Cardiology — Flashcards

_____ monitoring is required for potassium infusions >20 mmol/hr

Superior vena cava syndrome is characterized by _____ (e.g., facial edema, neck vein distention) due to obstruction of the SVC.

Superior vena cava obstruction is characterised by impaired venous drainage of the _____, leading to oedema and distended superficial veins

Hint: 3 anatomical regions

Examination of the JVP in patients with superior vena cava obstruction reveals a _____

Hint: Clinical finding

The goal of statin therapy is to lower non-HDL cholesterol by more than _____%

A carotid artery endarterectomy procedure is considered if symptomatic (e.g.TIA, stroke) and carotid stenosis > _____%

A pulmonary embolism risk factor is recent _____ & 6 weeks postpartum

On ECG the most common finding of pulmonary embolism is _____

On ECG the classical finding of pulmonary embolism is _____

Which antiarrhythmic most commonly cause drug-induced pulmonary fibrosis? _____