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What is Aortic insufficiency?

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Aortic regurgitation

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What happens during aortic insufficiency?

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Blood moves backwards through the AV from aorta to the left ventricle throughout diastole

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What are the 3 groups of mechanisms that can cause AI? 3

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  1. Cuspal abnormalities
  2. Aortic root dilatation
  3. Loss of commissures support
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Cuspal abnormalities include what? 4

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  1. Congenital abnormalities
  2. Rheumatic aortic valve disease
  3. Aortic valve prolapse
  4. Infective endocarditis
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What is Cuspal abnormalities in general?

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Any congenital disorder or disease process that affects the AV cusps

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What are things we should look for in terms of congenital abnormalities? 2

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  1. Bicuspid AV
  2. Quadricuspid AV
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Wha this Rheumatic AV disease?

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Cusp tissue is infiltrated wit fibrous tissue causing them to shorten and retract

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What can no longer happen during rheumatic AV disease?

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Cups can no longer come together to coapt

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Rheumatic AV disease is usually associated with what?

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Some degree of Aortic stenosis

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How common is aortic valve prolapse?

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Rare

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What is Aortic valve prolapse defined as?

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Cusp leaflet tips displaced below the valve ring during diastole

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Aortic valve prolapse maybe due to what? 2

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  1. Myxomatosis degeneration of the valve or due to rheumatic heart disease
  2. Occur secondary to aortic root dilation or trauma
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What is aortic bacterial endocarditis?

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Vegetation destroys the AV

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What may Aortic bacterial endocarditis may cause?

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Perforation of the cusp

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What does aortic root dilation prevent?

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Normal leaflet coapt action during diastole which leads to AR

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What are causes of Aortic dilation? 6

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  1. HTN
  2. Atherosclerosis
  3. Connective tissue disorders
  4. Bicuspid AV
  5. Sinus of valsalva aneurysm
  6. Idiopathic dilation
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Loss of commissures support may occur with what? 3

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  1. Ventricular septal defects
  2. Aortic dissections
  3. Aortic trauma
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What are some causes of severe AR? 3

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  1. Trauma
  2. Infective endocarditis
  3. Aortic dissection
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Acute- severe AI causes an increase in what?

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Filling pressures
Mainly LV end diastolic pressure

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What is this hole in the AV caused by?

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Annular dilation

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Why is Acute severe AI mainly in the LVEDP? 2

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During diastole we have
1. Normal inflow plus
2. Regurgitation volume leaking back into the LV

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During LVEDP Acute means what in terms of acute severe AI?

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No time for LV to stretch, therefore LVEDP increases dramatically

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What is chronic severe AI pressure?

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Filling pressure normal and slightly elevated

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In terms of chronic severe AI regurgitation volume causes what?

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LV chamber volume to increase over time due to stretching

