1st Cardiomyopathies

Question 1

The word cardiomyopathy can be broken down and means ____+_____+_____

Answer 1

Heart + muscle + disease

Question 2

What are the three main categories for cardiomopathies?

Answer 2

Dilated
Hypertrophy
Restrictive

Question 3

In which cardiomyopathy are you most likely to see a LV apex thrombus?

Answer 3

Dilated

Question 4

With dilated cardiomyopathies what valve is most likely to leak 100% of the time?

Answer 4

MV

Question 5

What happens to the heart muscle with a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?

Answer 5

thickened/ hypertrophied

Question 6

Which cardiomyopathy is the leading cause of death in young athletes?

Answer 6

Hypertrophic

Question 7

What does the abbreviation IHSS stand for?

Answer 7

Idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis

Question 8

Name the 3 types of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Answer 8

Obstructive
Provocable
Non-obstructive

Question 9

M-mode is a useful tool in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. What two classic findings are found with m-mode?

Answer 9

Systolic Anterior Motion

Mid-systolic notching of the aortic valve

Question 10

Which is the most common cardiomyopathy?

Answer 10

Dilated

Question 11

Which cardiomyopathy requires genetic testing or echo testing for relatives?

Answer 11

Hypertrophic

Question 12

What ratio is used when determining the asymmetrical septal hypertrophy (ASH)?

Answer 12

_> (greater or equal to) 1.3 : 1

Question 13

What shape does the LVOT obstruction waveform look like?

Answer 13

Dagger shaped

Question 14

How can a LVOT be provoked?

Answer 14

Valsalva

Question 15

The LVOT spectral display peaks in Early or Late sytole?

Answer 15

Late

Question 16

Which is the least common cardiomyopathy?

Answer 16

Restrictive

Question 17

What happens to the myocardium in restrictive cardiomyopathies

Answer 17

Stiff and rigid

Question 18

Restrictive cardiomyopathy can closely resemble what other disease process?

Answer 18

Constrictive Pericarditis

Question 19

What is the most common cause/type of infiltrative cardiomyopathy?

Answer 19

Amyloidosis

Question 20

How does the myocardial texture appear in infiltrative cardiomyopathy?

Answer 20

Speckled or ground glass in appearance

Question 21

Congestive cardiomyopathy causes the ventricles to become what?

Answer 21

Dilated and poorly contractile - Congestive cardiomyopathy aka dilated

Question 22

The 3 types of supravalvular aortic stenosis are

Answer 22

Hourglass
Membraneous
Hypoplastic / Strand

Question 23

What iron overload disease can cause a restrictive cardiomyopathy?

Answer 23

Hemachromatosis