Cardiac Physiology Flashcards
Normal electrical activation
1 SA node
- AV node
- Bundle of His
- Bundle branches (left and right)
- Purkinje fibers
Which is the fastest intrinsic rate
SA node
Primary pacemaker
SA node
What is the absolute refractory state
That period when a muscle cell is not excitable. From phase 1 until info phase 3.
What is the relative refractory period
During phase 3 and the muscle cell contract is the stimulus is strong
Electrocardiograph normal complex
- P wave
- P-R interval
- QRS complex
- T wave
What does the P wave represent
Atrial systole
What does P-R interval represent
From atrial to ventricular depolarization
What does the QRS complex represent
Ventricular systole (depolarization)
What does the T wave represent
Ventricular diastole (repolarization)
What is the normal duration for the QRS complex
.10sec
1 small box on the electrocardiograph is equal to
.04 seconds
1 big box on the echocardiogram is equal to
.2 seconds
5 big boxes on the electrocardiograph is equal to
1 second
Normal values for R-R interval
Between 3 to 5 big boxes (60-100 beats per min)
Normal values for QRS complex
Less than 3little boxes (less than .12 seconds)
Normal values for PR interval
Less than 1 big box (less than .2 seconds )
Frank starling law
Length tension relationship
-the more blood that enters the ventricle during diastole (preload) the greater the force of the contraction (systole) required to eject the blood. In other words, increased myocardial fiber length means increased tension
Increased volume preload =
Increased contractility
Increased myocardial fiber length =
Increased tension (river band theory)
Acute AI is _________ because we shift up the starling curve.
Hypercontractile
Chronic AI is ________ when we drop off the end
Failure
Preload definition
Load (volume) exerted on the ventricle at end diastole
Preload determines
Force of contraction
The greater the load
The greater the force of contraction (frank starling law)
Increased preload is increased by
- MR
- TR
- PI
- AI
- Ventricular and atrial septal defects
- Fluid overload
Afterload definition
Resistance against which the ventricle must pump
Afterload determines
The tension the myocardium must generate