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Cardiac Pathology Flashcards

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What is the adverse effect of taking verapamil and a beta blocker together?

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Dangerous bradycardia

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What is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?

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Variable hypertrophy in distribution and extent of LV/both ventricles

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What are the morphological features of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?

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Myocyte hypertrophy and disarray
Interstitial fibrosis
Thickened intima of small intramyocardial arteries

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What are the different pathophysiologies of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?

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Impaired ventricular compliance > diastolic failure
Impaired LV outflow
Ischaemia from increased muscle mass and abnormal intramyocardial arteries +/- increased wall stress related to outflow obstruction

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What is the clinical picture of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?

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Asymptomatic
Due to ischaemia +/- increased wall stress
- Arrhythmias
- Angina
- Heart failure
Due to abnormal myofibres
- Arrhythmias
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When does hypertrophic cardiomyopathy usually present?

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Before 4th decade

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What is the aetiology of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?

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Genetic

  • Autosomal dominant
  • Mutations in genes encoding sarcomeric proteins
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Where do watershed infarcts occur?

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Borders between cerebral vascular territories > little-no anastamoses

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What are the two different types of acute tubular necrosis?

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Ischaemic

Nephrotoxic

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What pathology happens in shock to the major organs?

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Acute myocardial ischaemia > subendocardial necrosis
Kidney - acute tubular necrosis
Liver - centrilobular necrosis
Acute respiratory distress syndrome/diffuse alveolar damage

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What is the most common type of cardiomyopathy?

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Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

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What does idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy do?

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Dilation and impaired contraction of LV/both ventricles

Often also affects atria

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What is the morphology of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy?

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Eccentric hypertrophy of LV +/- RV
Myocyte hypertrophy
Interstitial and endocardial fibrosis

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When does idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy often become apparent?

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3rd-4th decade of life

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What are the clinical features of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy?

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Deteriorating biventricular failure
Arrhythmias
- Sudden death
Thromboembolic complications
Steady course +/- improvement
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What is the aetiology of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy?

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Genetic
Possible factors
- Viral
- Toxic
- Autoimmune
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What are some conditions in which dilated cardiomyopathy can occur?

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Peripartum period
Haemochromatosis
Alcohol
Certain drugs
Ischaemia
Some neuromusuclar diseases; eg: Duchenne's muscular dystrophy
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What is restrictive cardiomyopathy?

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Rigid but not necessarily thickened ventricles

Impaired diastolic filling > failure

19
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What is restrictive cardiomyopathy related to?

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Fibrosis of endomyocardium

Infiltration of myocardium; eg: amyloid in primary/secondary/senile amyloidosis

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What is arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy?

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Replacement of cardiomyocytes by fibro-fatty tissue
Serious arrhythmias
Sudden death

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What is the aetiology of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy?

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Autosomal dominant

Variable penetrance

22
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What is myocarditis?

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Inflammation and necrosis/degeneration of myocytes

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What are the causes of myocarditis?

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Infection
Sarcoidosis
Giant cell myocarditis
Acute rheumatic fever
Toxic 
Drugs
Transplant rejection
24
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What viruses can cause myocarditis?

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Coxsackie

Echoviruses

25
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What protozoans can cause myocarditis?

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Chaga’s disease

Toxoplasma

26
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What causes toxic myocarditis?

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Diphtheria

27
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How can drugs cause myocarditis?

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Hypersensitivity

Cardiotoxic

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What is the most common type of myocarditis?

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Viral

29
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What is the microscopic appearance of viral myocarditis?

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Patchy mononuclear infiltrate

Myocardial necrosis

30
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What is the macroscopic appearance of viral myocarditis?

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Mottled/dilated/normal

31
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What are the clinical features of viral myocarditis?

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Asymptomatic
Flu-like illness
Chest pain
Syncope
Rapid onset heart failure
Arrhythmias
Sudden death
32
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What are the outcomes of viral myocarditis?

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Resolution
Rapid deterioration
Slow progression to dilated cardiomyopathy

33
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What are the complications of cardiac sarcoid?

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Arrhythmias
Heart failure
Sudden death

34
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What is sudden death?

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Unexpected fatal event within 1 hour of beginning of symptoms/without symptoms in apparently healthy subject/not severe disease

35
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What is the pathophysiology of ventricular tachyarrhythmias?

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Automaticity of diseased ventricular myocytes
Wave propagation of ventricular impulse interrupted by diseased muscle > intraventricular re-entry
Abnormalities of repolarisation

36
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What are some causes of sudden cardiac death in young people due to coronary artery disease?

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Congenital coronary artery anomalies
Vasculitis
Coronary emboli
Spontaneous dissection
Atherosclerosis
37
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What are some causes of sudden cardiac death in young people due to the myocardium?

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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Dilated cardiomyopathy
Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy
Myocarditis
LVH of >50% by mass
38
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What are some causes of sudden cardiac death in young people due to morphological conduction pathways?

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Wolf-Parkinson-White disease
Sarcoidosis
Autoimmune associated inflammation; eg: ankylosing spondylitis

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What are some causes of sudden cardiac death in young people due to valves?

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Congenital aortic stenosis > LVH

Floppy/myxomatous mitral valve

40
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What are some causes of sudden cardiac death in young people that are acquired?

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Thiuzides
Macrolides
Methodone
Halperidol
Selective reuptake inhibitors
Antihistamines
Hypothyroidism
Hypocalcaemia
Cocaine
41
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What can cause an aortic rupture?

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Dissection

Infection

42
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How can aortic dissection cause death?

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Haemopericardium > tamponade
Coronary artery narrowing > myocardial ischaemia/infarction
Rupture > hypovolaemia
Acute aortic valve incompetence

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