Your Name: Anna Alexander
Theme: Cardiac disease
OPTION LIST
|
A |
Acute
bacterial endocarditis |
I |
Cardiomyopathy
(Restrictive) |
|
B |
Acute
rheumatic fever |
J |
Chronic
rheumatic valvular disease |
|
C |
Aortic
stenosis - acquired |
K |
Non
infective endocarditis |
|
D |
Aortic
stenosis - Degenerative |
L |
Pericarditis |
|
E |
Cardiac
Failure |
M |
Subacute
bacterial endocarditis |
|
F |
Cardiomyopathy
(Dilated) |
|
|
|
G |
Cardiomyopathy
(Hypertrophic) |
|
|
|
H |
Cardiomyopathy
(Obliterative) |
|
|
For each scenario below, choose the
most appropriate answer from the list above. Each option may be used once, more
than once or not at all.
1. A 10
year old boy presents with skin rash and joint pain in his elbows and knees.
His mother tells you that he recently had a sore throat. On examination he is
found to have an ejection systolic murmur and a friction rub.
2. A 69
year old woman is suffering from sudden onset fever and malaise. There is no
previous history of heart disease. Auscultation reveals a heart murmur. She
later develops sepsis.
3. A 40
year old man presents with a sharp chest pain. He has a pericardial friction
rub, diminished heart sounds and a raised JVP.
4. A 25
year old man presents with palpitations. Chest X-ray shows an enlarged heart
and echocardiogram shows thickening of the septum.
5. A 75
year old diabetic female with a history of 4 myocardial infarctions presents
with shortness of breath and ankle swelling. She was found to have an enlarged
liver and echocardiogram demonstrated a dilated heart.
ANSWERS
|
1. B |
2. A |
3. L |
4. G |
5. E |