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9 Heart & Blood Vessels – The Rest Flashcards

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Introduction

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Heart Disease
(Cardiac Disease)

		Blood Vessel Disease 
		(Vascular Disease)

		Disease present from birth 
		(Congenital Cardiovascular 
					Disease)
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Introduction

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Cardiac Disease   
Ischaemia and MI (previously covered)
Cardiac Failure
Valvular Heart Disease
Pericarditis and Myocarditis 
Unusual Cardiac Diseases
Vascular Disease 
Atherosclerosis (previously covered)
Aneurysms
Hypertension
Diabetic Vascular Disease   
Vein Diseases

Congenital Cardiovascular disease

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Cardiac Failure

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What is the normal function of the heart?

What is a syndrome?

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Definition

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Heart unable to pump blood at rate required for normal functioning

What happens when the heart does not pump as effectively as it should?

Oedema – pulmonary and peripheral
Tiredness

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Many Causes

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Ischaemic Heart Disease
Hypertension
Valvular Heart Disease
Arrhythmias
Congenital Heart Disease
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Cardiac Failure

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Initially the heart ‘Compensates’

Leads to cardiac hypertrophy and/or dilatation, and eventual inability to maintain normal

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Cardiac Failure

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Symptoms/Signs:
Shortness of breath (SOB) 
Fatigue 
Fluid in lungs (Pulmonary Oedema)
All-over, excessive, fluid-filled veins (Systemic Venous Congestion & Oedema)
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Classification

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Acute vs Chronic

Left vs Right Vs both sided (congestive)

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Treatment

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Treat the underlying cause

There are a range of medicines used to help control heart failure

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Valvular Heart Disease

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What does a valve do?

A valve regulates flow in one direction only

Think how this works in the heart

4 valves/sites

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Valvular Heart Disease - Mechanisms

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Stenosis - Failure to open completely, impeding forward flow

Incompetence/Regurgitation - Failure to close, allowing reverse flow

Vegetations – abnormal tissue growth on valve (fibrin, platelets & bacteria)

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Valvular Heart Disease - Mechanisms

and more

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Most common disease - stenoses of the aortic and mitral valves
Account for 2/3rds of all valve disease
Valvular stenosis mainly due to primary valve cusp abnormality, a chronic process
Valvular regurgitation may result from disease of cusps but also damage to supporting structures (tendinous cords, papillary muscles)
Vegetations can result from Infective Endocarditis & Rheumatic Fever

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Valvular Heart Disease – Underlying Causes

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Infection – Endocarditis/Rheumatic disease 
Calcific aortic valve disease 
Age-related degeneration
Carcinoid Syndrome
Fibrosis & muscle rupture after MI
Heart failure
Hypertension
Congenital 
Prosthetic Heart Valves
Connective Tissue Disorders 
IV Drug use
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Valvular Heart Disease

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Symptoms/Consequences of Valvular disease:
Differ with the site/type lesion
Stroke 
Arrythmias
Ventricular hypertrophy
Angina (Chest pain)
Syncope (Fainting)
Heart failure
Infarcts to kidneys and spleen
Poor prognosis once symptoms
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Infective Endocarditis

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Endocardium is the inner lining of the heart and its valves.

Endocarditis is when this lining becomes infected/inflammed

Infection occurs on the edge of heart valves
Vegetation is a mass of bacteria, fibrin, platelets
Right-sided in IV drug use
Left-sided in others

Colonization of the heart valves or mural endocardium usually by bacteria
Streptococci (α haemolytic) affects abnormal valves usually after dental extraction / cleaning / bronchoscopy / tonsillectomy

Staph aureus affects previously normal valves, usually IV drug abusers

PROPHYLAXIS - Imperative to give antibiotics to those at risk of developing endocarditis prior to any procedure that may produce a bacteraemia

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Clinical Presentation

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Sepsis
Heart Failure
New murmur

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Pericarditis & Myocarditis

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Inflammatory Reaction involving the Heart Sac or Heart Muscle
Many Causes:

Viral
Bacterial
Parasitic
TB
Uraemia - (urine products in blood)
Carcinoma
MI
Post surgery
Drugs
Connective tissue disease
Unknown
Radiation
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Pericarditis & Myocarditis

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Types:
Acute
Chronic

Symptoms and Signs:
Chest Pain
Cardiac Failure

Treatment:
Anti-inflammatory Drugs
Surgical Excision of the Pericardium

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Unusual Cardiac Diseases

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Cardiomyopathy
Multisystem Diseases – like Sarcoidosis & Amyloidosis
Thyrotoxicosis
Myxoedema
Alcoholism
Pregnancy
Iatrogenic (drug-induced) disease
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Cardiomyopathy

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Disease of heart muscle

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Cardiac Dilatation(process of expansion/stretching)

