4. Cath Flashcards
Equation for Qs (indexed systemic flow)?
Qs = VO2/[(SA-MV)(Hgb)(13.6)]
When can you ignore dissolved pO2 in the systemic flow equation?
When patient in room air
Can’t see LPA on a TTE… angiograms with moderate enlargement of the RV and severe RVOT obstruction… diagnosis?
ToF
- Hypoplasia of main and branch PAs
- Also get R-L shunting through VSD with opacification of aorta
Diagnosis if femoral vein catheter courses posterior over vertebral bodies cranially then takes an anterior turn?
Interrupted IVC
-Catheter in azygous bein with anterior turn at anastomosis with SVC
When do you see azygous continuation into a right or left SVC?
Interrupted IVC
What embryologically causes interrupted IVC?
Failure to form the right subcardinal-hepatic anastomosis
What results in a prominent V-wave on RA pressure tracing?
- Gerbode defect
2. Ebstein anomaly (severe TR)
Why does a Gerbode defect and severe TR cause a prominent V wave on RA pressure tracing?
Enhanced RA filling during AV valve closure through ventricular systole
When would you see a prominent A wave on an RA pressure tracing?
Lesions causing RV diastolic dysfunction or obstruction to RV inflow (tricuspid stenosis)
What is indicated if you have a change in arterial pressure waveform and JVD during cathterization?
Pericardiocentesis
-Likely a hemopericardium from complication due to cath
What should you consider with rapid onset hypotension and tachycardia during cath?
Impaired CO due to cardiac tamponade
Headaches and urticaria following Amplatzer septal occluder placement…?
Nickel allergy
-Rare, but can happen
What is the metal frame of an Amplatzer device made of?
Nitinol (nickel-titanium alloy)
True or False: Detectable levels of nickel have been identified in the bloodstream after successful Amplatzer device placement?
True
True or False: Most conduction abnormalities following ASD device closure resolve within 7 days of device placement
False- 24 hours
-Most abnormalities resolve, especially in children
What % of patients can have ECG abnormalities after ASD closure?
5-10%
Do older patients or children have a higher incidence of ECG abnormalities after ASD device closure?
Older patients
Equation for Qp:Qs?
(SA-MV)/(PV-PA)
Equation for volume of a L-R shunt?
QL-R = Qp - Qep
Qp = VO2/ [1.36 * 10 * Hgb * (PV-PA)]
Qep = VO2/ [1.36 * 10 * Hgb * (PV-MV)]
Equation for volume of a R-L shunt?
QR-L = Qs - Qes
Qs = VO2 / [ 1.36 * 10 * Hgb * (Ao-MV)]
Qes = VO2/ [1.36 * 10 * Hgb * (PV-MV)]
True or False: Effective pulmonary blood flow (Qep) = Effective systemic blood flow (Qes)
True
Equation for PVR?
PVR = (PAmean-LAmean)/Qp
What is the transpulmonary gradient?
PAmean-LAmean
What diagnosis:
- Pulmonary HTN
- Increased PA sat (L-R shunting)
- Systemic arterial desaturation (R-L shunting)
- Widended pulse pressure
Truncus Arteriosus
What should you consider with RV and LV saturations that are significantly different, but PA and aortic sats that are the same?
Truncus arteriosus
*Most of the mixing is at the level of the great arteries
True or False: ToF will have similar systemic and PA saturations
False: ToF has different systemic and PA saturations due to preferential streaming of blood in the ventricles to the ipsilateral great artery
Which saturation is higher in a PDA with Eisenmenger… ascending aorta or descending aorta?
Ascending
-Will get R-L shunting at PDA
True or False: IAA + PDA can cause pulmonary HTN and descending aorta desaturation
True
*Ascending aorta sat should be normal
True or False: TGA with a large ASD can cause enough mixing that the aortic and PA sats are the same
False: Can cause mixing of systemic and pulmonary venous blood, but not usually enough that aortic and PA sats are the same
What defect is associated with elongation of the LVOT?
AVSD
*Goose neck deformity
What causes the goose neck deformity in AVSD?
Anterior displacement of the aortic valve
What does an elongated LVOT in AVSD predispose a patient to?
Progressive subaortic obstruction
What % of kids with Down Syndrome have CHD?
40-45%
Of kids with Down Syndrome who have CHD, what % is an AVSD?
45%
Marfan and Loeys-Dietz are primarily what type of CHD?
Aortic disease
Supravalvar AS and branch PA stenosis?
Williams Syndrome
Large ASD creating a common atrium?
Ellis van Crevald
Most likely indication for cath in TGA?
Balloon atrial septostomy
When is a cath indicated for a newborn with TGA?
If there is severe hypoxia with inability to provide oxygenation via native atrial communication or via PGE
What is the usual site for connection of an anomalous left pulmonary vein?
Innominate vein (via vertical vein)
What are lesson common sites of PAPVR of the LPV (innominate most common)?
- Coronary sinus
- Right SVC
- Left SVC
- Azygous
True or False: A vertical vein is separate embryologically from a left-sided SVC
True
What does a L-SVC typically drain to?
CS
Is an L-SVC typically anterior or posterior to the LAA?
Posterior
What lesion do you think of for a teen with severe pulmonary HTN and significant step-down in saturation from the ascending aorta to descending aorta?
PDA or AP window with R-L shunt
What situation can you not use the Fick principle to calculate pulmonary blood flow?
Multiple sources of pulmonary blood flow with different O2 content
Ex: ToF with surgical AP shunt
What situation can you not use the Fick principle to calculate systemic blood flow?
Multiple sources of systemic blood flow with different O2 content
Ex: PDA with flow from ascending aorta and ductus
PVR equation?
(Mean PA pressure - Mean La pressure) / Qp
Equation for dissolved O2?
0.003 * pO2
How to factor in dissolved O2 to Qp?
- PV O2 content: 1.36 * Hgb * 10 * (PV sat%) + (0.03 * PO2)
- PA O2 content: 1.36 * Hgb * 10 * (PA sat%) + (0.03 * PO2)
Qp = VO2 / (PV O2 content-PA O2 content)
Bidirectional Glenn Connection?
SVC to cavopulmonary anastomosis communicating with RPA and LPA
What is a common complication of a Bidirectional Glenn?
Stenosis on left side of PA insertion of SVC
Classic BT Shunt Connection?
Right subclavian to RPA anastomosis with native vessel
Modified BT Shunt Connection?
Right subclavian to RPA with artificial material
Classic Glenn Connection?
RSVC to distal RPA supplying single lung
DKS Connection?
Transected MPA anastomosed with ascending aorta
What can sometimes be seen in pulmonary stenosis downstream?
Post-stenotic dilation of the MPA
What is a bulbous configuration of the origin of an aberrant left subclavian artery in a right-sided aortic arch or aberrant right subclavian artery in the setting of a left-sided aortic arch called?
Diverticulum of Kommerell
2 indications for PDA closure?
- Symptomatic PDA with L-R shunting
2. Asymptomatic PDA with LA or LV enlargement
How is CI calculated?
Fick equation