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Cardiac History & Examination. Jamil Mayet Consultant Cardiologist St Mary’s Hospital. Chest Pain. Character Radiation Relation with inspiration Provocation Grading Canadian Cardiovascular Society I - Ordinary activity does not provoke II - Slight limitation of ordinary activity
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Cardiac History & Examination Jamil Mayet Consultant Cardiologist St Mary’s Hospital
Chest Pain • Character • Radiation • Relation with inspiration • Provocation • Grading • Canadian Cardiovascular Society • I - Ordinary activity does not provoke • II - Slight limitation of ordinary activity • III - Marked limitation of ordinary activity (<1 flight steps) • IV – Inability to carry out physical activity
Dyspnoea • Exertional • Orthopnoea • Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea • NYHA Classification • I - No SOB • II - SOB on severe exertion • III - SOB on mild exertion • IV – SOB at rest
Other Symptoms • Palpitations • Regular / irregular • Fast / slow • Extra beats • Syncope • Usually sudden and brief if cardiac cause • “Stokes-Adams” attacks • Fatigue • Oedema
General examination • Comfort / distress / resp rate • Scars • Bruising / needle marks • Chest wall motions • JVP / ankle oedema • IV infusions • Diabetic food / drinks KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN
Hands • Clubbing • Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease • Bacterial Endocarditis • Peripheral stigmata of endocarditis • Splinter haemorrhages • Osler nodes • Janeway lesions • Peripheral cyanosis • Cardiac / Respiratory / Vasoconstriction
Pulse • Radial • Rate • Rhythm • Volume • (Character)
Blood Pressure Appropriate cuff size Palpate first Slowly deflate Korotkoff V
Eyes and mouth • Anaemia • Jaundice • Xanthelesma • Corneal arcus • Central cyanosis
Jugular Venous Pressure • A wave – atrial systole • X descent – end of atrial systole • C wave – transmission of rapidly increasing RV pressure just before TV closes • V wave – venous return to RA during ventricular systole • Y descent – TV opening
Jugular Venous Pressure • Large a waves • Pulm ht, pulm stenosis, tricuspid stenosis • Cannon a waves • A wave against closed TV • CHB, VT, Junctional rhythm • Giant v waves • Tricuspid regurgitation
Auscultation Apex LSE Pulm Aortic 1st sound 2nd sound Systole Diastole
Auscultation Radiation of murmurs Left side with bell at apex Sat forward in expiration
Murmurs • Systolic • Ejection • Aortic, (pulmonary), flow murmurs • Pan systolic • MR, (TR), (VSD) • Diastolic • Early • AR, (PR) • Mid • MS, (TS)