aortic heart disease Flashcards

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What happens when you dilate the venous system? (effect on preload)

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decrease the preload

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aorta anatomy draw it out

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Which area is the aortic isthmus?

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L Subclavian and Ligamentum Arteriosum

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Traumatic aortic rupture (car accident) , coarctation- affects which what

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aortic isthmus

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what are the layers of the vessel wall?

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intima,
media
and adventita

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What is an aortic dissection

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tear through the intima and media., and propagates through the media (second lumen forms)

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What are the causes of aortic dissection?

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hypertension (MCC), aortic vasculitis,

connective tissue: marfan, Ehlers danlos.

Structural: coarctation, biscupid aortic valve

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presentation of the aortic dissection

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severe, tearing retrosternal chest +/0 eadiatic back pain. assemtric blood pressure and pulse discrepancies.

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ECG findings of aortic dissection

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Left ventricular hypertrophy

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location for aortic dissection for ascending aorta is known as what and what is the management?

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stanford A, surgical management

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descending aorta, what type of aortic dissection is it and what is the management?

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stanford b. medical mangement.

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What are the complications of aortic dissection

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aortic rupture, aortic regurgitation, cardiac tamponade, ischemia

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If you cardiac tamponade and aortic dissection- you’ll usually affect which part of the heart first?

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right side of the heart, JVD, Muffled heart sounds, and hypotension.

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How do you tell the difference between cardiac tamponade and cardiogenic shock?

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cardiogenic shock- pulmonary edema
tamponade- should not see pulmonary edema (affects right heart first)

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15
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DDx for widened mediastinum

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Aortic Dissection
Aortic aneursym
anthrax

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16
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What is the test to order for aortic dissection

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CT angio. see the flap here

17
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What is the treatment for stanford b aortic dissection

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beta blocker (esmolol) then vasodilator; decrease contractility and decrease HR
you dont want to give vasodilator first because that would cause reflex tachycardia

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pathophysiology of aortic aneursym

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transmural inflammation: dilation of intima, media and adventita.

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risk factors for aneurysm

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smoking, arterosclerosis, old age, connective tissue disease, tertiary syphilis (sphirocete infection obliterates part of the aorta–>necrosis)

20
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presentation for aortic aneurysm

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asymptomatic until rupture- rupture: hypotensive, acute onset severe tearing ripping abdominal and pack pain.

21
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What is the difference between thoracic and abdominal aneurysms?

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risk factors

thoracic: hypertension, tertiary syphlis, biscupid aortic valve, connective tissue disease. deals with ascending aorta (therefore chest pain +/- dysphagia, hoarseness of voice- l recurrent nerve wraps around aorta)

abdominal: smoking, artherosclerosis. symptoms include: abdominal bruit, pulsatile mass; location= below renal artery

22
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what is the recommendation for all men who have ever smoked?

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abdominal ultrasound screening in men 65-75

23
Q

marfan syndrome pathology is a defect in which protien

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fibrillin-1
autosomal dominant

24
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cystic medial degeneration of aorta, aortic root dilatation (thoracic)- associated with which disease

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marfan syndrome

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ddx of mitral valve prolapse
mid systolic click at apex connective tissue disease marfan, EDS, acute rheumatic, infective endocarditis
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aortic coarctation definition
narrowing of the aortic isthmus (between l subclavian and ductus arteriosis)
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associations with aortic coarctation
turner syndrome, bicuspid aortic valve, williams syndrome, berry aneursym. harsh systolic murmur (because the blood is going through a small hole). rib notching chest xray (if there are collateral circulation)
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Differential cyanosis happens when?
aortic coarctation without PDA brachial femoral delay lower extremity claudication
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What are the origins of stanford A? (aortic dissection)
sinotubular junction
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What are the origin location of aortic dissection for stanford b
descending aorta
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