04.22 - Ischemic HD 2 (Nichols) Flashcards
Stunned Myocytes =
Myocytes injured by acute ischemia (look normal microscopically, need time to repair before they work normally again)
3 Different proteins that influence/ compose the mPTP
Voltage-dep anion Channel (VDAC), Adenine Nucleotide Translocator (ANT), Cyclophilin D (CypD)
5 Factors that Contribute to Reperfusion Injury:
(1) Mitochondrial Dysfunction; (2) Myocyte Hypercontracture; (3) ROS; (4) Leukocyte Aggregation; (5) Platelet and complement activation
5 Major (Jones) Criteria for Dx of Acute Rheumatic Fever
Fever, Polyarthritis, Sydenham’s Chorea, Subcutaneous Nodules, Erythema Marginatum
6 Lethal Causes of Chest pain
Acute Coronary Syndromes, Pulmonary Embolism, Aortic Dissection, Pneumothorax, Pericardial Tamponade, Mediastinitus
Angina Pectoris
Exertional chest pain due to inadequate perfusion, and is typically due to atherosclerotic disease causing greater than 70% fixed stenosis
Aschoff Bodies =
Foci of Fibrinoid Necrosis with Histiocytes and Anitschkow cells
Aschoff Body:
Microscopic lesion of fibrinoid necrosis w/ histiocytes and Anitschkow Cells
Autocoids released during ischemia that activate G proteins in preconditioning
Adenosine, Bradykinin, Opioids
Chordae in Mitral Stenosis
Thickened, Retracted, and Fused
Chronic IHD is aka
Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease is more common with
Recurrent Carditis, Severe Carditis, and Carditis at an early age
Chronically Ischemic Myocytes, which have cleared cytoplasm due to catabolism of their contractile proteins and need time to regenerate their contractile proteins before they work normally again
Hibernating Myocytes
Clinical presentation of classical MI
Severe, Crushing substernal chest pain that can radiate to neck, jaw, epigastrium, or left arm
Clinical presentation of Fibrinohemorhagic Pericarditis
Anterior Chest Pain and Pericardial Friction Rub
Clumped chromatin resembling caterpillar
Anitschkow Cells
Contraction band necrosis
Intense eosinophilic bands of hypercontracted sarcomeres are created by an influx of calcium across plasma membranes that enhances action-myosin interactions; In absence of ATP, sarcomeres cannot relax and get stuck in an agonal tetanic state
Do Ventricular Aneurysms usually rupture?
No
Epicardial manifestation of underlying myocardial inflammation
Fibrinohemorhagic Pericarditis
Fibrin + Platelet thrombi on valves and Aschoff Bodies w/ Anitschkow Cells
Microscopic pathology of Acute Rheumatic Heart Disease
Fibrinohemorhagic Pericarditis
Epicardial manifestation of underlying myocardial inflammation
Fibroblasts with multiple bodies inside them =
Metabolically active, not necessarily pathologic
Foci of Fibrinoid Necrosis with Histiocytes and Anitschkow cells
Aschoff Bodies
Gross pathology of Acute Rheumatic Heart Disease
Tiny (1-2mm) verrucous vegetations lined up on line of valve closure; Fibrinous pericarditis
Hibernating Myocytes
Chronically Ischemic Myocytes; Cleared cytoplasm due to catabolism of contractile proteins; Need time to regenerate those proteins
How common is Myocardial rupture as a complication of MI
1-5%, but frequently fatal if occurs
How do leukocytes contribute to ischemia reperfusion injury
May occlude microvasculature; Elaborate proteases and elastases
How does complement activation contribute to ischemia reperfusion injury
No-reflow phenomenon
How does mitochondrial dysfunction contribute to ischemic injury
Alters permeability, apoptotic mediators released from mito
How long before Stunned Myocytes work normally again
Several days at least
How often do isolated Right Ventricular Infarcts occur relative to all
1-3%
In the vast majority of cases, cardiac ischemia is due to
Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis