Cardiac Pathology Flashcards
How does the adult form of coarctation of the aorta present?
Hypertension in the upper extremities and hypotension with weak pulses in the lower extremities
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Massive hypertrophy of the left ventricle
Acute Rheumatic fever minor criteria
Fever and elevated ESR
Cause of roth spots
Due to embolization of septic vegetations
How does myocarditis present in cases of acute rheumatic fever?
Myocarditis with Aschoff bodies that are characterized by foci of chronic inflammation, reactive histiocytes with slender, wavy nuclei (Anitschkow cells), giant cells, and fibronoid material
_____________ is chest pain that arises with exertion or emotional stress.
Stable angina
Patent ductus arteriosus is associated with congenital _____________.
Rubella
Necrosis of cardiac myocytes
MI
Benign mesenchymal tumor with a gelatinous appearance and abundant ground substance on histology
Myxoma
Complications of aortic stenosis
- Concentric left ventricular hypertrophy
- Angina and syncope with excercise
- Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia
Causes of aortic regurgitation
Aortic root dilation
Valve damage
Clinical features of left-sided heart are due to..
Decreased forward perfusion and pulmonary congestion
Major complication of atrial septal defects
Paradoxical emboli
Which organisms are associated with endocarditis with negative blood cultures?
Haemophilus
Actinobacillus
Cardiobacterium
Eikenella
Kingella
Most common arteries infarcted in MI
LAD (1st)
Right coronary
Left circumflex
Cause of acute rheumatic fever
Molecular mimicry; bacterial M protein resembles proteins in human
What is the cause of syncope with excercise seen with in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
Subaortic hypetrophy of the ventricular septum results in function aortic stenosis
Jones criteria
- Evidence of prior group A strep infection
- Elevated ASO or anti-DNase B titers
- Presence of major and minor criteria
how is aortic stenosis treated?
Valve replacement after onset of complications
How is MI treated?
- Aspirin and/or heparin
- Supplement O2
- Nitrates
- B-blockers
- ACE inhibitor
- Fibrinolysis of angioplasty
- Opens blocked vessel
Cause of MI
- Rupture of an atherosclerotic plaque with thrombosis and complete occlusion of a coronary artery (most common)
- Coronary artery vasospasm
- Emobli
- Vasculitis
What is the most common etiology of sudden cardiac death?
Acute ischemia
*90% of patients have pre-existing severe atherosclerosis
In what part of the heart does a rhabdomyoma usually arise?
Ventricle
Clinical features of right-sided heart failure are due to __________.
Congestion
Reperfusion of irreversibly damaged cells results in _______ influx. What is the result of this?
Calcium; leading to hypercontraction of myofibrils (contraction band necrosis)
Most common type of atrial septal defect
Ostium secundum
How is dilated cardiomyopathy treated?
Heart transplant
What trends of elevation does CK-MB follow in infarction?
- levels rise 4-6 hrs after infarction
- Peak at 24 hrs
- Return to normal by 72 hrs
How does transposition of the great vessels present?
Early cyanosis because pulmonary and systemic circuits do not mix
What distinguishes rheumatic disease from “wear and tear” causing aortic stenosis?
Mitral stenosis and fusion of the aortic valve commissures
Consequences of patent ductus arteriosus
“Machine-like” murmur
Eisenmenger syndrome
- Lower extremity cyanosis
Clinical features of mitral stenosis
- Opening snap followed by diastolic rumble
- Volume overload leads to dilation of the left atrium, resulting in:
- Pulmonary congestion with edema and alveolar hemorrhage
- Pulmonary hypertension and eventual right-sided heart failure
- Atrial fibrillation with associated risk for mural thrombi
Benign hamartoma of cardiac muscle
Rhabomyoma
Cause of unstable angina
Usually due to rupture of an atherosclerotic plaque with thrombosis and incomplete occlusion of a coronary artery
Migratory polyarthritis
Swelling and pain in a large joint that resolves within days and “migrates” to involve another large joint
Major cause of mitral stenosis
Chronic rheumatic valve disease
Which chamber of the heart is typically involved in MI?
Left ventricle
*Right ventricle and both atria are generally spared
Cause of mitral valve prolapse
Myxoid degeneration (accumulation of ground substance) of the valve making it floppy
Occlusion of the left circumflex artery results in infarction of which structures?
Lateral wall of the LV
Biopsy seen in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Myofiber hypertrophy with disarray
Tricuspid atresia is often associated with what defect?
