Cardiology
19 free questions tagged Cardiology, each with a full explanation of every option.
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A 4-year-old girl is found to have a heart murmur at a routine health check. She is thriving on the 50th centile, runs around the playground without becoming sh…
Paediatrics · Clinical rotations · common
A 76-year-old man reports that for three months he has felt light-headed and has twice nearly fainted walking up the hill to the shops, together with a tight fe…
Cardiovascular · Pre-internship · common
A 34-year-old man who injects heroin presents with two weeks of fevers, sweats, a cough and pleuritic chest pain on both sides. His temperature is 39.2 °C, puls…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 52-year-old Aboriginal woman from a community in Cape York presents with a week of palpitations and breathlessness on walking to the store. She had several ep…
Cardiovascular · Pre-internship · middle twist
A 68-year-old man is brought in by his wife after his third collapse in a month. Each time he has been sitting watching television, has suddenly gone grey and s…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 68-year-old man with chronic kidney disease presents with weakness after spironolactone was added to his medicines. His serum potassium is 7.0 mmol/L (3.5–5.2…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · common
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…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · common
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…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 66-year-old man with ischaemic cardiomyopathy attends for review. Echocardiography shows a left ventricular ejection fraction of 30%, and he remains breathles…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · common
A 59-year-old man presents 90 minutes after onset of severe central chest pain with sweating and nausea. The ECG shows 3 mm ST-segment elevation in leads II, II…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 68-year-old man presents with 30 minutes of rapid palpitations and light-headedness. Three years ago he had a heart attack treated with a coronary artery sten…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · common
A 76-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after losing consciousness while pushing his lawnmower up a slope. His wife reports he went pale and co…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · common
A 38-year-old man is reviewed because his blood pressure remains elevated despite perindopril 10 mg and amlodipine 10 mg daily. He feels well, sleeps soundly wi…
Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · common
A 72-year-old man with a history of hypertension and heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) presents the emergency department due to sudden onset…
Year 4 · Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 39-year-old male presents to the emergency department with sudden onset of pleuritic chest pain that worsens with a supine position and relieves with leaning…
Year 2 · Mechanisms of disease · common
Which of the following congenital abnormalities is most commonly associated with lithium use during pregnancy?
Year 4 · Mechanisms of disease · common
Which of the following is NOT a diagnostic criterion for metabolic syndrome?
Year 4 · Clinical rotations · common
Which of the following is the most common type of familial dyslipidemia associated with markedly elevated LDL cholesterol and a high risk of early cardiovascula…
Year 4 · Mechanisms of disease · common
Which of the following is NOT a major criterion of acute rheumatic fever (ARF)?
Year 3 · Clinical rotations · common