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03/15/2011

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Term
What condition gives a 4th heart sound (end of atrial emptying after atrial contraction)
Definition
hypertrophic congestive heart failure, massive pulmonary embolism, tricuspid incompetence, or cor pulmonale.
Term
isovolumic phase of ventricular systole
Definition
the interval between the closing of the AV valves and the opening of the semilunar valves (aortic and pulmonary valves).
Term
The first heart sound
Definition
due to the closing AV valves and associated blood turbulence.
Term
When do The semilunar (aortic and pulmonary) valves open?
Definition
at the beginning of this phase of ventricular systole.
Term
The T wave is?
Definition
due to ventricular repolarization. The end of the T wave marks the end of ventricular systole electrically.
Term
The second heart sound (S2, "dup") occurs when?
Definition
The semilunar (aortic and pulmonary) valves close. S2 is normally split because the aortic valve closes slightly earlier than the pulmonary valve.
Term
A third heart sound (S3) is usually abnormal and is due to?
Definition
rapid passive ventricular filling. It occurs in dilated congestive heart failure, severe hypertension, myocardial infarction, or mitral incompetence.
Term
Ischemic heart disease is caused by
Definition
an imbalance between the myocardial blood flow and the metabolic demand of the myocardium.
Term
ACE Inhibitors (Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme) Inhibitors are drugs used to
Definition
treat high blood pressure and heart failure and may be prescribed after a heart attack.stop the body’s ability to produce angiotensin II. Angiotensin II is a natural substance that causes blood vessels to tighten (contract) when it binds with receptors on smooth muscle cells of an artery.
Term
ACE inhibitors allow arteries to
Definition
relax and expand (dilate), allowing blood to flow more easily. The dilation of the arteries decreases blood pressure, which decreases the workload of the heart. Dilation of the arteries also increases the supply of blood and
Term
Descriptions of angina
Definition
pain, pressure, tightness and heaviness,may involve the chest, arms, neck, jaw and even the upper abdomen. sweating and shortness of breath may be associated with angina
Term
aortic valve
Definition
located between the left ventricle (pumping chamber) of the heart and the aorta,
Term
aortic valve
Definition
opens as oxygen-rich blood is pumped out of the left ventricle, and closes as the left ventricle fills with blood. This prevents the blood from flowing back into the heart as the left ventricle fills.
Term
aortic valve stenosis
Definition
aortic valve is deformed and narrowed. caused by valve leaflets that are thickened and fused.
Term
aortic valve stenosis
Definition
blood cannot flow easily into the aorta and pressure builds in the left ventricle.
Term
AV node re-entry WPW
Definition
the heart beats too fast due to abnormal, extra electrical pathways between the heart’s upper and lower chambers.
Term
Cardiac tamponade
Definition
the heart is “strangled” by a buildup of fluid within the sac (the pericardium) that surrounds the heart
Term
Cardiac tamponade
Definition
the pressure caused by the fluid in the pericardial sac gets too high, it restricts the heart from filling up during its relaxation phase of the pumping cycle. When this happens, the heart is not an effective pump.
Term
dilated Cardiac mypoathy
Definition
one or more of the chambers of the heart enlarge, or dilate.
Term
Causes of dilated Cardiac mypoathy
Definition
coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, metabolic diseases of the heart, infections and in some cases the cause is not determined.
Term
Hypertrpohic cardiomyopathy
Definition
heart muscle in which the wall of the heart, particularly the muscular pumping chambers, become abnormally thick
Term
Coronary artery disease
Definition
the arteries that supply blood to your heart muscle become narrowed or blocked by fatty deposits called atherosclerotic plaque.
Term
coronary artery spasm
Definition
sudden, temporary contraction of muscle fibers within the walls of the coronary artery.
Term
Ejection fraction
Definition
the percentage of blood that is pumped out with each heartbeat
Term
normal ejection fraction in a person at rest
Definition
between 55 and 70 percent.
Term
heart failure
Definition
heart that cannot pump blood effectively enough to meet the demand of the body for oxygen and nutrition
Term
Mitral valve
Definition
located between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart
Term
One of two AV valves
Definition
The mitral valve The other AV valve is the tricuspid valve.
Term
valve does not close properly and some blood flows back into the left atrium; this is termed “regurgitation”. Small amounts of regurgitation are common
Definition
mitral regurgitation,
Term
fluid builds up in the pleural cavity around the lungs.
