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TERM 3 BIOL2292 PATHO 2 > CARDIAC LECTURE 2: Endocardial, valvular, myocardial, pericardial & congenital heart disease > Flashcards

CARDIAC LECTURE 2: Endocardial, valvular, myocardial, pericardial & congenital heart disease Flashcards

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What are 4 reasons the endocardial or valvular structures may be damaged?

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  1. Inflammation
  2. Scarring
  3. Calcification
  4. Congenital
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What is the term for the failure of the valve to open completely?

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Stenosis

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What is the term for the inability of the valve to close completely?

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Regurgitation/insufficiency

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What is the term for the sounds of improper flow or leaking of blood?

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Murmurs

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What is the term for impaired blood flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle during ventricular diastole?

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Mitral stenosis

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Why does mitral stenosis lead to atrial enlargement/hypertrophy?

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The blood cannot leave the left atrium, increasing the pressure in the chamber

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Why does mitral stenosis lead to pulmonary hypertension, right ventricular hypertrophy, and right sided heart failure?

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The pressure in the pulmonary circuit and right side of the heart is elevated since the blood cannot flow into the left ventricle properly

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What is the term for backflow of blood from the left ventricle to the left atrium during ventricular systole?

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Mitral regurgitation

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Why does mitral regurgitation lead to left sided dilation and hypertrophy?

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Due to extra blood volume in the heart

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Why does mitral regurgitation lead to left sided heart failure?

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Left side of the heart must work harder to pump enough blood out to the body, as blood pumped out of the LV goes back into the LA

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What is the term for displacement of the mitral valve leaflets into the left atrium during ventricular systole?

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Mitral valve prolapse

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What are the signs and symptoms of mitral valve prolapse?

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Typically asymptomatic, but patients may eventually develop mitral regurgitation or heart failure

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Which valve disorder results in obstruction of aortic outflow from the left ventrciel into the aorta during systole?

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Aortic stenosis

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What is the predominant cause of aortic stenosis?

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Age-related calcium deposits

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Why does aortic stenosis result in left ventricular hypertrophy and left sided heart failure?

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Pressure builds up in LV, muscle must work harder to pump

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What valvular disorder involves blood leaking back from the aorta into the left ventricle during diastole?

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Aortic regurgitation

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What causes aortic regurgitation?

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Aortic valve or root dilation

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Why does aortic regurgitation lead to left ventricular dilation and hypertrophy and eventually left sided heart failure?

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Left ventricle must accomodate a higher volume of blood

LV works harder to pump blood to the rest of the body

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Why would mitral stenosis lead to atrial clots?

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Because the blood cannot flow out of the left atrium, causing stasis

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What is a unique clinical sign of aortic regurgitation?

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Wide pulse pressure

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Which cardiac disorder is an acute inflammatory disease that follows infection with group A streptococci, and involves immune attack on individual’s own tissues?

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Rheumatic heart disease

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What tissues do antibodies target in rheumatic heart disease?

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Connective tissue in joints, skin, and heart (especially valves)

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Which cardiac disorder involves invasion and colonization of the endocardium/heart valves by microorganisms, and leads to vegetations and tissue destruction?

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Infective endocarditis

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What are vegetations in infective endocarditis composed of, and why are they significant?

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  1. Platelets, fibrin, cellular debris, pathogens
  2. Pathogens hide from immune system within vegetations
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What is required in contracting infective endocarditis?

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Microbes gain access to bloodstream through incision or via GI tract

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Which form of infective endocarditis can develop in anyone if the number or virulence of the pathogen is high enough?

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Acute infective endocarditis

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Which form of infective endocarditis only develops in susceptible hosts with pre-existing conditions?

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Subacute infective endocarditis

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What are 3 consequences of infective endocarditis?

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  1. Valve stenosis
  2. Heart failure
  3. Septic emboli
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What are 4 complications that can develop with artificial valves?

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  1. Coagulation
  2. Intravascular hemolysis due to shear force
  3. Structrual deterioration
  4. Infective endocarditis
30
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What is the term for an inflammatory disorder of the myocardium characterized by
damage and necrosis of cardiomyocytes?

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Myocarditis

31
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What are 4 causes of myocarditis?

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  1. Infection
  2. Toxins
  3. Allergies
  4. Autoimmune
32
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What are 2 histological characteristics of myocarditis?

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  1. Cytotoxic T cell and macrophage infiltration
  2. Collagen deposition
33
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What are 2 treatments for myocarditis?