Atrial septal defect; resulting in a right-to-left shunt. presents with early cyanosis
Major cause of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Genetic mutations in sarcomere proteins (autosomal dominant)
Murmur heard in aortic stenosis
Cardiac compensation leads to a prolong asymptomatic stage during which a systolic ejection click followed by a crescendo-decrescendo murmur
Acute rheumatic fever major criteria
- Migratory polyarthritis
- Pancarditis
- Subcutaneous nodules
- Erythema marginatum
- Syndenham chorea
____________ is useful for detecting lesions on valves.
Transesophageal echocardiogram
Stable angina is relieved by ________.
Nitroglycerin
*Same for unstable angina
Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis is due to sterile vegetations that arise in association with a _______________ or _________________.
Hypercoagulable state; underlying adenocarcinoma
_____________ is associated with endocarditis in patients with underlying colorectal carcinoma.
Strep. Bovis
Complications of mitral valve prolaspe
Infectious endocarditis
Arrythmia
Severe mitral regurgitation
*Complications are rare
Does stable angina result from reversible or irreversible injury?
Reversible injury to myocytes (no necrosis)
osler nodes
Tender lesions on fingers or toes
narrowing of the aorta
Coractation of the aorta
Clinical features of right sided heart failure
- JVD
- Painful hepatosplenomegaly with characteristic nutmeg liver
- Dependent pitting edema
Mechanism by which strep viridians causes endocarditis
- Damaged endocardial surface develops thrombotic vegetations (platelets and fibrin)
- Transient bacteremia leads to trapping of bacteria in the vegetations
Laboratory findings in endocarditis
- Positive blood cultures
- Anemia of chronic disease (Decreased Hb, Decreased MCV, increased ferritin, decreased TIBC, decreased serum iron, and decreased % saturation
*
Quincke pulse
Pulsating nail bed
Clinical features of left-sided heart failure
- Pulmonary edema
- Dyspnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, orthopnea, and crackes
- Intralveolar hemorrhage
- Decreased flow to kidneys
Cause of prinzmetal angina
Due to coronary artery vasoplasm
Characterized by a single large vessel arising from both ventricles
Truncus arteriosus
Loeffler syndrome
Endomyocardial fibrosis with an eosionphilic infiltrate and eosinophilia
_________ is the most common cause of endocarditis in IV drug abusers.
S.aureus
Treatment for ventricular septal defect
Surgical closure
*Small defects may close spontaneously
How does a mitral valve prolapse present?
- Incidental mid-systolic click followed by a regurgitation murmur; usually asymptomatic
Infantile form of coarctation of the aorta is associated with ________ and ________.
Patent ductus arteriosus and Turner syndrome
Gross appearance of a myxoma
usually forms a pedunculated mass in the left atrium that cuase syncope due to obstruction of the mitral valve
Causes of right sided heart failure
Left sided heart failure (most common)
Left-to-right shunt
Chronic lung disease (cor pulmonale)
EKG of stable angina
ST-segment depression due to subendocardial ischemia
NOTE:Unstable angina presents the same way on EKG
Clinical features of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Decreased cardiac output
- Sudden death due to ventricular arrythmias
- Syncope with exercise
Which valve is more commonly involved in endocarditis?
Mitral valve more commonly than the aortic valve
__________ maintains patency of the ductus arteriosus.
PGE
What are the gross changes, mircoscopic changes, and complications months after MI?
Gross: White scar
Micro: Fibrosis
Complcations: Aneurysm, mural thrombus, or dressler syndrome
Indomethacin mechanism of action
Decreased PGE, resilting in PDA closure
Ostium primum type of atrial septal defect is associated with __________.
Down Syndrome
Which valve is mosst commonly affected by S. aureus?
Tricupsid
NOTE: S. Aureus infects normal valves
What are the gross changes, mircoscopic changes, and complications 1-3 wks after MI?
Gross: Red border emerges as granulation tissue enters from edge on infarct
Micro: Granulation tissue with plump fibroblasts, collagen, and blood vessels
Treatment for patent ductus arteriosus
Indomethacin
What are the gross changes, mircoscopic changes, and complications 4-7 days after MI?
Gross: Yellow pallor
Micro: Macrophages
Complications: Rupture of ventricular free wall (leads to cardiac tamponade), interventricular septum (leads to shunt), or papillary muscle (leads to mitral insufficiency)
Clinical feautures of MI
- Severe crushing chest pain (lasting >20 mins) that radiates to the left arm or jaw
- Diaphoresis
- Dyspnea
*Symptoms NOT relieved by nitroglycerin
Sudden cardiac death is usually due to ____________.
