Sheet of Cardiology

I- History:
A. Personal History:
- Name (Code):
- Age:
- Sex(Gender): Female Male
- Occupation:
- Habits: Alcohol Smoking
- Address:
B. Present History:
- Onset: Sudden Gradual
- Duration: Acute Chronic
- Course: Improved Worse Fluctuate
- Character:
 “How would you describe the pain?” (e.g. dull ache, throbbing, sharp)
 “Is the pain constant or does it come and go?”
- Severity: Rate from 1 – 10
- Increasing Factors:
- Decreasing Factors
C. Chief or Main Complain
- Ischemia: if present radiate to the left arm, neck and jaw
- Dyspnea: - If Exertional: Grade (1) during sever effort
Grade (2) during moderate effort
Grade (3) during middle effort
Grade (4) during rest
- Orthopnea:
- Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea (wake the patient from sleep).
- Palpitations:
- Fatigue:
- Syncope:
- Weight loss:
- Weight gain:
- Headache:
- Edema:
D. Chest pain (SOCRATES):
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 - Site: Ask about the location of the symptom:
 “Where is the pain?”
 “Can you point to where you experience the pain?”
- Onset: Clarify how and when the symptom developed:
 “Did the pain come on suddenly or gradually?”
 “When did the pain first start?”
 “What were you doing when the pain started?”
 “How long have you been experiencing the pain?”
- Character: Ask about the specific characteristics of the symptom:
 “How would you describe the pain?” (e.g. dull ache, throbbing, sharp)
 “Is the pain constant or does it come and go?”
- Radiation: Ask if the symptom moves anywhere else:
 “Does the pain spread elsewhere?”
 “Have you noticed the chest pain spreading towards your arm, back or
neck?”
- Associated symptoms:
 “Are there any other symptoms that seem associated with the
pain?” (e.g. fever in pericarditis, weight gain in heart failure)
- Time course:
 “How has the pain changed over time?”
- Exacerbating or relieving factors: Ask if anything makes the symptom
worse or better:
 “Does anything make the pain worse?” (e.g. exertion in angina, lying
flat in pericarditis)
 “Does anything make the pain better?”
- Severity: Assess the severity of the symptom by asking the patient to grade
it on a scale of 0-10:
 “On a scale of 0-10, how severe is the pain, if 0 is no pain and 10 is
the worst pain you’ve ever experienced?”
E. Past medical History:
- “Do you have any medical conditions?”
- “Are you currently seeing a doctor or specialist regularly?”
- Have you ever previously undergone any operations or procedures?”
- “When was the operation/procedure and why was it performed?”

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 - Allergies
Medical conditions relevant to cardiovascular disease include:
- Hypertension
- Hyperlipidaemia
- Angina
- Myocardial infarction
- Obesity
- Chronic kidney disease
- Atrial fibrillation
- Stroke
- Peripheral vascular disease
- Rheumatic fever
F- Drug history
 “Are you currently taking any prescribed medications or over-the-counter
treatments?”
If the patient is taking prescribed or over the counter medications, document the
medication name, dose, frequency, form and route.
 Ask the patient if they’re currently experiencing any side effects from their
medication:
Medications commonly prescribed to patients with cardiovascular disease include:
 Beta-blockers (e.g. atrial fibrillation)
 Calcium channel blockers (e.g. hypertension)
 ACE inhibitors (e.g. hypertension)
 Diuretics (e.g. congestive heart failure)
 Statins (e.g. coronary artery disease)
 Antiplatelets (e.g. coronary artery disease)
 Anticoagulants (e.g. atrial fibrillation, artificial heart valve)
 Glyceryl trinitrate spray (e.g. angina)
G- Family history:
 “Do any of your parents or siblings have any heart problems?”
 “At what age did your father suffer his first heart attack?”
H- Social history:
- Smoking - Alcohol
- Recreational drug use - Diet
- Exercise - Occupation
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II- General examination:
A. Vital Signs:
1- Temperature: - Normal
- Fever - Pyrexia
- Hyperthermia - Hyperpyrexia
- Hypothermia
2- Blood Pressure: - Normal
- Hypertension - Hypotension:
3- Respiration: - Normal:
- Shallow - Deep:
- Tachypnea: - Bradypnea:
4- Pulse: - Normal:
- Regular: - Irregular:
- Weak: - Strong:
- Tachycardia: - Bradycardia:
B. Body build:
- Obese: - Thine:
- Marfan Syndrome: - Dwarfism:
C. Color:
- Pale: - Jaundice:
- Cyanosis: - Peripheral - Central
D. Position:
III- Local Examination:
A. Inspection:
- Head and Neck: - Jugular Vein:
- Trachea: - Normal: - Deviation:
- Accessory muscle:
- Chest: - Scar:
- Pectus excavation: - Pectus carinatum:
- Prominent sternum:
- Hands: - Normal:
- Clubbing in fingers: - Parik Pick:
- Drum Stick: - Hypertrophic arthrobasy:
- Lower limbs: - normal:
- Edema in ankle:
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B.Palpitation:
- Pulse:
- Temporal:
- Carotid:
- Apical
- Brachial:
- Radial:
- Femoral:
- Popliteal:
- Posterior Tibial:
- Pedal Dorsalis:
C.Auscultation:
- S1 and S2 sounds
- S3 or S4 heart sound
- If a murmur is present: mention grads
- I: lowest intensity, often not audible
- II: soft but heard in all positions
- III: Moderate intensity, heard easily but no thrill
- IV: Moderate intensity, with a thrill
- V: High intensity, easily audible with a stethoscope lightly placed on
the chest, with a thrill
- VI: Highest intensity, audible with the stethoscope not touching the
skin, with a thrill
- Auscultation of Lung:
- Auscultation of Abdomen: