Aortic & Mitral Regurgitation

Question 1

AR means ?

Answer 1

Backflow of blood from the aorta into the LV during diastole

Question 2

Cause of AR ?

Answer 2

Aortic root dilation

Question 3

Clinical feeatures of AR ?

Answer 3

1. Blowing diastolic murmur
2. Hyperdynamic circulation
3. LV dilation
4. Eccentric hypertrophy
5. Volume overload

Question 3

Aortic root dilation cause ?

Answer 3

1. Syphilitic aneurysm
2. Aortic dissection
3. Valve damage =Infectious endocarditis
4. Isolated root dilation

Question 4

Tx of AR ?

Answer 4

Valve replacement

Question 5

Pulse pressure = ?

Answer 5

Systolic P - Diastolic P

PATHOMA-80

Question 6

Diastolic pressure decreased due to –

Answer 6

1. Regurgitation

Question 7

Systolic pressure inc due to —

Answer 7

stroke volume

Question 8

Presentation of Aortic regurgitation ?

Answer 8

1. Head bobbing
2. Pulsating nail bud s
3. Quincke pulse
4. Bounding pulse-Water hammer pulse

80 pathoma

Question 9

MR results of —

Answer 9

1. Volume overload
2. Left sided heart failure
3. Complications in mitral valve prolapse

81

Question 10

MR means ?

Answer 10

Reflux of blood from the left ventricle into the left atrium during systole

Question 10

Causes of MR ?

Answer 10

1. LV dilatation
2. Left sided HF
3. Infective endocarditis
4. ARHD
5. Papillary muscle rupture = by MI

Question 11

Murmur type in MR ?

Answer 11

Holosystolic blowing murmur