Cardio Flashcards
Shone complex
P arachute mitral valve/supramitral ring
A ortic valve stenosis
C oarctation of aorta
S ubvalvular aortic stenosis
MC cause of severe non ischemic mitral regurgitation
Mitral valve prolapse
Rupture of pappilary muscle occurring during the acute phase of MI
Acute ischemic Mitral Regurgitation
MC cause of congenital tricuspid regurgitation
Ebstein anomaly
Radiograph:
Box shape or globular heart
Normal or decreased vascularity
Ebstein anomaly
In cardiac MRI, apical displacement of septal leaflet of ____mm/m2 is cutoff for Ebstein anomaly
More than 8
Kind of pulmonary stenosis in TOF?
Subvalvular
Obstruction at the level of the main pulmonary artey at its bifurcation will cause what kind of pulmonic stenosis?
Supravalvular
Detection of small vegetations and small perforations?
TEE
Most common involved valve in rheumatic heart disease
Mitral valve
Classic hazy midmyocardial enhancement in LGE MRI?
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
MC form of HCM?
Assymetric septal HCM
SPADE-LIKE configuration of the left ventricle on vertical long axis view of the heart?
Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)
Radiographic Appearance of TAPVR Type 1
Snowman or Figure of 8
*only occurs when vertical vein empties into the brachiocephalic vein
Congenital heart anomaly wherein Pulmonary veins empty into a common confluence separated from the left atrium by a partial membrane
Cor triatriatum
Normla amount of fluid within the pericardial sac
25-5 ml
REQUISITES:
Normal thickness of teh percarddium b/w the sternum and free wall of the RV
< 3mm
- most reliable @ the midventricular level
(REQUISITES)
Allows for detection of freely moving fluid within the pericardial space
Phase contrast images
(REQUISITES)
Amount of fluid that can acutely distend the normal adult pericardial space before cardiac tamponade results
150-250 cc
Low cardiac-output state wherein the cardiac size in CXR is slightly to markedly enlarged w/ the classic “WATER-BOTTLE” appearance
Cardiac tamponade
Differential diagnoses for WATER-BOTTLE appearance
Cardiomegaly
Large mediastinal mass
Pericardial effusion (massive)
(REQUISITES)
Infectious agents that cause pericarditis with epricardial effusion
Coxsackievirus grp B
Echovirus type 8
*TB pericarditis, common in patients w/ AIDS
(REQUISITES)
MC organisms to cause pericarditis
Staph
H. influenzae
N. meningitidis
(REQUISITES)
MCC of pericardial effusion
MI w/ left ventricular failure
(REQUISITES)
This is the development of PERICARDIAL and PLEURAL effusions 2-10 weeks post-MI
Dressler Syndrome
(REQUISITES)
Modality of Choice in evaluating cardiac masses
CARDIAC MRI
(REQUISITES)
Mediastinal dose that will cause radiation pericarditis
40 Gy
(REQUISITES)
MC of constrictive pericarditis
- Viral and tuberculous pericarditis
- Uremia w/ pericardial effusion
- Surgery
Most reliable sign indicating constriction in contstrictive pericarditis
Presence of adhesion
Constrictive pericarditis: wall thickness > 4mm
Pericardium in Restrictive cariomyopathy does NOT calcify, but the absence of calcification does not rule out constriction
True
Most common BENIGN PRIMARY CARDIAC TUMOR in infants and children
Rhabdomyoma
Most common BENIGN PRIMARY CARDIAC TUMOR overall
MYXOMA
SECOND Most common BENIGN PRIMARY CARDIAC TUMOR in infants and children
FIBROMA
MC location of congenital absence of the pericardium
Left Atrial Appendage adjacent PA
MC locations of Fibroma
Left Ventricular wall
INTRAventricular septum
Gorlin Syndrome is also called as
basal cell nevus syndrome
MC location of cardiac hemangioma
intraMURAL (75%)
MC location of Cardiac Paraganglioma
LEFT ATRIUM (left atrial ROOF or POSTERIOR WALL)
Carney Triad
Extra adrenal pheochromocytoma
GIST
Pulmonary chordoma
MC cardiac mass in ADULT POPULATION
Metastasis
MC Primary MALIGNANT CARDIAC tumor
Sarcoma
MC DIFFERENTIATED CARDIAC tumor
Angiosarcoma
SECOND MC Sarcoma involving the heart
UNdifferentiated Sarcoma
MC Primary CARDIAC malignancy/tumor in CHILDHOOD
Rhabdomyosarcoma
only cardiac sarcoma that predominantly arises in the right atrium in the region of the atrioventricular groove
Cardiac Angiosarcoma
Anolmalous origin of the Left Main Coronary artery from Pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is also known as
Bland-Garland- White Syndrome
MC indication for coronary CTA
coronary artery disease
(REQUISITES)
MC tumors to metastasize to the heart
M elanoma
L eukemia
M alignant lymphoma
(REQUISITES)
MC primary tumors to metastasize to the PERICARDIUM
Breast
Lung
(REQUISITES)
MC primary malignancy of the PERICARDIUM
Pericardial Mesothelioma
Rare variant of mitral annular calcification seen in the POSTERIOR ATRIOVENTRICULAR GROOVE which appears as mass-like calcification and usually misdiagnosed as abscess, infection or tumor
CASEOUS CALCIFICATION of the mitral valve