All of cardio Flashcards
Treatment of cardiac tamponade as a complication of an MI
Pericardial aspiration
Surgery
What does the valsalva manoeuvre active
aortic baroreceptors
What is the funny current?
The decreased K+ efflux superimposed upon a Na+ influx
If is mediated by
hyperpolarisation
HCN channels
What does a block of HCN channels cause?
a decrease in the slope of the pacemaker potential, therefore a reduction of heart rate
What is Atropine
a competitive inhibitor of acetylcholine, used in extreme Bradycardia to speed up the heart rate
Invabradine
selective blocker of HCN channels, used to slow down the heart rate in angina
Sacroplasmic recticulum
calcium store
CICR
calcium induced calcium release
Refractory period
a period immediately following stimulation, nerve muscle is unresponsive
What does a long refractory period prevent
tectonic contraction
What are the segments of heart muscle
Actin and myosin
What is the role of calcium in cardiac muscle contraction
Ca2+ is required to bind with troponium, pulling troponium-tropomyosin complex aside
What is bound to actin to prevent muscle contraction
tropomyosin
Define Preload
Pressure exerted on the muscle fibres in the ventricles of the heart at the end of diastole
Frank Starling’s Law of the Heart
SV vs EDV
Afterload
the resistance into which the heart is pumping
Length of diastole
0.5 s
Length of systole
0.3 s
How to calculate the HR from an ECG
300/no. of large square between each R wave
OR
if irregular
Count the number of QRS complexes in 30 large squares, and multiply by 10
How much is a small box and a large box worth on an ECG
- 04 seconds - small box
0. 2 seconds - large box
Anteroseptal MI (STEMI)
ST elevation in chest leads V1-V4
Inferior MI (STEMI)
ST elevation in limb leads II, III, aVF
Anterolateral MI (STEMI)
ST elevation in V4-V6, I, aVL (affects LAD or circumflex)
Lateral MI (STEMI)
ST elevation in I, aVL +/- V5-V6
Posterior MI (STEMI)
Tall R waves, V1-V2
What is the short term regulation of blood volume and MABP?
baroreceptors
What is the long term regulation of blood volume and MABP?
hormones and BV
MABP equation
CO x TPR
What is released in response to significant atrial distension
ANP
ANP
decreasing renin release
What is the parasympathetic relationship with cAMP
decreased cAMP
What is the effect of parasympathetic stimulation opening GIRK channels
opening GIRK channels causes hyperpolarisation
Adrenaline is used for
Cardiac arrest and ALS IV
Anaphylactic shock IM
Dobutamine is used for
Acute, but reversible, heart failure
e.g. following cardiac surgery, cardiogenic/septic shock
What type of drug is propanolol
non selective B-ADR
Examples of B1-selective ADR
atenolol, bisoprolol, metoprolol