Definition
pleural effusion
Term
abnormal blood flow from L heart to R, can cause pulmonary hypertension, increase right side pressures
Definition
R to L shift (atrial septal defects, ven septal defects)
Term
unoxygenated blood flows from R side of heart to L into arterial system
Definition
R to L shunt (tetralogy of fallot, transposition of great arteries
Term
Alteration in normal H rate/rhythm or distrubance of impulse contraction
Definition
arrhythmias/dysrhythmias
Term
2 types of arrthymias
Definition
brady and tachy
Term
Mechanisms of arrhythmias
Definition
Altered automaticity
ectopic beats/electrical instability
spontaneous depol by a cell in the heart, re-entry or conduction blocks
Term
Impaired filling,(no preload to pump, so no O2), poor ejection (extra volume in heart), decreased CO, increased workload
Definition
Effects of arrhythmias
Term
Types of conduction blocks
Definition
bradycardia
Term
Increased automaticity of sinus node
Definition
tachycardia
Term
Propagoator impulse fails to die out and persists to re-excite the heart after the refractory period has ended
Definition
Re-entry phenomenon
Term
A-fib, a-flutter, WPW, extranodal bypass, v-tach
Definition
types of re-entry phenomenon
Term
Ischemia in the heart after surgery can cause
Definition
re-entry phenomenon
Term
imbalance between supply (perfusion) and demand of heart for O2blood, and causes reduced availability of nutrients and inadequate removal of metabolites
Definition
Ischemic heart disease, CAD
Term
An increase demand of the heart will do what to the rate and contractility?
Definition
Increase
Term
Etiology of Ischemic heart disease (one of two types)
Definition
Decreased blood supply: Valve disease, Coronary spasm, Thrombus, Others (hypotension, hi HR, congenital abnormalities, vasculities
Term
Etiology of Ischemic heart disease (one of two types)
Definition
Increased demand: hi BP, increased HR, increased blood volume, L vent hypertrophy, thyrotoxicosis
Term
Circulating adrenergic agonist, locally released platelet contents, impaiared secretion of endothelial cell realxing factors (like NO) relative to contracting factors (like endothelin)
Definition
coronary spasm
Term
chest pain in 85%, other 15-25% no chest pain in older adults, diabetics, women
Definition
common symptom of ischemic heart disease
Term
chest pain in some, SOB, N/V, arrhythmias (brady, tachy or PVC's
Definition
common symptom of ischemic heart disease
Term
Acute coronary syndrome
Definition
Angina
Term
Transient myocardial ischemia w/o cellular necrosis
Definition
angina
Term
Three types of angina
Definition
stable, unstable and varient (spasm)
Term
Increase in myocardial O2 demand that outstrips ability of stenosed coronary arteries to increase O2 delivery, no assoc with placque disruption
Definition
Stable angina
Term
Sx: not increased in severity, frequ or duration with no change in precipitating factors, pain short, 3 to 30 minutes, relieved by rest or nitro
Definition
Stable angina
Term
Associated with placque changes (fissuring or erosion), increased stenosis.
Definition
Unstable angina
Term
Plaque fissuring/erosion: leads to?
Definition
exposure to subendothelial collagen and necrotic plaque contents: forms clot < 20 min., increased stenosis and further placque size
Term
clot < 20 min., sudden change in plaque morphology
Definition
Unstable angina
Term
Sx: pain that occurs with progressive increasing frequency, precipitated with less exertion, and is more prolonged
Definition
unstable angina
Term
caused by coronary artery spasm; occurs at rest
Definition
Printzmetal's variant angina
Term
Necrosis of myocardial tissue from prolonged ischemia
Definition
MI
Term
Patho of MI starts with?
Definition
Coronary Artery occlusion (thrombosis)
-plaque fissuring/erosion, clot lasts long enough to cause necrosis.
-prolonged vasospasm
decreases O2 carrying in blood and hypotension on arteries
Term
Myocardial cell response within 20 min
Definition
potentially reversible
Term
myocardial cell response in 20-40 min
Definition
irreversible myocyte injury, area of necrosis
Term
mycardial cell response in 3-6 hours after MI
Definition
extent of necrosis is complete
Term
Three factors of irreversible injury in MI
Definition
Subendocardial (Non Q wave)inschemic necrosis to inner 1/3 to 1/2 of vent wall)
Intramural=within the wall
Transmural=full thickness is most frequent (Q wave)
Term
Least well perfused region of myocardium
Definition
subendocardium
Term
Where is left vent myocardial pressure the greatest?
