Task for PBL paper 1

  1. Rheumatic fever (sareeta)
    • what is it?
    • epidemiology
    • cause
    • clinical presentation
    • complication
  2. Valvular heart disease
    1. aortic + mitral (alvin)
    2. pulmonary + tricuspid (christine)
      • for stenosis and regurgitation
      • clinical presentation
      • causes
  3. pathophysiology of aortic stenosis (yazid)
    • how does it cause SOB
    • alcohol and smoking on the heart
    • effect of BP and AS on heart
  4. Investigation (chris)
    • for aortic stenosis
    • narrowing of pulse pressure
  5. Management of AS and high BP (maze)
    • non pharm/pharm
    • surgical
    • other