Fatal ventricular arrhythmia
Chronic ischemic heart disease progresses to __________.
Congestive heart failure
Janeway lesions
Erthematous nontender lesions on palms and soles
Where do vegetations arise in nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis? What is the result of this?
Vegetations arise on the mitral valve along lines of closure and result in mitral regurgitation
Ventricular septal defects are associated with ___________.
Fetal alcohol syndrome
How does the adult form of coarctation of the aorta present on X-ray? Why?
“Notching” of ribs, due to engorged arteries from collateral circulation that develops across the intercostal arteries
What lab tests are used to detect MI?
- Elevated troponin I
- CK-MB
Symptoms of myocarditis
Chest pain
Arrythmia with sudden death, or heart failure
How does truncus arteriosus present? Why?
Early cyanosis; deoxygenated blood from right ventricle mixes with oxygenated blood from let ventricle before pulmonary and aortic circulations separate
What viruses cause myocarditis?
Coxsackie A or B
Causes of restrictive cardiomyopathy
Amyloidosis
Sarcoidosis
Endocardial fibroelastosis
Loeffler syndrome
Classic gross apperance of chronic rheumatic heart disease
- Stenosis with a classic “fish mouth” appearance
- Mitral valve (most common): Results in thickening of chordae tendinae and cusps
- Aortic valve: leads to fusion of the commissures
Criteria for classification of Sudden Cardiac Death
Unepected death due to cardiac disease; occurs without symptoms or <1 hr after symptoms arise
__________ aortic valve increases risk and hastens onset of aortic stenosis.
Bicupsid
How does the infantile form of coarctation of the aorta present?
Lower extremity cyanosis in infants, often at birth
How does fibrinous pericarditis present?
Chest pain with friction rub
What ailment is transposition of the great vessels associated with?
maternal diabetes
Valve scarring that arises as a consequence of rheumatic fever
Chronic rheumatic fever
What part of the heart most commonly involved in metastasis? What is the result?
Metastasis to the heart, commonly involve the pericardium, resulting in a pericardial effusion
Adult form of coarctation of the aorta is associated with _____.
Bicupsid aortic valve
What condition is rhabdomyoma associated?
Tuberous sclerosis
Dilation of all four chambers of the heart
Dilated cardiomyopathy
Cause of stable angina
Due to atherosclerosis of coronary arteries with >70% stenosis, results in decreased blood flow that is unable to meet the metabolic demands of the myocardium during exertion
Most common cause of endocarditis
Strep viridans: results in small vegetations that do not destroy the valve (subacute endocarditis)
*Infects previously damaged valves
How does stable angina present?
Chest pain that radiates tot he left arm or jaw
Diaphoresis
Shortness of breath
Prinzmetal angina is relieved by ____________
Nitroglycerin or calcium channel blockers
Where does the coartication of the aorta lie in the infantile form?
After the aortic arch but before the PDA
What are the gross changes, mircoscopic changes, and complications <4hrs after MI?
Gross: none
Micro: none
Complications
- Cardiogenic shock
- Congestive heart failure
- Arrhythmia
How does restrictive cardiomyopathy present?
Congestive heart failure
Low-voltage EKG with diminished QRS amplitude
____________ is useful for detecting reinfarction that occurs days after and initial MI.
Creatine kinase MB (CK-MB)
Complications of chronic rheumatic heart disease
Infectious endocarditis
How is endocarditis characterized?
Small vegetations along lines of closure that lead to regurgitation
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a common cause of sudden death in young _______.
Athletes
What are the gross changes, mircoscopic changes, and complications 4-24 hrs after MI?
Gross: Dark discoloration
Micro: Coagulative necrosis
Complications: Arrythmias
Which congenital defects are associaed with right-to-left shunts?
Tricuspid atresia
Tetralogy of Fallot
What causes an increase in pulse pressure?
- Diastolic pressure decreases due to regurgitation
- Systolic pressure increases due to increased stroke volume
Acute rheumatic fever is based on ___________.
Jones criteria
Lymphocytic infiltrate in the myocardium
Myocarditis
Cause of paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea
Due to increased venous return when lying flat
How is aortic regurgitation treated
Valve replacement once LV dysfunction develops
____________ angina is episodic chest pain unrelated to exertion.
Prinzmetal
_____________ is associated with endocarditits of prostetic valves.
S. epidermidis
Common cause of aortic stenosis
Fibrosis and calcification from “wear and tear”
During development, the ductus arteriosus normally shunts blood from the _________ to the _________, bypassing the lungs.