Definition
near endocardium
Term
Factors associated with size of necrosis of myocardium
Definition
location and duration of occlusion, size of vascular bed perfused by artery, extent of collateral vessels, quantity of O2 free radicals generated, reperfusion
Term
vessel re-opened and blood flows back into ischemic area
Definition
reperfusion, may decrease area of injury
Term
Damages of reperfusion
Definition
injury to cells and apoptosis, O2 utilized by cell is impaired, and the O2 being delivered may form ROS, ROS damage from leukocyte infiltration
Term
may leave cells stunned for a few hours to days
Definition
reperfusion: cardiac contractility affected, inflammation caused by hypoxia will release myocardial depressant factors from TNFa and IL-1
Term
Clinical manis: EKG changes, CK, CK-MB, CK, MB isoforms, Troponin I and T levels, systemic response of catecholiamines and angiotensin II
Definition
MI, diagnosed by clinical sx, EKG and labs
Term
What are elevated cardiac enzymes of MI?
Definition
CK, CK-MB, CK, MB isoforms, Troponin I and T,
Term
Where and when is troponin released
Definition
from myoctes due to cardiac damage, MI
Term
How long does Troponin stay elevated?
Definition
7-10 days, so can't reflect new injury
Term
Sx of release of catecholamines and Angiotensin II release during MI?
Definition
anxious, fearful, weak, cold clammy skin, acute confusion/stroke 85+, hypotensive or hypertensive
Term
impaired cardiac function that renders the heart unable to maintain CO for metabolic requirements of tissues/organs
Definition
Heart Failure
Term
Two kinds of heart failure
Definition
R and L
Term
Which heart failure is the most common
Definition
Left
Term
In left sided heart failure, what is systolic dysfuction
Definition
ability of ventricle to contract and eject sufficient blood
Term
impairment in the ability of the ventricle to contract and eject enough blood (LVSD)
Definition
Left sided heart failure, most common
Term
Etiology of?: volume overload (preload), pressure overload (afterload), myocyte ischemia/loss (low O2), less myocyte contractility
Definition
Left sided heart failure
Term
In left sided heart failure, what is diastolic dysfuction
Definition
impairment in ability of ventricle to relax and fill with blood
Term
Etiology of diastolic dysfunction in left sided heart failure
Definition
diseases that decrease relaxation, decrease elastic recoil or increase stiffness: LV hypertropy, myocardial fibrosis, amyloid, constrictive pericadities, mitral stenosis
Term
Diseases that decrease relaxation, elastic recoil or increase stiffness of L vent
Definition
LV hypertropy, myocardial fibrosis, amyloid, constrictive pericadities, mitral stenosis
Term
These cause what? Left heart failure, R vent infarction, pulmonary disease, cor pulmonale, congenital heart disease, pulmonic or tricuspic valve disease
Definition
Right sided heart failure
Term
Causes of Right sided heart failure
Definition
Left heart failure, R vent infarction, pulmonary disease, cor pulmonale, congenital heart disease, pulmonic or tricuspic valve disease
Term
Compensatory mechanisms of heart failure
Definition
Activation of Neurohormonal systems
Myocardial hypertrophy
Term
4 parts of neurohormonal system for heart failure
Definition
Activation of sympathetic NS
Vasopressin secretion
Activation of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone
Release of antrial natriuretic peptide and brain natriuretic peptide
Term
Activation of sympathetic NS
Vasopressin secretion
Activation of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone
Release of antrial natriuretic peptide and brain natriuretic peptide
Definition
Neurohormonal system activated in heart failure
Term
Increased release of catecholamines (norepi and epi)
Definition
Activation of sympathetic NS: part of Neurohormonal system activated in heart failure
Term
Initally compensates for decreased CO by: increasing HR, peripheral resistance and contractility
Definition
Increased release of catecholamines (norepi and epi) Neurohorm system for HF
Term
Adverse effects of norepi/epi from sympathetic NS
Definition
Increased work, increased O2 demand, facilitates arrhytmias
Term
Vasopression secretion in HF does what?
