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3.3.2. Cardiac Pathology Part 2: Valvular, Endocarditis, Cardiomyopathy and Tumors Flashcards

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What is acute rheumatic fever? What causes it?

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Systemic complication of pharyngitis due to group A Beta Hemolytic streptococci

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When does Rheumatic fever usually hit? Who does it target?

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Children 2-3 weeks after strep throat

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What biological process is at work causing rheumatic fever?

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Molecular mimicry.

Bacterial M protein resembles human tissues, so when you launch an attack to the bacterial m proteins, you start attacking yourself as well

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To Diagnose Rheumatic Fever you use ____ ____.

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Jones Criteria

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Describe Jones Criteria

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  1. Evidence of prior group A Beta Hemolytic strep infection (ASO or anti DNase B Titer, both markers for this)
  2. Minor Criteria (fever, elevated ESR)
  3. Major Criteria
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What are the major Jones Criteria?

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Joint problems (migratory polyarthritis to large joints)

O is shaped like a heart…heart issues

Nodules in the skin (subcutaneous)

Erythema Marginatum - Annulus rash that appears redder at the margins

S Corea - Involuntary movement

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Key major problem with Jones Criteria

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The heart issues

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What is pancarditis?

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Key heart issue with Rheumatic fever that involves inflammation of all three heart layers

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Describe the endocarditis portion of the pancarditis we see in Rheumatic Fever

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We get vegetation in the enflamed endocardium that look like little nodules at the mitral valve. Aortic valve may or may not be affected as well, Mitral always.

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What can the endocarditis cause in the heart?

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Due to affecting the mitral valve it can call mitral valve regurgitation

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What do we see in the myocardium during pancarditis?

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Aschoff bodies - granulomatous structures consisting of fibrinoid change, lymphocytic infiltration, occasional plasma cells, and characteristically abnormal macrophages surrounding necrotic centres.

Some of these macrophages may fuse to form multinucleated giant cells.

Others may become Anitschkow cells or “caterpillar cells”, so named because of the wavy appearing nuclei

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Most common cause of death in rheumatic fever?

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The myocarditis part. So if you see Aschoff and Anitschow, be worried.

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What issues do we see with the pericarditis portion of the pancarditis in Rheumatic Fever?

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Friction rub

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Discuss the timeline of Rheumatic fever a bit

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Acute phase resolves but can progress to chronic disease.

Repeat exposure to group A Beta hemolytic streptococci results in relapse.

Can lead to rheumatic valvular disease

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Rheumatic valvular disease

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Valve scarring that results from a bunch of acute attacksfrom Rheumatic fever

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Result of rheumatic valvular disease

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Stenosis, almost always of mitral valve. Due to thickening of the chordae tendinae and cusps

When involving the aortic valve, leads to fusion of commissures

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Complication of Rheumatic valvular disease

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endocarditis

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What is aortic stenosis? Size change?

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Narrowing of the aortic valve orifice

Becomes less than 1cm squared from 3-4

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What usually causes aortic stenosis?

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Fibrosis and calcification from wear and tear

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When does aortic stenosis present? What further complicates it?

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Late adulthood, older than 60

Bicuspid Aortic valve increases risks and hastens disease onset

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How can we distinguish whether the stenosis in the aorta is from wear and tear or rheumatic valvular disease?

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  1. With RVD, the mitral stenosis must be present always

2. Aortic valve will have fused commisures, not seen in wear and tear

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Compensation by the LV in aortic stenosis leads to a ____ ____ stage.

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Prolonged asymptomatic

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Auditory sounds with an aortic stenosis and why?

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Systolic ejection click due to the blood breaking through the stenosis followed by a crescendo-decrescendo murmur caused by the blood rushing out

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Complications of aortic stenosis

