Cardiac Muscle dysfunction Flashcards
What does CMD result from?
Abnormality of structure or function
How does CMD affect the heart?
Impairs heart’s ability to pump or receive blood
How does CMD affect function?
Exercise tolerance and functional abilities are mild/moderately reduced: myocardial ischemia/infarction, angina, cardiac arrhythmias, dyspnea
Decreased quality of life
T/F: CMD is the most common cause of congestive heart failure?
True
How is CHF manifested?
As pulmonary congestion, or pulmonary edema
What is the difference between chronic heart failure and congestive heart failure?
Chronic heart failure: person is living with heart failure
CHF: person has edema involved
What are the characteristics of CMD?
Ejection fraction: 30-40% Angina and myocardial ischemia Cardiac arrhythmias MI HTN Cardiac arrhythmias Renal insufficiency (acute/chronic)
What is cause for angina and myocardial ischemia in CMD?
Brought on by inadequate O2 supply/demand to heart
What do cardiac arrhythmias lead to?
Decreased myocardial function
What is the most common cause of CMD?
Myocardial infarction
What are causes for MI?
Chronically sustained ischemia to myocardium.
What are possible ways for chronic sustained ischemia to myocardium leading to an MI?
Coronary artery spasm (smooth muscle)
Sudden thrombotic occlusion (cell death)
Dysfunction of left or right ventricle or both from injury
Scar formation and decreased contractility occur
What is treatment for MI?
Fix underlying cause of infarction (surgical procedure, medications)
What happens to the cardiac muscle with chronic uncontrolled HTN?
Increased atrial pressure= strain of left ventricle: LVH, increased energy expenditure
Ventricle hypertrophies to compensate increased afterload
Myocardium stiffens: systolic and/or diastolic dysfunction
Left ventricle weakens and dilates: CHF
T/F: with chronic uncontrolled HTN there is increased energy expenditure in the heart because the muscles have to work harder to maintain adequate pump/cardiac output?
True
What is treatment for HTN?
Medications such as ACE inhibitors, Ca channel blockers, diuretics, and beta blockers
Regular exercise training
T/F: regular exercise training can reduce BP by 20 mmHg (systolic) and 15 mmHg diastolic?
False: reduces systolic 10 mmHg and 6-8 mmHg
T/F: if you stop exercise your blood pressure will stay the same?
False. Exercise needs to be maintained through life
What are cardiac arrhythmias and how is it a characteristic of CMD?
Decreased myocardial function: too rapid or slow which affects muscle function
Impaired atrioventricular conduction
What is treatment for cardiac arrhythmias?
Medications, pacemaker, ablation, ICD
What is renal insufficiency?
Fluid overload
What is treatment goal for renal insufficiency?
Decrease reabsorption of fluid (not just adjust fluid control) from kidney and rid the body of fluid (diuresed)
What is treatment for renal insufficiency?
Lasix (diuretic)
Monitor electrolyte levels for too high (further retention) or too low (cardiac arrhythmias)
Dialysis for severe cases
What is cardiomyopathy?
Disorder affecting the heart muscle: inadequate pumping of heart, contraction, relaxation
Primary/secondary causes
What does the heart do in cardiomyopathy?
It loses its ability to pump effectively. It becomes larger as it tries to compensate for its weakened condition
What are 2 categories of cardiomyopathy?
Ischemic: results from coronary artery disease
Nonischemic: disease of heart muscle itself, dilated, hypertrophic, restrictive
What is the most common cause of CHF?
Dilated cardiomyopathy
What populations normally get dilated cardiomyopathy?
Middle aged people
Men more than women (2.5 to 1)
what is cause of dilated cardiomyopathy?
Idiopathic in most cases Familial (30-40%) Viral infection Chronic, excessive consumption of alcohol Toxins (cobalt) Cancer drugs Pregnancy and childbirth Long term alcohol use Cigarette smoking
What is treatment for dilated cardiomyopathy?
transplantation
What are characteristics of dilated cardiomyopathy?
Dilated left ventricle and left atrium.
Bulging interventricular septum from left to right
Thin ventricular walls
Myocardial mitochondria dysfunction: energy
What structural changes occur in dilated cardiomyopathy?
Increased left ventricular mass
Normal or reduced left ventricular wall thickness
Increased left ventricular cavity size.
Ineffective/inefficient pump: poor cardiac output, end diastolic pressure not going up, bad squeeze.
T/F: in dilated cardiomyopathy normal activities will be easy for people
False; normal activities are harder
What is cause of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
Most are inherited (>100 mutations in 10 proteins)
Autosomal dominant trait