Cardiovascular
49 free practice questions shared by students. Answer them right here — no account needed.
A 70-year-old woman is recovering from a small ischaemic stroke and is found to have persistent atrial fibrillation. She has normal renal function and no eviden…
Clinical rotations · common
A 62-year-old woman is reviewed three months after a large anterior myocardial infarction. She has mild exertional breathlessness but no recurrent chest pain; t…
Clinical rotations · common
A 71-year-old man is monitored after an inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction. He becomes dizzy but remains conscious; the ECG shows regular P waves at 84…
Clinical rotations · common
A 78-year-old man presents with an anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction at a hospital where primary percutaneous coronary intervention cannot be delivere…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 64-year-old man becomes hypotensive shortly after reperfusion of an inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction. He is distressed but has clear breath sounds,…
Clinical rotations · common
A 59-year-old woman develops sharp central chest pain two days after an uncomplicated ST-elevation myocardial infarction. She says it is worse when she takes a…
Mechanisms of disease · middle twist
A 67-year-old man is recovering on the fourth day after an inferior myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention. He suddenly d…
Clinical rotations · common
A 58-year-old man is being treated with unfractionated heparin for a proximal deep vein thrombosis. On day 7, his platelet count has fallen from 224 to 86 × 10⁹…
Clinical rotations · common
A 42-year-old woman has a second proximal deep vein thrombosis while taking rivaroxaban regularly for a previous unprovoked event. Her renal function is normal…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 66-year-old man with metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma develops a symptomatic proximal deep vein thrombosis. He has a friable gastric lesion with recent occul…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 72-year-old woman with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is admitted with worsening breathlessness. Her pulse is irregular at 118 beats per minute.…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 67-year-old man with a previous anterior myocardial infarction develops palpitations while being monitored in hospital. He is alert, has a blood pressure of 1…
Clinical rotations · common
A 29-year-old man presents with palpitations and light-headedness. His pulse is irregular at 190 beats per minute and the blood pressure is 126/74 mmHg. The ECG…
Clinical rotations · niche
A 30-year-old Aboriginal man attends a regional clinic for an annual health assessment. He feels well, smokes ten cigarettes daily, drinks alcohol most weekends…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 72-year-old woman presents with an ulcer above her left medial malleolus that has been present for eight weeks. She has type 2 diabetes and smoked a packet of…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 74-year-old woman presents with severe pain in her left leg that began abruptly two hours ago while she was sitting watching television. She walks to the shop…
Clinical rotations · common
A 76-year-old woman taking warfarin for atrial fibrillation attends for a routine INR check, which returns at 11.0 (target 2.0–3.0). She recently completed a co…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 76-year-old woman with atrial fibrillation, whose apixaban was stopped three weeks ago after a fall, presents with four hours of severe constant central abdom…
Clinical rotations · common
A 72-year-old man with hypertension and a 40 pack-year smoking history presents with sudden severe left flank pain radiating to the groin that began one hour ag…
Clinical rotations · common
A 66-year-old man with ischaemic cardiomyopathy attends for review. Echocardiography shows a left ventricular ejection fraction of 30%, and he remains breathles…
Clinical rotations · common