Cardiac Function Flashcards
Ejection fraction =
Sv / Edv
At rest ejection fraction
70%
Factors affecting cardiac output
Hr and stroke volume
Factors affecting stroke volume
Pre load and after load
Factors affecting preload
Venous return
Ventricular plasticity
Ventricular size
Factors affecting venous return
Pumps
Blood volume
Factors affecting after load
Contractility
Systemic vascular resistance
Factors affecting contractility
Myocardial mass
Length tension relationship
SNS
Adrenaline
Factors affecting HR
PNS
Sns
Adrenaline
Pns vs Sns
Pns = lower hr Sns = increased hr and strength
Denervated heart rate
100
Normal hr
72 dominated by Pns
Pns potential
Decrease to 0
Sns potential
Increase by 300%
Pns nerve
Venus nerve
Sns nerve
Cardiac nerves
Ventricular size
The bigger the lv the bigger the sv
Ventricular plastisticity
Healthy myocardium stretches
Helps frank staling mechanism
Limiting factor of plastisticity
Pericardium
Frank staling mechanism
Increased stretching of myocardial walls will increase strength
Cardiac muscle length tension relationship
Similar properties to skeletal muscle
Normally operates well below optimum length
Ventricular volume on the lt relationship
Increased volume stretches the ventricular muscle towards optimum
Stretching the ventricles increases the pressure they can generate
At rest where does the heart operate in rages to lt relationship
On the toe therefore increased filling immediately leads to increased q
Blood volume in adults
5l