Definition
Vasoconstriction causes reabsorption of water in renal tubules (Vasopressin secretion: part of NH system activated in heart failure)
Term
Vasoconstriction that reabsorbs water in renal tubules: increased preload (LVEDP), increased stretch and forcible contraction (Frank Starling), increased CO
Definition
Vasopressin secretion in activation of NH system of HF, Also ALDOSTERONE
Term
Adverse effects of Vasopressin (NH activation of heart failure) And Aldosterone
Definition
Too much stretch then decreased CO due to actin/myocin do not connect.
Pulmonary edema, then low O2 supply, myocellular hypoxia
Term
A decreased CO will lead to high or low resistance?
Definition
higher resistance
Term
What NH system is activated during heart failure that involves the renal blood pressure?
Definition
Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system
Term
What NH system is activated during HF that involves the reabsorption of water in renal tubules
Definition
Vasopressin-leads to vasoconstriction
Term
Results of aldolsterone secretion?
Definition
Na reabsorption and water retention: increased preload (LVEDP), then stretch, then forcible contraction (frank starling), then increase CO. SAME from vasporessin
Term
Angiotensin II is released during what condition and what reaction does it have?
Definition
Produces smooth myo vasoconstriction during NH system release during HF
Term
Adverse effects of Angiotensin II
Definition
increased afterload, inhibits NO release, stimulates fibroblast proliferation
Term
Nitric oxide does what to muscles
Definition
smooth muscle vasodilation
Term
What drugs stops angiotensin system (therefore stops vasoconstriction, promotes Vasodilation)?
Definition
Beta blockers, ACE inhibitors
Term
NH response to Heart failure that inhibits secretion of renin, aldosterone, relaxes smooth muscle and inhibits Na and water absorption
Definition
Release of Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP)
Term
Where/how is ANP stored and secreted?
Definition
Stored in granules in atrial cytoplasm and secreted from atrium in response to NH activation during HF
Term
Where/How is BNP stored/secreted?
Definition
stored in granules in ventricular cytoplasm, secreted from ventricle with stretch
Term
What is BNP used to monitor?
Definition
progress of Heart failure
Term
What inhibits the secretion of renin, aldosterone, and relaxes smooth muscle and inhibits Na and water retention?
Definition
ANP and BNP release from atrium and ventricles during stretch during heart failure.
Term
What happens to cardiac muscle during heart failure, as a compensatory measure?
Definition
myocardial hypertophy, with or w/o cardiac chamber dilation
Term
What initiates myocardiac hypertrophy
Definition
-wall stress and cell stretch that induces contractile protein synthesis, # of sarcomeres and mitochondria
-endothelial injury-endothelin release (VC)
-myocyte injury-inflammatory response
-death of myocytes-apoptosis
-end: myocardial contractile failure
Term
What does increased wall stress and cell stretch do to cardiac myocytes?
Definition
increases protein synthesis, # of sarcomeres, and mitochondira: leads to increased size of myocytes
Term
Increased wall stretch/stress in heart failure leads to parallel addition of new sarcomeres, does what?
Definition
Increased wall thickness
Term
Increased wall stretch/stress in heart failure leads to lengthwise addition of new sarcomeres, does what?
Definition
chamber enlargement
Term
increased size of cardiomyocytes leads to?
Definition
Term
altered Ca delivery (altered contractility), ischemia, apoptosis due to?
Definition
Increased cardiomyocte size during heart failure
Term
Increased cardiomyocyte cell wall stress/stretch after hypertrophy during heart failure leads to what?
Definition
gene expression altered, re-expression of embryonic forms of myosin and troponin, less contraction
Term
Endothelial injury during myocardial hypertrophy leads to?
Definition
endothelin release, then vasoconstriction, so get decreased O2 supply
Term
Myocyte injury during myocardial hypertrophy in heart failure leads to?
Definition
Inflammatory response: cytokine release of TNFa: cardiac hypertrophy and apoptosis, and IL: cardiac remodeling, then contractile dysfunctin AND
-deposits fibrous tissue and interstitial collagen, then stiffness
Term
What causes cytokine release and deposition of fibrous tissue in myocardial hypertrophy?