Pulmonary artery; aorta
Does unstable angina result from reversible or irreversible injury?
Reversible injury to myocytes (no necrosis)
Common metastases to the heart
Breast and lung carcinoma
Melanoma
Lymphoma
Heart sounds of atrial septal defects
Split S2
__________ angina is chest pain that occurs at rest.
Unstable
Decreased compliance of the ventricular endomyocardium that restricts filling during diastole
Restrictive cardiomyopathy
Which chambers of the heart are effected by transposition of the great vessels?
Hypertrophy of the right ventricle
Atrophy of the left ventricle
Treatment for left-sided heart failure
ACE inhibitor
What are the diff phases of MI? What are the characteristics of each?
Early
- Subendothelial necrosis involving <50 % of the myocardial thickness
- EKG: ST-segment depression
Severe
- Transmural necrosis involving most of the myocardial wall (transmural infartion)
- EKG: ST- segment elevation
Clinical features of bacterial endocarditis
- Fever
- Due to bacteremia
- Murmur
- Due to vegetations on heart valve
- Janeway lesions
- Osler nodes
- Splinter hemorrhages in nail bed
- Roth spots
- Anemia of chronic disease
Most commonly involved artery in MI. What is the consequence of this?
LAD
- Occlusion of LAD leads to infarction of the anterior wall and anterior septum of the left ventricle
Erythema marginatum
Annular, nonpruritic rash with erythematous borders, commonly involving trunk and limbs
Concentric left ventricular hypertrophy, due to aortic stenosis, may progress to __________.
Cardiac failure
What are the gross changes, mircoscopic changes, and complications 1-3 days after MI?
Gross: Yellow pallor
Micro: neutrophils
Complications: Fibrinous pericarditis; presents as chest pain with friction rub
Histo sign of intraalveolar hemorrhage
Hemosiderin-laden macrophages
EKG on prinzmetal angina?
ST-segment elevation due to transmural ischemia
_________ is the most sensitive and specific marker for MI
Troponin I
Why is a split S2 seen in atrial septal defects?
Increased blood in right heart delays closure of pulmonary valve
Aside from acute ischemia, what are other causes of sudden cardiac death?
Mitral valve prolapse
Cardiomyopathy
Cocaine abuse
Occlusion the right coronary artery results in infarction of which structures?
Posterior wall, posterior septum, and papillary muscles of the LV
What causes the click and murmur seen in mitral valve prolaspe to become softer?
Squatting (increased systemic resistance decreases left ventricular emptying)
Complications of dilated cardiomyopathy
- Results in systolic dysfunction (ventricles cannot pump), leading to biventricular CHF
- Mitral and tricupside valve regurgitation and arrhythmia
Which congenital defects are associaed with left-to-right shunts?
Ventricular septal defect
Atrial septal deect
Patent ductus arteriosus
Why is CO decreased in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
Left ventricular hypertrophy leads to diastolic dysfunction (ventricle cannot fill)
Clinical features of mitral regurgitation
- Holosystolic “blowing” murmur
- Louder with squatting and expiration
- Volume overload
- left sided heart failure
Causes of dilated cardiomyopathy
- Genetic mutation (usually autosomal dominant)
- Myocarditis
- Alcohol abuse
- Drugs
- Pregnancy
- Hemochromotosis
Where do vegetations arise in Libman-Sacks endocarditis? What is the result of this?
Vegetations are present on the surface and undersurface of the mitral valve and result in mitral regurgitation
Decreased flow to ________ leads to activation of renin-angiotensin system.
Kidneys
*Fluid retention exacerbates CHF
Large ventricular septal defects can lead to __________.
Eisenmenger syndrome
What trends of elevation does troponin follow in MI?
- Levels rise 2-4 hrs after infarction
- Peak at 24 hrs
- Return to normal by 7-10 days
What does left-sided heart failure lead to?
Ischemia
Hypertension
Dilated cardiomyopathy
MI
Restrictive cardiomyopathy
Causes of mitral regurgitation
Mitral valve prolapse (most common)
LV dilation
Infective endocarditis
Acute rheumatic heart disease
Papillary muscle rupture after a MI
Clinical features of aortic regurgitation
- Early, blowing diastolic murmur
- Hyperdynamic circulation due to increased pulse pressure
- Bounding pulse
- Pulsating nail bed
- Head bobbing
- LV dilation
- Eccentric hypertrophy
Ballooning of mitral valve into left artium during systole
Mitral valve prolapse