21. diseases of pericardium and myocardium Flashcards
Myocardial disease etiology
Infections (Myocarditis)
Familial-Hereditary
Metabolic, Nutritional, Endocrine
Connective Tissue-Granulomatous Disease
Drugs-Toxins
Coronary Arteries
Other
causes of Infection (myocarditis)
Viral (e.g., coxsackievirus, mumps, Epstein-Barr virus, influenza, parainfluenza, measles, varicella, HIV)
Rickettsiae (e.g., psittacosis, Coxiella,
Bacterial (e.g., diphtheria, Mycoplasma, meningococcus, leptospirosis, Lyme disease)
Parasitic (e.g., Chagas disease, toxoplasmosis, Loa loa)
Familial-Hereditary
Familial-Hereditary examples
Muscular dystrophies (Duchenne (Becker, limb girdle) Myotonic dystrophy
Mitochondrial myopathy syndromes
Friedreich ataxia
Pompe disease (glycogen storage)
Endocardial fibroelastosis
Familial cardiomyopathy
Metabolic, Nutritional, Endocrine
Beriberi (thiamine deficiency)
Keshan disease (selenium deficiency)
Hypothyroidism, Hyperthyroidism
Pheochromocytoma
Mitochondrial myopathies II
Connective Tissue-Granulomatous Disease
SLE
Scleroderma
Rheumatic fever
Dermatomyositis
Drugs-Toxins
Doxorubicin (Adriamycin) Iron overload (hemosiderosis) Irradiation Cocaine Amphetamines
Coronary Arteries
Anomalous left coronary artery
Kawasaki disease
Other
Sickle cell anemia
Hypereosinophilic syndrome
Endomyocardial fibrosis
Idiopathic
Myocarditis def
inflammation of the heart muscle.
Myocarditis sx depend on
age and the acute or chronic nature of the infection.
Myocarditis sx in neonates
initially have fever, severe heart failure, respiratory distress, cyanosis, distant heart sounds,
weak pulses, tachycardia out of proportion to the fever, mitral insufficiency caused by dilatation of the valve
annulus, a gallop rhythm, acidosis, and shock.
associated rash
outcome of fulminant myocarditis in neonates
death may occur within 1–7 days of the onset of symptoms.
CXR of myocarditis in neonates
enormously enlarged heart and pulmonary edema.
electrocardiogram in myocarditis in neonates
sinus tachycardia, reduced QRS complex voltage, and ST segment and T-wave
abnormalities. Arrhythmias may be the first clinical manifestation
older patient with acute myocarditis
initially acute congestive heart failure;
more commonly, patients have a gradual onset of congestive heart failure or a sudden onset of ventricular
arrhythmias.
what kind of cardiomyopathy is present in older pt w/myocarditis
idiopathic dilated
cardiomyopathy is present as acute infectious phase has usually passed
dg of myocarditis
elevated:
sedimentation rate, heart enzymes, and brain natriuretic
peptide (BNP)
Serum viral titers
PCR of ventricular biopsy and serum samples
Echocardiography
Endomyocardial biopsy
what are the cardiac ez
creatine phosphokinase, lactate dehydrogenase)
why is ventricular vcr done
(viral genome routinely present in cardiac samples yet absent in
peripheral blood)
what does echocardiography show in myocarditis
poor ventricular function
pericardial effusion, mitral valve regurgitation
absence of coronary artery
other congenital heart lesions.