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Cardiology
Cardio saqs
Structured written scenarios with mark-allocated model answers.
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12
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Chapters · 12
hypertension-aorta-peripheral
5
pericardial-myocardial-other
2
heart-failure
10
arrhythmias
12
valvular-heart-disease
7
adult-congenital-heart-disease
1
imaging-noninvasive
5
special-populations
1
prevention-risk
3
ischaemic-heart-disease
9
acute-cardiovascular-care
2
pulmonary-circulation
3
01
hypertension-aorta-peripheral
5 entries
Acute aortic dissection — structured written assessment
Hypertension — structured written assessment
Hypertensive emergency — structured written assessment
Resistant hypertension and renal denervation — structured written assessment
Secondary hypertension — structured written assessment
02
pericardial-myocardial-other
2 entries
Acute pericarditis — structured written assessment
Pericardial effusion and tamponade — structured written assessment
03
heart-failure
10 entries
Advanced heart failure — structured written assessment
Cardiac amyloidosis — structured written assessment
Cardiogenic shock — structured written assessment
Decompensated heart failure — structured written assessment
HF comorbidities — short answer questions
HFpEF under the 2026 ESC classification — structured written assessment
HFrEF — structured written assessment
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy — structured written assessment
ICD and CRT in heart failure — structured written assessment
Myocarditis — structured written assessment
04
arrhythmias
12 entries
AF ablation — structured written assessment
AF rate control: beta-blocker vs digoxin choices — structured written assessment
Antiarrhythmic drugs — structured written assessment
Atrial fibrillation — structured written assessment
Atrial flutter and atypical flutter — structured written assessment
Bradycardia and permanent pacing — structured written assessment
Cardioversion and anticoagulation timing — structured written assessment
Long QT, Brugada and inherited channelopathies — structured written assessment
Supraventricular tachycardia — structured written assessment
Syncope — structured written assessment
Ventricular tachycardia — structured written assessment
Wolff–Parkinson–White and pre-excitation — structured written assessment
05
valvular-heart-disease
7 entries
Aortic regurgitation — structured written assessment
Asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis — structured written assessment
Infective endocarditis — structured written assessment
Mitral regurgitation — structured written assessment
Mitral stenosis — structured written assessment
Prosthetic heart valves — structured written assessment
Severe aortic stenosis — structured written assessment
06
adult-congenital-heart-disease
1 entry
Atrial septal defect and PFO — structured written assessment
07
imaging-noninvasive
5 entries
Cardiac MRI — structured written assessment
ECG patterns of ischaemia and infarction — structured written assessment
ECG rhythm recognition and conduction blocks — structured written assessment
Echo valve quantitation — structured written assessment
Echocardiography core measures — structured written assessment
08
special-populations
1 entry
Cardiovascular disease in pregnancy — structured written assessment
09
prevention-risk
3 entries
Cardiovascular risk prediction and when to treat — structured written assessment
Diabetes as cardiovascular disease — structured written assessment
Dyslipidaemia: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol targets, statin intensity and add-on therapy — structured written assessment
10
ischaemic-heart-disease
9 entries
Chest pain evaluation — structured written assessment
Chronic coronary syndrome medical therapy — structured written assessment
Chronic coronary syndromes — structured written assessment
Complications after acute myocardial infarction — structured written assessment
DAPT complications — structured written assessment
NSTE-ACS — structured written assessment
Secondary prevention after acute coronary syndrome — structured written assessment
STEMI reperfusion — structured written assessment
Type 2 MI and SCAD — structured written assessment
11
acute-cardiovascular-care
2 entries
Infarct-related cardiogenic shock — structured written assessment
Preoperative cardiac assessment — structured written assessment
12
pulmonary-circulation
3 entries
Massive PE: thrombolysis versus embolectomy — structured written assessment
Pulmonary embolism — structured written assessment
Pulmonary hypertension — structured written assessment