Definition
myocyte injury
TNFa: cardiac hypertrophy/apoptosis
IL: remodeling-contractile dysfunction
Term
TNFa leads to what cardiac changes, and who releases it?
Definition
cardiac hypertrophy/apoptosis, myocyte injury starts inflamm response
Term
IL causes what in myocardial hypertrophy and what stimulates it?
Definition
Cardiac remodeling (contractility dysfuntion), released by cytokines during myocyte injury
Term
What drugs prevents cardiac remodeling?
Definition
ACE and BB
Term
How do myoctes die during cardiac hypertrophy?
Definition
apoptosis, leads to more stress on remaining myocytes
Term
What is the ultimate failure in myocytes during hypertrophy?
Definition
contractile failure
Term
What clinical manifestation does activating sympathetic NS do?
Definition
increased heart rate (activated in L sided failure)
Term
What clinical manifestations does decreased CO do?
Definition
dyspnea, orthopnea, crackles and wheezes, fatigue, S3 and S4 heart sounds, displaced lateral apical impulse
Term
dyspnea, orthopnea, crackles and wheezes, fatigue, S3 and S4 heart sounds, displaced lateral apical impulse
Definition
Left sided heart failure due to decreased CO (backed up into L atrium, pulmonary ciruc, then pulm congestion)
Term
Lung hypoperfusion in left sided heart failure is due to what?
Definition
decreased CO from backed up blood to left atrium, leads to pulm edema.
Term
In left sided failure, decreased CO does what to arterial BP?
Definition
decreased BP and perfusion
Term
CNS syncope, restlessness; muscle weakness, fatigue, activity intolerance; angina, valvular displacement, decreased urine output, cyanosis
Definition
decreased CO during left heart failure
Term
What causes papillary muscles to displace causing valve disease?
Definition
left heart failure, cardiomyopathy
Term
echo: left vent hypertrophy/dilation, low EF, high BNF,
Definition
some clinical signs of left failure
Term
Alteration in pressure/vol curve in systolic dysfunction?
Definition
isovolumic pressure-volume shifts to right
Term
Alteration in pressure-vol curve in diastolic dysfunction?
Definition
shifts of isovolumic pressure-volume curve to the left in clinical manifestation of left heart failure.
Term
Sx: poor EF, blood back into right atrium, vena cava and leads to systemic venous congestion, Jucular vein distension, ascites, large spleen and liver
Definition
Right sided heart failure clinical symptoms
Term
Right vent hypertrophy, dilation, and poss failure due to disorders of the lung or pulm vasculature that produces pulm hypertension
Definition
Cor Pulmonale
Term
R vent hypertrophy due to lung disorder
Definition
cor pulmonale
Term
Hearts response to pulmonary hypertension
Definition
R vent hypertrophy, causes inc pressure.
Term
normal right atrial pressure
Definition
25
Term
Right atrial pressure that will stop blood
Definition
up to 38
Term
What happens if pressure in right ventricle is allowed to build slowly?
Definition
Hypertrophy, increased sarcomeres
Term
Massive pulmonary embolization can lead to?
Definition
Acute cor pulmonale
Term
Most common cause of chronic cor pulmonale?
Definition
COPD (emphysema), pulmonary hypertension RT L vent failure
Term
Patho of ?: increased pulmonary hypertension that inc right vent afterload, then right vent hypertrophy and dilation, then right atrial dilation
Definition
Patho of cor pulmonale
Term
Sx: EKG/echo: right vent hypertrophy/dilation. Split S2. pulmonic valve murmer, tricuspid murmur, edema, JVD, liver congestin, inc. RVEDP, RV, RA pressure
Definition
Clinical man of cor pulmonale
Term
Why does cor pulmonale have split S2 and pulmonic and tricuspid valve murmurs?
Definition
due to overload of fluid
Term
L heart failure affects what valvular disease?
Definition
Aortic stenosis
Term
what do these cause? rheumatic heart disease, congenital defects, degenerative aging (in age 60-70)
Definition
aortic stenosis
rheumatic fever (strep) type III hypersensitivity response)
Term
Patho: gradual obstruction of blood flow (increase gradient of 100-150 mm), increased afterload, LV hypertrophy, LV ischemia and failure (stiff, fatigued, dilates)
Definition
aortic stenosis
Term
Sx: LV hypertrophy, failure, decreased LV output, increased LVEDP, decreased EF, S4 murmur, pressure vol curve to right
Definition
Aortic stenosis clinical manifestations
Term
What causes Mid-systolic murmur, S4
Definition
aortic stenosis,from trying to squeeze blood through.
