mnomics

exrcebating factor of HF

ASPIRATE

Arrhythmia
Skipped medicine
Pulmonary emboli
Infection, infarction
Renal failure
Anemia
Thyrotoxicosis
Exercise/ excess of salt intake

complications of aMI
FEAR A MI

Failure
Effusion and tamponade
Arrhythmia
Rupture
Aneurysm
Myocardial infarction

SSSSSlow heart rate mnemonic to address the questions of the consultation

Stable?
Symptoms related to bradycardia?
Short term or reversible causes?
Sources of the bradycardia?
Schedule a pacemaker?

factors that predispose patients to atrial fibrillation
PIRATES

Pericarditis, pulmonary disease, pulmonary embolism, postoperative state
Ischemia, infection
Rheumatic heart disease
Alcohol, atrial myxoma
Thyrotoxicosis, theophyline
Enlargement
Systemic HTN, sick sinus syndrome