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Dilation of chambers

Heart large and flabby

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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

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Heavy, muscular, hypercontracting
Abnormal diastolic filling
1/3 have intermittent left ventricular outflow obstruction
End stage dilatation can occur

Myocardial hypertrophy, disarray

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Clinical Features of HCM

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SOB, chest pain, palpitations, black-out
Sudden death
Atrial fibrillation

50% Familial, autosomal dominant with variable expression
Genetic defect in 1 of 4 genes that encode cardiac contractile elements

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Aneurysms

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Localised, permanent, abnormal dilatation of a blood vessel

Causes: Age, Atherosclerosis, Ischaemia, Hypertension, Inflammation, Diabetes, Autoimmune diseases, Bacteria, Bacterial Endocarditis, Fungus, Marfan’s Syndrome, Syphilis

Treatment: Stents, Surgery, reducing arterial pressure

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Hypertension

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(High Blood Pressure)

But what is BP?
BP is recorded as two numbers—the systolic pressure (as the heart beats) over the diastolic pressure (as the heart relaxes between beats)
Measured in millimeters of mercury - mmHg
eg 120/80 mm Hg
120/80mmHg or lower is classed as normal BP

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Hypertension Diagnosis

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No universal definition of what exactly is high
BP 140/90 offered 24hr ambulatory monitoring
Categories:
Mild: diastolic 95 – 104mmHg
Moderate: 105 – 114mmHg
Severe: >115mmHg

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Hypertension

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Classified into causes:
Primary (essential) hypertension 95%
Secondary hypertension 5-10%

Further classified Clinically:
Benign hypertension
Malignant hypertension

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Risk Factors for Essential Hypertension

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None Modifiable:
Genetics- family history

Modifiable: 
Diet-  high intake of sodium
Lifestyle-  stress & physical inactivity
Weight-   obesity
Alcohol & Smoking - usage
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Secondary Hypertension Causes

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Renal eg Polycystic Kidney Disease

Endocrine eg Thyrotoxicosis

Vascular eg Raised intravascular volume

Neurogenic eg Acute stress (surgery)

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Clinical Classification of Hypertension

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Benign Hypertension - Most remain stable over many years
live a relatively normal life
until/unless complications arise

Malignant Hypertension - Accelerated Hypertensive disease
5% of cases
Rapidly rising blood pressure
90% die in the first year!

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Complications of Hypertension

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Organs Affected:

Blood vessels
Heart
Kidney
Eyes (Retina)
Brain
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Complications of Hypertension: Blood Vessels

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Large Blood Vessel disease (Macroangiopathy)
Atherosclerosis

Small Blood Vessel disease (Microangiopathy)
Arteriolosclerosis

Increased risk of rupture
and dissection, & MI

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Complications of Hypertension: Heart

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Heart disease:

Left ventricular hypertrophy

Cardiac Failure

Myocardial Infarction

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Complications of Hypertension: Kidney

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Benign nephrosclerosis

Renal failure

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Complications of Hypertension: Eyes (Retina)

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Hypertensive retinopathy

Retinopathy Grades:
Grade I Thickening of arterioles

Grade II Arteriolar spasms

Grade III Hemorrhages

Grade IV Papilloedema (seen in Malignant Hypertension)

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Complications of Hypertension: Brain

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Cerebral haemorrhage

Cerebral infarction

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Factors Indicating Adverse Prognosis in Hypertension

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Male
Young
Black Ethnicity
Smoker
Persistent  diastolic BP > 115 mm Hg

Diabetes
Hypercholesterolemia
Obesity
Excess alcohol

Organ  damage:  
	Heart
	Kidney
   Eyes
	Brain
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Diabetic Vascular Disease

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Damage to Vessels Generally - Atherosclerosis
Damage to Kidneys
Damage to Nerves
Damage to Retinas

Complications such as:
Gangrene
Renal failure
Blindness

Effective control of Diabetes reduces disease!

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Specifically Vein Diseases

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Venous Thrombosis
(eg DVT)
When normal venous return is impeded, predisposes to Thrombosis
Causes: 
Immobility
Malignancy 
Pregnancy & Childbirth 
Oestrogens 
Haematological disorders 
IV cannulas

Danger of PE!

Varicosities
Common Problem
Tortuous and Distended veins
Cause 
Incompetent valves in legs
Impaired venous return 
stasis 
oedema  
fibrin deposits around veins
Often associated Ulceration – ankles and lower legs
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Congenital Cardiovascular Disease – Commonest Types

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Septal defects - Atrial or Ventricular
Failure of blood vessel closure at birth - Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Narrowed Aorta - Coarctation of the Aorta
Valvular Abnormalities
Vessels the wrong-way round - Transposition of the great vessels
Coronary artery defects
Multiple defects - Fallot’s Tetralogy

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