Term
LV has to generate more pressure to get the blood out past what valve during what condition
Definition
Aortic valve during stenosis
Term
Etiology of ?: rhematic fever, bacterial endocarditis, syphillus, autoimmune or connective tissue disorders, aortic/cardiac enlargment, trauma
Definition
aortic regurgitation. Hypertrophy dilates valve ring
Term
Patho: regurg of blood from aorta to LV during diastole, volume ejected both directions, LV hypertrophy/dilation, S3
Definition
aortic insuff/regurg
Term
sx: Diastolic murmur, S3. increase pulse pressure, hyperdynamic pulses, increased LVEDP (congestion), LV hypertrophy/dilation, Press-vol curve to right and up
Definition
Aortic insuff/regurg
Term
What is the most common valve disease and what causes it?
Definition
Mitral stenosis, rheumatic fever, calcification
Term
Patho: progressive fibrosis, bacterial endocarditis, incr left atrial pressure, atrial hypertrophy and dilation
Definition
mitral valve stenosis
Term
Causes pre-load problems
Definition
valve stenosis
Term
Pre-load symptoms
Definition
pulmonary congestion, perfusion sx: fatigue, neuro
Term
Sx: congestion (dyspnea, pulm edema), diastolic murmur, opening snap, decreased CO, thrombus formation chances inc., atrial hypertrophy, Tall _ waves and a-fib, pressure-vol shifted to left
Definition
mitral stenosis
Term
what is the only mital issue that shift pressure volume curve to the LEFT
Definition
Mitral Stenosis : TOP LEFT valve
Term
What produces a diastolic murmur, possible snap?
Definition
Mitral stenosis, opens stiffly to let blood into ventricle
Term
Etiology: chronic: prolapse of leaflets from L vent dilation due to CAD, post inflamm scarring from rheumatic, Acute: papillary muscle or chordae tendinae rupture/dysfunction
Definition
Mitral insuff/regurg
Term
Patho: regurg of blood from LV to LA during vent systole, LA dilation, LV dilation if not there already
Definition
Mitral insuff/regurg
Term
Sx: in acute state: sudden onset of failure, S3 in failure, pansystolic regurg murmur, (in both dias and syst)
Definition
mitral insuff/regurg
Term
Sx: chronic: asx over time, then pansystolic murmur S3 in failure, incr LVEDP with congestion, dilated atrium and ven and LV hyper, atrial fib, pres-vol shifted to right
Definition
mitral insuff/regur
Term
What valvular disorder causes a-fib
Definition
mitral insuff/regurg
Term
What valvular disorder causes a systolic murmur?
Definition
Aortic stenosis
Term
What valvular disorders causes diastolic murmers?
Definition
Aortic Insuff and Mitral stenosis
Term
What valvular disorder causes s3 murmur in failure?
Definition
Mitral insuff.
