precordial leads
ST ↑ > 1 mm in 2 contiguous (by grouping) limb leads
> 1 mm ↓ in at least 2 contiguous leads suggests ongoing ischemia (subendothelial
infarct, positive stress test) or digoxin effect
In presence of LBBB: cannot exclude MI but MI very likely if:
ST ↑ > 1 mm concordant with QRS (in same direction as QRS)
ST ↑ > 5 mm discordant (not in same direction as QRS)
ST ↓ > 1 mm in V1, V2 or V3
Indication for thrombolysis: > 2 mm ST elevation in 2 limb leads, new onset LBBB
Contraindications include SBP > 180 (at any time, despite what happens after BP meds)
Reciprocal changes suggest ischemia (where to look)
Inferior ST depression, T inversion anterior leads
Anterior ST depression, T inversion inferior lateral
Lateral ST depression, T inversion inferior, anterior
Localization of infarct
Which artery is/was occluded
I, aVL (high lateral) – L circumflex
V1- V4 (anteroseptal) – LAD (see below)
V5- V6 (lateral) – L circumflex
II, III, aVF (inferior) – RCA (85%), L circumflex (15%)
Note: minimal ST changes and inverted T waves in II, III, aVF common with circumflex a. occlusion
⅓ of inferior MI involve right ventricle / get right sided ECG if inferior leads involved, because right ventricular MI requires much different treatment! (see treatment of MI and avoid nitrates)
Anterior Vs. Posterior MI
V2 is most reliable for determining anterior vs. posterior (it lies in the A-P vectorial plane through LV)
Don’t confuse anterior sub-endocardial MI with posterior MI
acute posterior MI (would be mirror of anterior MI) V1-V2 w/ large R wave, ST depression
Scenario A (wrap-around LAD)
V3 V4 ST
II, III, AVF ST
Scenario B
V1V2 ST
II, III, AVF may be normal 2o to cancellation of vectorial forces
I, AVL, ST if affecting high diagonal
Scenario C
ST I, AVL, V1-6
ST II, II, AVF
Swan-Ganz Catheter – Interpretation of Values
Complications: dysrhythmias (75%), thrombosis (3%), sepsis (2%), pulmonary infarction (2%), pulmonary valve perforation (1%)
RAP [0 to 8 mm Hg]
PAP [systolic: 15-30, diastolic 5-12, mean 10-20 mm Hg]
PCWP [5 to 12 mm Hg] normally LVEDP = PCWP
PCWP > LVEDP in MS, LA myxoma, pulmonary venous obstruction, patient on PEEP
PCWP < LVEDP with “stiff” left ventricle ( > 25 mm Hg)
Cardiac output [3.5 to 7 L/min]
Cardiac index [2.4 to 4 L/m2]
SVR [900-1300 dynes/sec/cm-5]
PVR [155-255 dynes/sec/cm-5]
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