Cardio Flashcards
Cause of patent truncus arteriosus
failure of neural crest cells to form aorticopulmonary septum
Improper separation of aorticopulmonary septum
transposition of the great vessels
Drug for closure of PDA
indomethacin
Drug to maintain ductus arteriosus
PGE1 and PGE2
Cause of hoarseness/dysphagia with heart pathology
dilated L atrium
Drug class to decrease preload on heart
nitroglycerin (venodilators)
Drug class to decrease afterload on heart
hydralazine (vasodilators)
S3 heart sound
rapid filling (mitral regurg)/tensing of chorade tendiae
early diastole
“Kentucky”
S4 heart sound
L atrium pushing against stiff LV wall
late diastole
“Tennessee”
Wide S2 splitting
delay of RV emtpying
RBBB/pulmonic stenosis
Fixed S2 splitting
seen in ASD
increased RA and RV volumes
Paradoxical splitting of S2
delayed LV emtpying
seen in aortic stenosis/LBBB
during expiration
Sound for mitral/tricuspid regurg
holosystolic blowing murmur
assc with rheumatic fever/endocarditis
Sound for Aortic stenosis
crescendo-descrescendo systolic following ejection click
radiates to carotids
Sound for VSD
holosystolic machine like murmur
Sound for MVP
late systolic descrendo murmur
Sound for aoritc regurg
high pitched blowing diastolic decrescendo murmur
Sound for mitral stenosis
delayed rumbling in late diastole
secondary to rheumatic fever
Sound for PDA
continuous machine like murmur
Phases of ventricular AP
0-Na+ upstroke
1-K+ open,Na+ close
2-Ca2+ influx/K+ efflux balance (plateau)
3-K+ massive efflux repolarizes
4-high K+ permeability (flat hyperpolarized stage)
Phases of pacemaker AP
0-Ca2+ upstroke (Na+ closed, slow conductivity)
2-no plateau
3-Ca2+ inactivated/K+ efflux repolarizes
4-slow depolarization from spontaneous Na+ channels (I funny channels)
Normal PR interval
less than 200ms
Normal AV node delay
100ms
EKG with only irregular narrow QRS complexes
Atrial fibrillation
EKG with back to back atrial waves with QRS complexes at regular intervals
Atrial flutter
sawtooth pattern
Progressively lengthening PR interval with a dropped QRS complex at the end
2nd degree heart block type I
Wenckebach
PR interval over 200ms in length
1st degree heart block
Dropped QRS complexes with no PR interval change
2nd degree heart block type II
Independent atrial and ventricular depolarizations
3rd degree heart block
V1-wide rSR’ complex
I/V6-slurred S wave
R bundle branch block
V1-negative deflection with notching
I/V6-rSR’ complex
L bundle branch block
V1/V2 (-) deflection
V5/V6 (+) deflection
added together over 35mm
L ventricular hypertrophy
must be over 40
see T wave discordance/asymmetric T wave
R axis deviation (I deflected downward)
R/S > 1 on V1
Deep S wave on V6
R ventricular hypertrophy
Role of atrial natiuretic peptide
decrease blood volume
vascular relaxation and decreased Na+ resorption
constrict afferent, dilate efferent renal arterioles
QT prolongation resulting in polymorphic V tach
Torsades de pointes
Bypass of AV node and bundle of His
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
no Q wave
delta wave with no PR segment
atria fire directly to ventricles
Brain center for BP maintenance
solitary nucleus
aortic arch/CN X
carotid sinus/CN IX
HTN
bradycardia
respiratory depression
Cushing rxn
increased ICP causes ischemia, increasing BP, which in turn results in bradycardia
Chemoreceptors for BP
Carotid/aortic bodies measure decreased oxygen/increased CO2/decreased pH
Central measures pH and CO2
Hypoxia in the lungs impact
Causes vasoconstriction
other tissues vasodilate in response to decreased O2
Pulmonary vascular hypertrophy/PAH
cyanosis/clubbing late in disease
L to R shunts
Eisenmenger’s syndrome
increased pulmonary resistance causes shunt to switch to R to L shunt
VSD
RVH
overriding aorta
pulmonic valve stenosis
Tetralogy of Fallot
PROVe
early cyanosis
squatting improves cyanosis
Early death
failure of aorticopulmonary septum to spiral
D transposition of the great vessels
need shunt to live allowing mix of blood
Rib notching
HTN in upper extremities
weak lower extremity pulses
Coarctation of the aorta
adult type
past ligamentum arteriosum
Cyanosis in lower extremities
goes away with indomethacin
patent ductus arteriosus
stays open with PGE1/2
machine like murmur
L to R shunt/LVH
22q11 syndrome assc with heart
Truncus arteriosus
Tetralogy of Fallot
Diabetic mother assc with heart
Transposition of the great vessels
Down syndrome assc with heart
ASD
VSD
AV septal defect
Xanthomas in Achilles
corneal deposits
ischemia of small vessels
Hyperlipidemia
Radial/ulnar artery calcification
pipstem arteries
Moenckeberg arteriosclerosis
calicification of media
no flow obstruction
Hyaline deposition in small arteries
Hyaline Arteriolosclerosis assc with essential HTN or diabetes mellitus
Onion skinning of small vessels
Hyperplastic Arteriolosclerosis assc with malignant HTN
Plaques on intima of arteries
atherosclerosis
Process of atherosclerosis
LDL accumulation foam cell formation fatty streaks/smooth m. cell migration extracellular matrix deposition plaques form
Male smoker age 55
HTN
pulsatile mass in abd
Abd aortic aneurysm
assc with atherosclerosis
Pt sexually active
hypotension in extremities
also has Marfan’s syndrome
Thoracic aortic aneurysm
assc with HTN/cystic medial necrosis (Marfan’s)/tertiary syphilis
Mediastinal widening
diminished heart sounds
tearing chest pain
Aortic dissection
assc with Marfan’s
4-12 hrs post MI
coagulative necrosis
wavy fibers
12-24 hrs post MI
contraction bands from reperfusion
neutrophil migration
24-72 hrs post MI
extensive coagulative necrosis
acute inflammation around infarct
risk of fibrinous pericarditis
3-14 days post MI
macrophage migration
granulationx tissue at infarct margins
risk of free wall rupture (due to macrophages)