Term
Heart disease due to intrinsic myocardical dysfunction
Definition
primary cardiomyopathies
Term
Heart disease acquired by disease
Definition
secondary cardiomyopathies
Term
Three types of cardiomyopathies
Definition
Dilated (90%), hypertrophic, restrictive
Term
Most common type of cardiomyopathy
Definition
dilated (90%)
Term
Etiology of primary form: idiopathic, genetic mutation to sarcomere and mitochondrial genes and skeletal proteins; alcohol, pregnancy, viral, bacterial
Definition
Primary DILATED cardiomyopathy
Term
Etiology: secondary form: ischemic, valvular, hypertensive and/or congenital heart disease
Definition
Secondary DILATED cardiomyopathies
Term
Patho: progressive cardiac dilation and wall thinning, contractile systolic dysfunction, concurrent hypertrophy
Definition
DILATED cardiomyopathy
Term
Sx: large, flabby heart, hi weight, slowly progressing HF, decreased EF, inc EDV, dec SV, all chamber dilated, poor prognosis (50% death in 2 years)
Definition
DILATED cardiomyopathy
Term
Etiology: primary-genetic mutation to proteins encoding sarcomere (90%)
Secondary-hypertensive HD, aortic stenosis
Definition
HYPERTROPHIC cardiomyopathy
Term
Patho: sacrcomere proliferation and myocyte hypertrophy, fibroblast production with collagen deposition. L vent w/o vent dilation, thickening of septum vs LV wall (25%)
Definition
HYPERTROPHIC cardiomyopahy
Term
sx: diastolic dysfunction: decreased LV compliance, accepting less blood into vent and lower SV, decreased diastolic relaxation
Definition
HYPERTROPHIC cardiomyopathy
Term
What does a thickened septum vs LV free wall do in Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
Definition
compressed LV cavity so gets outflow obstruction
Term
Sx: heavy, muscles and hypercontracting heart, Harsh systolic murmur from effort to move blood into LV, increas contractility, and LVP (atrial dilation, dyspnea, inc pulm pressure)
Definition
HYPErTROPHIC cardiomyopathy
Term
SX: disorganization of septal myo cells (in primary), abnormal collagen deposits/interstitial fibrosis, anginea and HF due to blood supply not being met, a-fib, sudden death
Definition
HYPERTROPHIC cardiomyopathy: LV outflow can be obstructed. Power behind cycle will be >120. can't relax due to fibrosis
Term
Etiology: primary: idiopathic, infiltrative disease amyloidosis, sarcoidosis, tumor, radiation; secondary: preicardial constriction
Definition
RESTRICTIVE cardiomyopathy
Term
Patho: primary decrease in vent compliance results in impaired vent filling during diastole, DIASTOLIC DISORDER
Definition
RESTRICTIVE cardiomyopathy
Term
Sx: normal sized vent, interstitial fibrosis, decreased CO, increased LVEDP
Definition
RESTRICTIVE cardiomyopathy
Term
What types of diseases are these? acute pericarditis, pericardial effusion, constrictive pericarditis?
Definition
Pericardial diseases
Term
pericardial membranes are inflamed and roughened and may have exudate
Definition
acute pericarditis: from infections, noninfect inflamm, radiation
Term
SX: chest pain that can mimic MI, worse with deep breaths, CREAKY leather friction rub
Definition
Acute pericarditis (pericardial effusion on echo)
Term
accumulation of serous, inflamm exudate or blood in pericardial cavity
Definition
pericardial effusion
Term
Acute pericardial effusion adds how much fluid, and chronic adds before sx:
Definition
acute 100-200
chronic 500+
Term
SX: SOB, JVD, hepatomegaly, ascites, MUFFLED heart sounds, cardiac tamponade,
Definition
Pericardial Effusion
Term
Pulsus paradoxus (BP during exp exceeds during insp x 10), increases right sided H pressure due to compression of thin walled atria hypotension due to decreased SV and CO due to restricted filling (can be late sign)
Definition
Cardiac tamponade in pericardial effusion
Term
Normal pericardial tissue replaced by fibrous tissue, scars or calcification
Definition
CONSTRICTIVE pericarditis
Term
What type of pericarditis causes remodeling?
Definition
Restrictive
Term
Sx: fibrotic lesions encase heart in heard shell, progresses slowly,
Definition
RESTRICTIVE pericarditis
Term
colonization of endocardium/heart valves by a microbe that leads to formation of vegetations and destruction of underlying cardiac tissues.
Definition
Infective endocarditis--most common to mitral and aortic valves. (blood pools)
Term
Patho: 1 Damaged endocardial tissue 2 seeding of blood with microbes and attachment 3 bacterial proliferation and vegetative formation
Definition
Infective endocarditis
Term
How does blood seed during infective endocarditis
Definition
Valves get soft-tissue matrix and vascular supply so leukocytes can kick in (not normal), damage endocardial tissue allows microbes to attach). Bacterial colonies form tight fibrin networks. protected by self-defense and keeps growing
Term
What happens during infective carditis after blood seeding on valves?
Definition
Destruction of underlying cardiac tissue due to inflamm process, systemic emboli, tissue fibrosis and calcification.
Term
Subacute infective endocarditis disease process
Definition
mild for months, less virulent, most recover
Term
Sx: + blood culture, echo shows vegetation, fever, faatigeu weight loss (IL1 and TNFa), 90% have murmur, cardiac complications, embolitic, glomerulonephritis due to Ab/Ag antibodies)
Definition
Clinical of infective endocarditis
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