ACUTE MYOCARDITIS Flashcards
ACUTE MYOCARDITIS
Acute inflammation of the cardiac muscle that is usually viral in etiology
ACUTE MYOCARDITIS
Common Presentations:
– Often seen in young adults/children – Fever – Chest pain with ECG changes – Arrhythmia – Heart failure
ACUTE MYOCARDITIS- Low ejection fraction and heart failure have high mortality but some recover and others develop a _______
chronic dilated cardiomyopathy
ACUTE MYOCARDITIS- _________ have high mortality but some recover and others develop a chronic dilated cardiomyopathy
Low ejection fraction and heart failure
DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
a disease of the heart muscle, usually starting in left ventricle.
The ventricle stretches and thins (dilates) and can’t pump blood as well as a healthy heart can.
DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY- PRESENTATION
Heart failure with a large silent heart
with impaired systolic function
DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY- ETIOLOGY
Usually idiopathic Genetic Viral Cocaine Chemotherapy Ischemic
DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
HEART FAILURE
ARRHYTHMIA
THROMBOEMBOLISM
The renin–angiotensin system (RAS) or the renin-angiotensin aldosterone system (RAAS) is a hormone system that regulates ________
blood pressure and fluid balance.
Enlarged Heart & Congested Lung fields on x ray indicat?
DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY-
If renal blood flow is reduced, juxtaglomerular cells convert prorenin from the blood into renin and secrete it into circulation.
Plasma renin then carries out the conversion of angiotensinogen released by liver to angiotensin I.
A-1–> angiotensin II by the enzyme ACE found in the lungs.
A-II causes blood vessels to constrict, resulting in __________
increased blood pressure.
Activation of AT1 receptors by angiotensin II results in
Vasoconstriction Increased aldosterone release Sodium Retention Fibrosis Increased Sympathetic Activity **Hypertrophy
DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
TREATMENT
TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE
ANTICOAGULATION
ANTI-ARRHYTHMIC AGENTS
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY / IMMUNO-SUPPRESSIVE
DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY- TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE
Diuretics, ACE Inhibitors, Beta blockers, Aldosterone
antagonists, Vasodilators, Inotropes, LVads, Transplant
DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY- ANTI-ARRHYTHMIC AGENTS
Drugs, Implantable defibrillators