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| What is the average heart weight compared to body weight? |
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Definition
| About 1% (between .75 and 1.25%) |
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| Average wall thickness ratio of LV:RV |
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Definition
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| Common post-mortem findings if euthanasia was by cardiac puncture |
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Definition
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| What might cause post-mortem contracture of the ventricles? |
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Definition
| Rigor mortis. (left worse than right) |
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| What post-mortem finding do you need to distinguish from antemortem thombi? |
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Definition
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Term
| What structures can cause white streaks on the heart normally? |
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Definition
| Epicardial lymphatics (cows) |
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Term
| Why might the ventricles be stained? |
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Definition
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| What common post-mortem findings would be considered normal in a neonate and pathologic in an adult animal? |
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Definition
| Probe patency of the foramen ovale and ductus arteriosus |
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Term
| What findings would lead you to believe a clot is post-mortem? |
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Definition
| Clot is "red currant" or "fatty yellow" and is not firmly attached to the walls of the heart or blood vessel |
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Term
| 4 types of cardiac diagnoses |
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Definition
| Anatomic, Morphologic, Etiologic, Physiologic |
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Term
| What is serous atrophy of pericardial fat? |
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Definition
| Gelatinous appearance of cardiac fat, usually associated with cachexia |
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Term
| What is pericardial effusion? |
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Definition
| Abnormal accumulation of fluid between the epicardium and parietal pericardium |
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Term
| What is the significance of the pericardial space in cardiac diseases? |
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Definition
| It is a potential space that can collect fluid, soft tissue, or mass lesions. |
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Term
| What is cardiac tamponade? |
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Definition
| Compression of the heart with impaired cardiac filling. (may be due to pericardial disease) |
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Term
| What is restrictive pericarditis? |
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Definition
| "Shrinking" progressive fibrosis that constricts the heart and prevents filling, usually caused by chronic inflammation of pericardial tissues |
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Term
| What is hydropericardium? |
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Definition
| Accumulation of clear-light yellow fluid in pericardial space |
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Term
| What processes is hydropericardium associated with? |
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Definition
| Edema, inflammation, sepsis |
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Term
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Definition
| Frank blood in pericardial space |
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Term
| What is hemorrhagic pericardial effusion? |
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Definition
| Red bloody fluid in the pericardial space |
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Term
| What diseases are associated with hemorrhagic pericardial effusion? |
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Definition
| Idiopathic, tumors, infections |
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Term
| What is an exudative pericardial effusion? |
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Definition
| A purulent/septic fluid accumulating in the pericardial space. |
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Term
| What diseases are associated with an exudative pericardial effusion? |
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Definition
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Term
| What signs are associated with chronic pericardial effusions? |
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Definition
| Thickening of parietal pericardium, opacity/proliferation of pericardial membranes, fibrin strands between membranes |
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Term
| What is the common name for traumatic reticulopericarditis? |
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Definition
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| What is the most common cause of exudative pericardial effusions? |
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