What do you know about cardiology? Do you believe you can get past this quiz? Cardiology is a branch of medicine involving disorders of the heart and some portions of the circulatory system. The field involves medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease, and electrophysiology. See how much you know about cardiology by taking this quiz.
Atrial tachycardia, atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia, atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia
WPW, AVNRT,AVRT
A-fib,Aflutter, V-tach
RBBB, Wenckebach, Morbitz
Ventricular Septal defect
Atrial Septal defect
Ductus arteriosus
Pulmonary Valve stenosis
RCA, RCA marginal branch, and Left marginal branch
Aorta, Aortic Arch, and pulmonary arteries
LAD,LCX, and RCA
SA node, AV node, and Bundle of His
Normal Heart rate
Stoke Volume
Amount of blood ejected from a ventricle with each heart beat
Amount of blood pumped into the aorta each minute by the heart
Chordae tendineae
Papillary muscles
Fibrous parietal pericardium
Troponin
Right Atrium
Left Atrium
Right Ventricle
Left Ventricle
AVRT (WPW)
AVNRT
Atrial Tachycardia
V-Tach
Chronotropic
Dromotropic
Inotropic
Automaticity
20-40
40-60
60-100
80-100
Augmented
Unipolar
Both A and B
Limb leads
0.12-0.25 sec
0.8-0.15 sec
0.12-0.20
None of the above
Pairs
Run or burst
Trigeminy
Bigeminy
Accelerated junctional rhythm
Junctional escape rhythm
Ventricular escape rhythm
Accelerated idioventricular rhythm
Refractoriness
Polarized State
Depolarization
Arrhythmia
Fluid overload
Increased Cardiac Output
Left heart failure
Reactive airway disease
Administer a bolus of normal saline if the blood pressure drops
Change to morphine, as nitro is rarely successful
Start a dopamine drip if the pt becomes hypotensive
Treat the pt for congestive heart failure