Cardiology

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01.01 • Acute coronary syndrome
  - STEMI, NSTEMI, unstable angina
  - ECG cardiac territories
• Hypertension
  - Antihypertensives
01.02 • Ischaemic heart disease
• Atrial fibrillation
• Adult life support
01.03 • Ventricular fibrillation
• Ventricular tachycardia
• Bradycardia: peri-arrest
• Tachycardia: peri-arrest
• Pacemakers
• Cardiac enzymes
01.04 • Electrocardiogram (ECG)
• Arrhythmias, including Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, Wellen's syndrome, etc
01.05 • Long QT syndrome
• Short QT syndrome
• Brugada syndrome
• Atrial flutter
• Shock (÷ different types)
01.06 • Valve disorders – mitral stenosis, mitral regurg, aortic stenosis, aortic regurg
• Murmurs (DDx)
• Rheumatic fever
• Prosthetic heart valves
• Pulses (different types, eg pulsus paradoxus)
• Heart sounds
01.07 • Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HoCM / HCM)
• Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC)
• Dilated cardiomyopathy
• Chronic heart failure
01.08 • Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
• Pulmonary embolism (PE)
• Infective endocarditis
• Pericarditis
• Constructive pericarditis
01.09 • Cardiac tamponade
• Antihypertensives (continued)
• Other drugs (adenosine, amiodarone, anti-platelets)
• DVLA rules on cardiovascular disorders
01.10 • Peripheral arterial disease
• Aortic aneurysm
• Aortic dissection
• Varicose veins
• Lower leg ulcers
• Ankle-brachial pressure index (ABPI)