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Chronic severe AI returning eventually leads to what? 2
1. Increase in forward volume through AV 2. Volume entering LV has increased form the AI (Chamber has dilated to try to accommodate it)
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What is Chronic severe overload usually associated with?
Volume overload
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Once the LV is dilated in chronic AI what happens? 2
1. This leads to near normal filling pressures 2. LV MAss will increase (eccentric)
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In terms of chronic AI over time the LV may start to do what?
Start to fail at which time the LVEDP will increase
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In terms of chronic AI Pressure, overload leads to what?
Volume overload
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What are signs and symptoms of AI? 6
1. CHF symptoms 2. Occasional chest pain with chronic severe AI 3. Pulmonary edema with acute AI 4. Auscualtion 5. ECG (LVH 80%, ventricular arrhythmias) 6. Cardiomegaly
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Why would someone have occasion chest pain during chronic severe AI?
Increase in LV mass decreases myocardial perfusion causing ischemia
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What is a complication of increased LV and LA size and pressure overload for AI? 2
1. Leads to pulmonary congestion leading to pulmonary edema, right heart failure, systemic venous congestion and edema 2. Edema
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What are some medications for AI? 2
1. Beta blocker 2. ACE inhibitors
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What are some lifestyle treatments for AI?
Avoidance of heavy physical exertion
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What are some surgical treatments for AI? 3
1. Indicated for significant, chronic AI 2. AV repair 3. AV replacement
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What are three ways to treat AI? 3
1. Medication 2. Lifestyle 3. Surgical
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What is the role of echo if AI? 4
1. Determine etiology 2. Assess LV size and function 3. Measure aortic dimensions 4. Estimate severity of AI
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How do we determine a quadricuspid AV? 2
1. Made in PSAX 2. Look for an X or +
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How common is a quad AV?
Rare bicuspid is more common
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How do we determine bicuspid AV? 2
1. Eccentric closure line in PLAX 2. Small mass (vegetation) on the AV in the PLAX zoom *both pathologies lead to AI*
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What does bicuspid AV Jets look like?
Usually eccentric (off to one side)
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With a Bicuspid AV the asc AO may be what
Dilated
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In terms of a bicuspid AV, AV severity presents how?
Progressive
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How does bicuspid AV AI affects younger and older patients? 3
1. Younger patients have mild AI 2. As the patient gets older it gets worse as the root dilates 3. Leads to chronic, severe AI
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Infective endocarditis is a common cause of what?
Acute severer AI
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What is seen with infective endocarditis?
Hyper mobile mass on the underside of the AV (LV side)
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What does infective endocarditis cause?
AI by infection destroying one or more of the cusps
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What is aortic root dilation in terms of AI?
Any disease that dilates the aortic root will not allow the cusps to close tightly leading to AI
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What is aortic dissection with AI?
A dissection in the proximal portion of the aorta will cause some AI
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What is the VSD in terms of AI 2
1. Membranous VSD are located just on the LV side of the AV 2. This can affect the support structure of the aortic rood leading to AI
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Label the image
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Label the image
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What colour doppler assessments will we do for AI? 3
1. Jet height ratio 2. Jet area ratio 3. Vena contracta width
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What are spectral doppler assessments we do? 6
1. AI jet intensity 2. Flow reversals 3. AI P 1/2 t 4. Regurgitation volume (RV) 5. Regurgitation fraction (RF) 6. Effective regurgitation orifice area (EROA)
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What structures do we assess for AI? 3
1. LV size 2. Wall thickness 3. LV function
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How do we measure Jet height? (Which windows do we use?) 2
1. Measure in PLAX 2. Measure in LVOT
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What is Jet height/ LVOT ratio numbers?
Mild <25% (1/4) Severe > 65% (2/3)
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Do we use the jet height/ LVOT ratio on eccentric AI?
No
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Should we zoom for jet height measurements?
Yes
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What is the eyeball method values?
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How do we measure vena contracta width?
Measure at the narrowest point using zoome
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What does Vena contracta width look like? What are the values?
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In terms of AI jet intensity, density (brightness) of the AI jet is proportional to what?
Number of RBCs moving in unison
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The brighter the AI signal, the more RBCs are travelling where?
Backward through the AV in diastole
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What is the difference between bright signal and faint signal for AI? 2
1. Bright = more significant 2. Faint = trivial or mild AI
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What kind of regurgitation doe each of these images have?
Mild on the left and significant on the right
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How do we find flow reversal in the descending AO? (What window)
Form the SSN window
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When looking for flow reversal in the Desc aort what do we look for in the SSN window? 2
1. Look for retrograde flow in Desc Ao 2. PW Desc AO
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If we see flow reveral in the ABD Ao, this indicates what?
Severe AI and should be holo-diastolic
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How do we get AI pressure 1/2 time? 4
1. Use CW 2. **Align to the AI jet direction** 3. Measure the deceleration rate 4. Usually **best from apical window**
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In terms of a AI pressure half time, what does a steep slope and a gentle slope mean? 2
1. Steep = severe 2. Gentle = mild
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What are some values to remember in terms of AI pressure half time?
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What is the continuity equation?
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What is something we need to remember for the continuity equation?
The SV of regurgitating valve will be higher than the SV on a non-regurgitation (normal) valve
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What is AI reg volume numbers for mild and severe? 2
1. Mild <30ml 2. Severe >60ml
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What is regurgitation fraction?
Percentage of blood leaking back across valve
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What is the formula for regurgitation fraction?
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What are the regurg fraction values for mild and severe?
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What does EROA stand for and what is the formula for it? 2
1. Effective regurgitation orifice area 2. EROA = RVol/VTI ai jet
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How do we do a quantitative AI assessment?
PISA
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Do we do quantitative AI assessments in Alberta?
No
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DMST 283 ECHO 2 (14 decks)

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