9 - Congestive Cardiac Failure Flashcards
What is heart failure?
Heart failiure is a complex syndrome that can result from any structural or functional cardiac disorder that impairs the ability of the heart to function as a pump to support a physiological circulation
Symptoms of heart failure?
dycpnoea
peripheral oedema
elevated JVP
basal crepitations
enlarged liver
orthopnoea
What doe A,C,X,V,Y represent in the JVP wave?
A - Atrial contraction
C - Tricuspid valve urges into right atria
X - atrial relaxes, ventricle systole
V - venous return
Y - Tricuspid opens, atrial contraction
Why might JVP be raised?
Heart failure
Constrictive pericarditis - Kussmaul’s sign
Cardiac tamponade
Fluid overload
superior vena cava obstruction
How to describe a heart murmur?
Timing
Location and radiation
Shape
Pitch
Intensity
A heart mumur is heard through out sytole and diastole. What does this indicate?
Patent ductus arteriolsus
Which heart mumur radiates to the carotids?
Mitral stenosis
Which heart mumur radiates to the axila?
Mitral regurgitation
Which murmur is loud but is not palpable as a thrill?
Grade 3 mumur
Which mumu is faint and cannot be heard initially?
Grade 2 mumur
If a mumur is loud and palpable, what grade is it?
4
How can you atenuate mitral stenosis?
Mitral stenosis
3 most common causes of heart failure?
Ischeamia
HTN
daibetes - promots CAD,\ and cardiomyopathy
Other causes of aetiologies of heart failure?
valvular - AS and MR
Tachycardia
toxins and drugs
endocrine - thyrotoxicosis and phaeochromocytoma
dilated cardiomyopahty
HOCM
What is the first line treatment for heart failure?
ß-blockers
ACEi