Cardiac, Pericardial and Vascular Sx Flashcards
Which is true about vascular surgery?
A Non-textile grafts have more problems than textile grafts, such as thrombogenicity and infectivicity.
B Dacron is a non-textile graft.
C The adventitial surface of an artery has vaso vasorum pattern of perfusing vessels.
D Identifying the gray line during dissection of a vessel indicates that you are in the correct plane.
A (reversed =textile more problems)
B polytetrafluoroethylene
C true
D (white line - occurs when are penetrates the areolar tissues interposed between the adventitia and surrounding tissue)
Which of the following is true?
a. The interventricular grooves are important landmarks for the coronary vein
b. The left coronary artery is normally dominant in cats, whereas the right is normally dominant in dogs
c. The great coronary vein drains into the coronary sinus, which empties into the right atrium just dorsal to the caudal vena cava
d. Waterston’s groove represents the embryologic separation between the left and right atria
D is true
A IV groove- coronary ARTERY
B cats = right and dogs = left
C coronary vein –> coronary sinus –> VENTRAL to caudal VC
Which is true?
A. A mural leaf is part of the mitral valve
B. The septal leaf of the tricuspid valve has 3 parts - A1, A2, A3
C The primary order of chordae tendinae connects edge of leaflets to the papillary muscles
D The right ventricle has 2 prominent papillary muscles
C true
A tricuspid: mural
B Mitral: A1,2,3 for septal and P1,2,3 for parietal
D Left ventricle: papillary m.
Which is false?
A. A normal amount of fluid in the pericardium in a dog is 0.5-2 mL.
B. The parietal pericardium is made of an external fibrous layer and an internal serous layer.
C The visceral pericardium is formed from the internal layer folding in on itself at the level of the heart base.
D The fluid of the pericardium is an ultrafiltrate of plasma that allows for lubrication to facilitate movement between epicardium and pericardium without friction.
A 0.5-1 ml
What is stroke volume?
EDV-ESV
Vascular resistance has a ________ relationship with preload?
Inverse
Which of the following statements is true?
A The AV node delays impulses because of a lack of voltage dependent Ca++ channels
B Automaticity is the slow diastolic depolarization that allows some cardiomyocytes to trigger their own action potential
C Pulse pressure is an inverse function of both stroke volume and compliance of large elastic arteries
D Acepromazine and alpha-2 agonists are recommended pre-medications for cardiac procedures.
A lack voltage Na+ channels
B true
C direct SV and inverse compliance
D no alpha-2 agonists
Which of the following statements is false?
A Pledgets help keep mattress sutures from cutting through cardiac tissues
B Common sutures includes polypropylene, polytetrafluoroethelene (PTFE) and braided polyester
C Pharmacologic manipulation of the heart rate during beating heart surgery is recommended to help with suturing
D For inflow occlusion tourniquets can be placed via right thoracotomy or median sternotomy to access the vena cavae and azygous vein
C false
avoid pharma management of heart beat- not needed or warranted
True or false: With whole body hypothermia (32-34C) circulatory arrest time can be > 4 minutes.
false, up to 4 min
risk of cardiac arrest increases with time
risk cerebral injury and V-fib
what intercostal spaces is the heart located between?
planes of the 3rd and 6th intercostal spaces
Afterload has an ____ relationship with stroke volume
inverse
Contractility has a ___ relationship with stroke volume
direct/ proportional relationship
What electrolyte is involved in excitation-contraction coupling in cardiac myocyte?
entry of Ca++ into the cell during AP
what is pulsus paradoxus and when does it happen?
variations of pressure quality associated with respiratory phase
(NOT pathognomonic: obstructive lung dz, restrictive cardiomyopathy, hypovolemic shock, cardiac tamponade)
Where should you perform pericardiocentesis?
Right 5th/6th ICS
avoids major coronary arteries
describe main points of cardiac tamponade –> cardiogenic shock
decreased diastolic pressure (right then left), decrease SV–> dec. Q –> RAAS activation (without inhibition from ANP) –> increased systemic pressure
Poor myocardial perfusion from compression on coronary A
What is Budd-Chiari syndrome
ascites, hepatomegaly secondary to caudal VC obstruction (e.g. stricture, thrombus)