Review Note

2020a – unnumbered recall

 

A patient has a deterioration on the ward and you are called to attend. The staff present hands you the following ECG:

 Upon auscultation of the chest you notice that at times the heart sounds seem louder than other times. What is the most likely mechanism of this finding? 

A.                   Pulsus paradoxus 

B.                   AV dissociation 

C.                   Cardiac tamponade 

D.                  Atrial fibrillation