Cardiac Dysfunction Flashcards
Define Atresia.
Congenital absence or pathological closure
Define stenosis.
anatomic narrowing
What are the four most important parts of the normal cardiac anatomy?
- chambers
- major vessels
- valves
- flow
Which direction do arteries pump the blood?
away from the heart
Which side of the heart is the high pressure side?
left
Which heart disease is present at birth?
congenital heart disease
Which heart disease occurs after birth?
acquired heart disease
What can heart diseases be a result of?
- infection
- autoimmune responses
- environmental factors
- familial tendencies
What can a cardiac cath be useful for?
- diagnostic
- interventional
- electrophysiology
What is electrophysiology be useful for?
to identify, locate, and destroy electro dysrhythmias
What is the amount of blood being shunted dependent upon?
size of the defect
Describe a right to left shunt.
change in pressure so that the blood is shunted from the right side of the heart to the left
Describe a left to right shunt.
If there is a defect, such as a hole between the ventricles, then blood from the left would flow into the right because there is lower pressure on the right side of the heart
What are the four hemodynamic characteristics that affect the way blood flows within the heart?
- increased pulmonary blood flow
- decreased pulmonary blood flow
- obstruction to blood flow out of the heart
- mixed blood flow
What does increased pulmonary blood flow cause?
- left to right shunting of blood
- increased blood volume on the right side of the heart
- increased pulmonary blood flow
What are the three common heart defects associated with INCREASED pulmonary blood flow?
- atrial septal defect
- ventricular septal defect
- patent ductus arteriosus
What are two important cardiac things that a baby gets from mom?
oxygen and prostaglandin
What do high levels of prostaglandin cause?
The patent ductus arteriosus not to close
What medication can be prescribed to a newborn or a premie to help close a patent ductus arteriosus?
Indomethacin (indocin)-prostaglandin inhibitor
What congenital heart defects are associated with decreased pulmonary blood flow?
- tetralogy of fallot
- tricuspid atresia
What are hypercyanotic spells caused by?
Infundibular spasm