Jennifer Shared "STEP Cardio" - 31 Picmonics
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STEP Cardio
Mitral Regurgitation
- Characteristics
- Holosystolic
- Blowing Murmur
- Loudest at Apex
- Radiates toward Axilla
- Louder by Squatting
- Hand Grip
- Expiration
1 min
Tricuspid Regurgitation
- Holosystolic
- Blowing Murmur
- Radiates to Right Sternal Border
- Enhanced by Inspiration
1 min
Aortic Stenosis
- Characteristics
- Age-related Calcifications
- Bicuspid Aortic Valve
- Crescendo-decrescendo Murmur
- Systolic Murmur
- Ejection Murmur
- Ejection Click
- Radiates to Carotids and Apex
- Pulsus Parvus et Tardus
- Syncope
- Helmet Cells
2 mins
Aortic Regurgitation
- Auscultation
- Diastolic Murmur
- Immediate High-pitched
- Blowing Murmur
- Clinical Findings
- Wide Pulse Pressure
- Water Hammer Pulse
- Head Bobbing
- Pulsating Nail Bed
- Considerations
- Can Cause Austin Flint Murmur
1 min
Mitral Stenosis
- Characteristics
- Murmur Follows Opening Snap
- Late Diastolic Murmur
- Enhanced by Expiration
- Low-Pitched Rumbling
- Dilation of Left Atrium (LA)
- Recurrent Attacks of Rheumatic Fever
2 mins
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- Chronic Alcohol Abuse
- Doxorubicin Toxicity
- Cocaine Use
- Wet Beriberi
- Hemochromatosis
- Coxsackie B
- Chagas Disease
- Peripartum
- S3
- Eccentric Hypertrophy
2 mins
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Signs, Symptoms and Treatment
- Signs and Symptoms
- Sudden Death Of Young Athlete
- Heart Failure
- Angina
- Arrhythmias
- Syncope
- Harsh Systolic Ejection Murmur
- S4 Heart Sound
- Treatment
- Beta Blocker
- Non-dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker
2 mins
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Sarcoidosis
- Amyloidosis
- Post-radiation Fibrosis
- Endocardial Fibroelastosis
- Löffler's or Loeffler's Syndrome with Eosinophilia
- Hemochromatosis
2 mins
Rheumatic Fever
- Pathophysiology
- Pharyngeal Infection with Strep Pyogenes (Group A Strep)
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Signs and Symptoms
- Aschoff Bodies
- Anitschkow's Cells
- Early Death Due to Myocarditis
- Migratory Polyarthritis
- Subcutaneous Nodules
- Erythema Marginatum
- Chorea
- Diagnosis
- Elevated ESR
2 mins
Temporal Arteritis
- Giant Cell Arteritis
- Granulomatous
- Old Females
- Clinical Features
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica
- Unilateral Headache
- Jaw Claudication
- Blindness
- Lab Findings
- Increased ESR
- Normal Serum Creatine Kinase
- Treatment
- Steroids
2 mins
Takayasu Arteritis
- Pathophysiology
- Granulomatous Thickening of Aortic Arch
- Pulseless Disease
- Asian Females
- Signs and Symptoms
- Fever
- Myalgia
- Night Sweats
- Arthritis
- Ocular Disturbances
- Diagnosis
- Increased ESR
- Different Blood Pressures in Arms
2 mins
Polyarteritis Nodosa
- Pathophysiology
- Immune Complex-Mediated Transmural Vasculitis
- Hepatitis B Association
- Fibrinoid Necrosis
- Signs and Symptoms
- Black Stool (Melena)
- Neurologic Dysfunction
- Myalgia
- Fever
- Hypertension
- Diagnosis
- Vessels / Lesions in Different Stages
- Renal Microaneurysms (On Arteriogram)
- Spares Pulmonary Arteries (No Pulmonary Involvement)
- Treatment
- Corticosteroids
- Cyclophosphamide
2 mins
Kawasaki Disease
- Pathophysiology
- Prevalent in Asian Children
- Necrotizing Vasculitis
- Signs and Symptoms
- Fever
- Strawberry-Red Tongue and Mucosa
- Lymphadenopathy
- Desquamative Skin Rash
- Erythema and Edema of the Hands and Feet
- Conjunctivitis
- Coronary Aneurysm
- Treatment
- Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG)
- Aspirin
2 mins
Buerger's Disease
- Pathophysiology
- Thromboangiitis Obliterans
- Segmental Inflammation
- Strong Association with Smoking
- Signs and Symptoms
- Superficial Nodular Phlebitis
- Raynaud's Phenomenon
- Autoamputation
- Treatment
- Smoking Cessation
2 mins
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA) Symptoms
- Upper Respiratory Tract
- Saddle Nose
- Perforation of Nasal Septum
- Chronic Sinusitis
- Otitis Media
- Mastoiditis
- Lower Respiratory Tract
- Cough
- Dyspnea
- Hemoptysis
- Kidney
- Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis
- Hematuria
- RBC Casts
2 mins
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA) Characteristics
- Pathophysiology
- Small Vessel Vasculitis
- Necrotizing
- Lungs and Upper Airway
- Crescentic Glomerulonephritis
- DIAGNOSTICS
- c-ANCA
- X-ray
- Multiple Nodules in Lungs
- Treatment
- Cyclophosphamide
- Corticosteroids
- Rituximab
3 mins
Microscopic Polyangiitis
- Pathophysiology
- Necrotizing Small Vessel Vasculitis
- Signs and Symptoms
- Lungs, Kidneys, and Skin Commonly Affected
- Palpable Purpura
- Rapidly Progressive Cresentic Glomerulonephritis
- Diagnosis
- Lesions are Same Age
- Non-granulomatous
- Minimal Nasopharyngeal Involvement
- P-ANCA
- Treatment
- Corticosteroids
- Cyclophosphamide
2 mins
Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss Syndrome)
- Pathophysiology
- Granulomatous Vasculitis
- Signs and Symptoms
- Sinusitis
- Skin Lesions
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Asthma
- GI Disease
- Heart Disease
- Kidney Failure
- Diagnosis
- Eosinophilia
- p-ANCA
- Treatment
- Corticosteroids
4 mins
Henoch-Schonlein Purpura
- Most Common Childhood Vasculitis
- Follows Pharyngeal or Respiratory Infection
- Palpable Purpura on Legs and Buttocks
- Arthralgia
- Intestinal Hemorrhage
- Black Stool (Melena)
- Associated with IgA Nephropathy
2 mins
Hydralazine
- Indications
- Reduce Afterload
- Severe Hypertension
- Safe during Pregnancy
- CHF
- Mechanism of Action
- Increases cGMP
- Vasodilates Arterioles
- Side Effects
- Drug-induced Lupus
- Reflex Tachycardia
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