Cardiac Recall Flashcards
What is the thickest wall of the heart?
Left Ventricle
What is the most common cause of Myocarditis?
Coxsackie B Virus
Most common type of CHD in children
- VSD Ventricular Septal Defect
4 types of VSD
- Membranous - mc
- Subpulmonary
- AV Canal Type
- Muscular
Most common type of CHD in adults?
ASD / Atrial Septal Defect
4 Types of ASD
- Osteum Secundum – MC
- Osteum Primum – Down Syndrome
- Sinus Venosus Defect
- Common Atrium
Most common cardiac anomaly in Down Syndrome
Endocardial Cushion Defect
Most common Cardiac Anomaly in Congenital Rubella Syndrome?
PDA
- Machinery - like murmur
- Physiologic closure – 10 – 15 hours (12)
- Strongest stimulus for physiologic closure – OXYGEN
- Tx: Indomethacin
Patent Ductust Arteriosus
PDA treatment
Indomethacin
Most common vessel Occluded in Acute MI?
LAD / Left anterior Descending
What is the bacterial cause of Diphtheria Myocarditis?
- Spore bacterium Diptheriae
- C. Diptheriae
Parasites?
Chaga’s Disease
What is unique in Chaga’s Disease
Cardiomegaly with Apical Atrophy
Supplies Anterior Wall
Left anterior Descending (LAD)
Supplies posterior wall, inferior wall, right ventricle, SA Node
Right Coronary Artery
located between the wall of Right Atrium & Sulcus Terminales & opening f superior Vena Cava
SA NODE
Most severe form of Staph Scalded Shock Syndrome
Ritter’s Disease
Major Venous Drainage of the heart
Coronary Sinus
Most common complication in AMI?
Arrythmia
What type of Arrythmia?
Ventricular Fibrillation
Anti-neoplastic causing cardiotoxicity?
Adriamycin (Doxurubicin)
Side effect of Metamphetamine?
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
ECG:
Inferior
Lead:
II, III, aVF