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  1. Concentric Left ventricular hypertrophy
  2. Angina and Syncope with exercise
  3. Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia
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What is Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia?
When blood rushes past a calcified stenosis, you can cut the RBCs up, causing cell death
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Treatment for aortic stenosis
Valve replace but only after symptoms begin
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What is aortic regurgitation? What causes it?
Backflow of blood from the aorta into the LV during diastole Arises due to aortic root dilation, like with a syphilitc aneurysm or valve damage like in infectious endocarditis
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Clinical findings for aortic regurgitation
1. Early blowing diastolic murmur caused by blood going backwards 2. Bounding pulses, pulsating nail bed and head bobbing (hyperdynamic circulation)
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Discuss the pressure changes involved with aortic regurgitation
Systolic pressure goes up and diastolic falls casuing a widening (increase) in your pulse pressure which gives you the bounding pulses/hyperdynamic circulation
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Clinical features of aortic regurgitation
LV dilation and eccentric hypertrophy (one aspect of the ventricle, not the whole thing. We see this with volume issues in the ventricle)
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Treatment of aortic regurgitation
Valve replacement when LV dysfunction develops
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What is mitral valve prolapse?
Myxoid degeneration of the valve to cause the valve to become weaker/floppy. LV pushes back towards the valve and balloons it back during systole (causes a click)
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Clinical findings for mitral valve prolapse
Mid Systolic click followed by regurgitation murmur
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Treatment for mitral valve prolapse
Valve replacement
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Complications of mitral valve prolapse
Infectious Endocarditis Arrhythmia Severe mitral regurgitation But these are all rare
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What is mitral regurgitation?
Reflux of blood from LV to LA during systole. Many causes.
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Clinical findings for mitral regurgitation
Holosystolic "blowing" murmur Louder with squatting and expiration Results in volume overload and left sided heart failure
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Clinical features of mitral stenosis?
Opening snap followed by a diastolic murmur
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Bad results due to mitral stenois
``` Volume overload leading to dilation of the LA Causes: - Pulmonary congestion - Pulmonary HTN - Atrial fibrillation ```
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What is endocarditis
Inflammation of the endocardium, in particular the surface of valves
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Usual cause of endocarditis?
Bacterial infection
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Most common bacteria in endocarditis? What does it target and present as?
S viridans Targets previously damaged valves (low virulence organism) Results in small vegetations that do not destroy the valve
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How does bacteria get caught in the valve?
Previously damaged valve leads to thrombosis for healing, which traps the bacteria i nthe thrombotic vegetations
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Describe the high virulence bacteria associated with endocarditis
S Aureus Most common cause in IV drug abuse Affects normal valves, particularly the tricuspid Results in large vegetations that destroy the valve ( = acute endocarditis)
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When do we see S epidermidis?
Affects patients with prosthetic valves
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When do we see S Bovis?
Endocarditis in patients with underlying colorectal carcinoma
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What are HACEK organisms and why do we care about them? List them out.
Hemophilus, Actinobacillus, Cardiobacterium, Eikenella, Kingella Negative blood cultures
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Clinical featurs of endocarditis
``` Fever Murmur Janeway lesions Olser Nodes Anemia of Chronic Disease ```
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What are Janeway lesions? Osler nodes? What causes them?
Vegetations on the valves can be shot off into circulation, leading to septic emboli of these bacterial clumps. Patients will present with red lesions on the palms and soles (Janeway Lesions) or painful lesions on fingers and toes (Osler nodes)
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Lab findings for endocarditis
- Typically positive blood cultures - Anemia of chronic disease - Trans Esophageal Echo (TEE) can be used to see
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What is nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis
Sterile vegetations that arise with hypercoagulable state or underlying adenocarcinoma
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What is Libman Sacks Endocarditis? What does it lead to?
Sterile vegetations associated with SLE Presents on both surfaces of the mitral valve Results in mitral regurg
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What is dilated cardiomyopathy? Result?
Dilation of all chambers in the heart Causes systolic dysfunction due to incredible stretching
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Complications of dilated cardiomyopathy
Causes biventricuar CHF with mitral and tricuspid valve regurgitation and arrhythmia
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Most common causes of dilated cardiomyopathy?
1. Genetic mutations 2. Myocarditis 3. Alcohol abuse 4. Drugs 5. pregnancy General idiopathic, i.e., we don't know
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Most common cause of myocarditis
coxsakie virus
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Treatment for dilated cardiomyopathy?
Heart replacement
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What is hyertrophic cardiomyopathy? Cause?
Massive hypertrophy of the left ventricle due to genetic mutations in sarcomere protins in an Autosomal Dominant condition
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Clinical findings of Hypertrophic ardiomyopathy
1. Decreased CO 2. Sudden death due to Ventricular arrhythmia 3. Syncope with exercise
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Biopsy of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
Myofiber hypertrophy with disarray - cells going in all directions, not together in the same direction like usual
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Explain restrictive cardiomyopathy
Decreased compliance of ventricular endomyocardium that restricts filling during diastole
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Causes of restrictive cardiomyopathy
1. myloidosis 2. Sarcoidosis - granulomas get in there 3. hematochromatosis - iron deposition 4. Endocardial fibroelastosis in kids - Dense layer of fibrous tissue in the endocardium, so you can't stretch the ventricle during filling 5. Loeffler syndrome - eosinophilic infiltrate in the heart leading to fibrosis of the endocardium AND myocardium
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Presentation of restrictive cardiomyopathy.
Presents as CHF Low voltage EKG with diminished QRS amplitudes
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Myxoma tumor?
Benign mesenchymal proliferation with a gelatinous appearence
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Histology of a myxoma?
Abundant ground substance on histology
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The most primary cardiac tumor in adults
Myxoma
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Why is the myxoma of the mesenchyme and not the myocyte?
Myocytes are permanent and established in adults so theres no real chance for cells to proliferate to make a tumor
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Effects and location of myxoma
Usually a pedunculated mass in the left atrium that can cause syncope due to obstruction of the mitral valve
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Rhabdomyoma
Benign hemartoma in cardiac muscle
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Most common primary cardiac tumor in children?
Rhabdomyoma
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Rhabdomyoma is associated with what?
Tuberous sclerosis
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Where do rhabdomyomas usually arise?
Venticle
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Common metastases of the heart include what? Where do they go specifically?
Lung cancer Breast cancer Melanoma Lymphoma Usually go to the pericardium resulting in pericardial effusion,

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