advice for cardio questions

[3dee]

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Cardio questions are the hardest for me in comparison to all other organ blocks. Each question takes me forever to answer because I have to visualize it in my head. Is there any resource to help me with these kinds of questions? Should I just try to memorize everything instead?

thanks!

 

[3dee]

This is based on the cardio Uworld questions....seems like some of these questions are 5 steps!

 

[lemonade90]

At least for the murmur/audio questions:

Try to note where they hear the murmur and where it radiates to. This can give you an idea as to the valve and type of murmur (regurg/stenosis) and help you narrow choices before you even listen to the murmur. FA has much of this...if you feel its lacking there is a nice set of tables/diagrams at the end of the murmurs chapter in Lilly.

When you listen to the murmur...try to pick up diastole vs systole. Diastole will be the longer time interval between S1 and S2 so use that to get your bearings of what is S1 and S2. Then try to identify the murmur as diastole or systole.

Finally go for the kill by matching the murmur to the diagrams given in FA. For this I recommend listening to murmurs and listening to the patterns (e.g. decrescendo, cres+decrescendo).

Lilly has good explanations of mechanisms if you are still struggling.

 

[HelpPleaseMD]

This is based on the cardio Uworld questions....seems like some of these questions are 5 steps!

Lilly is definitely too much to read during Step 1 prep. Try youtube for the heart sounds / first aid / maybe a different Q bank to give you more practice