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  1. Immunosuppressants
  2. Supportive therapy
34
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Which term describes a heterogeneous group of diseases involving structural or functional abnormalities of the myocardium?

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Cardiomyopathies

35
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How are cardiomyopathies classified by cause?

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Primary and secondary

36
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Which type of cardiomyopathy is the most common type, and is characterized by dilation/impaired contraction of one or both ventricles?

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Dilated cardiomyopathy

37
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In what manner does the heart enlarge in dilated cardiomyopathy?

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Heart can triple in size, but ventricular walls look normal or thinned

38
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Which cardiomyopathy is purely genetic, and is characterized by thickened, hypercontractile ventricular muscle mass?

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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

39
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What are 2 ways hypertrophic cardiomyopathy impairs cardiac function?

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  1. Impaired diastolic filling
  2. Aortic stenosis / obstruction
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What are 2 treatments for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?

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  1. CCBs and beta blockers (relaxes ventricles to improve filling)
  2. Surgical septal myectomy
41
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What is the main difference between dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?

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Dilated=hypocontractility
Hypertrophic=hypercontractility

42
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Which type of cardiomyopathy is the rarest form, and is characterized by a rigid, fibrotic, noncompliant ventricle?

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Restrictive cardiomyopathy

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How does restrictive cardiomyopathy impair cardiac function?

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Ventricles cannot fill

44
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What are 2 reasons for restrictive cardiomyopathy?

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  1. Genetic mutations in genes for sarcomeres and cytoskeleton
  2. Amyloidosis (protein fragment deposition in heart)
45
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How is restrictive cardiomyopathy treated?

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There is no treatment

46
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What is the term for accumulation of fluid in the pericardial sac?

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Pericardial effusion

47
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What are 4 types of pericardial effusion?

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  1. Serous
  2. Serosanguineous
  3. Purulent
  4. Chylous
48
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What is the term for exaggerated systolic BP decrease with inspiration, a clinical manifestation of cardiac tamponade?

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Pulsus paradoxus

49
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What is the term for 3 clinical manifestations of cardiac tamponade: hypotension, dilated neck veins, and muffled heart sounds?

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Beck’s triad

50
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What procedure would be performed to treat cardiac tamponade?

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Pericardiocentesis

51
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What is the cause of most cases of acute pericarditis?

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Idiopathic, presumed viral

52
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What auscultation finding is characteristic of acute pericarditis?

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Pericardial friction rub

53
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What are 2 treatments for acute pericarditis?

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  1. NSAIDs
  2. Pericardial drainage
54
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Chronic pericarditis can lead to what condition, where the pericardial sac becomes dense, non-elastic, fibrous, and scarred?

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Constrictive pericarditis

55
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What are 3 treatments for chronic pericarditis?

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  1. NSAIDs
  2. Glucocorticoids
  3. Pericardiectomy
56
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What are the 2 major forms of congenital heart diseases?

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  1. Shunts
  2. Obstructions
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What is the term for a shunt where deoxygenated blood enters the left side of the heart without passing through the lungs?

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Cyanotic defect

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What is the term for a shunt where oxygenated blood enters the right side to be sent to the lungs again, causing right sided hypertrophy?

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Acyanotic defect

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What is the term for the fetal heart valve that allows blood to flow from the right atrium straight to the left atrium?

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Foramen ovale

60
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What is the term for the channel between the pulmonary artery and the aorta in the fetal heart?

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Ductus arteriosus

61
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In cases of atrial and ventricular septal defects, which way will the blood flow?

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Left to right (acyanotic), at least at first

62
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Why may a septal defect eventually reverse to become a right-left shunt?

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Increase in pulmonary blood flow leads to pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular hypertrophy

63
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What is the most common congenital cardiac defect?

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Ventricular septal defects

64
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What are the consequences in patent ductus arteriosus?

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Pulmonary hypertension
Right sided heart failure

65
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Which congenital heart defect is characterized by obstruction of blood flow from the right ventricle to the pulmonary circulation, usually due to abnormal fusion of valvular cusps?

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Pulmonary stenosis

66
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How can pulmonary stenosis be treated?

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Balloon valvuloplasty

67
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What are the 4 features of tetralogy of Fallot?

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  1. Pulmonary stenosis
  2. Ventricular septal defect
  3. Overriding aorta
  4. Right ventricular hypertrophy
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What kind of shunting is involved in tetralogy of Fallot?

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Right to left (cyanotic)

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