Cardiology Flashcards
From what embryologic structure does the heart form?
Mesoderm
First system to function in utero
What embryologic structures form the tube of the heart structure and when?
Two sheets of mesodermal angiogenic cells (Day 15) –>
Upper sheet enlarges to encircle other sheet (Day 17)–>
Beating initiated in upper tube (Day 20)
How and when does the heart tube structure form ventricles?
Tube bends to the right (D-loop) (Day 21)–>
Chambers form (Day 22)–>
Ventricles migrate to side-by-side (Day 28)
How and when does cardiac septation occur?
Atrial septum: grows within atria and forms 2 septum (Day 34)
Ventricular septum: Cells near inferior single ventricle grow upward to form septum (Day 38-46)
When is cardiac structure complete?
7-8 weeks
Describe the position of the atria relative to the viscera
1st letter:
S- solitus
I - inversus
A- ambiguous
Describe the position of the ventricle:
2nd letter:
D-loop: right ventricle on right side
L-loop: mirror image
Describe the position of the great arteries:
3rd letter:
S- solitus (aorta to right and posterior of pulmonary artery)
I- inversus/mirror image
What are the cardiac designations for:
- Normal
- TGA (Right and left)
- Situs inversus totalis
Normal: SDS
D-TGA: SDD (right)
L-TGA: SLL (left)
Situs inversus: ILI
When do cardiac defects occur during embryogenesis?
Most by 8 weeks
Cardiac morphogenesis- when does it occur and why?
Can occur progressively throughout pregnancy
Occurs due to acquired conditions or decreased blood flow
Where is most blood volume in the fetal heart?
Right ventricle
Where is the smallest blood volume in the fetal heart?
Right atrium
What percentage of fetal blood volume shunts through the PDA?
60%
What percentage of fetal blood flow goes to the lungs?
10%
What percentage of fetal blood volume is each of the 4 heart chambers?
Right atrium (20-25%)–>
Left atrium (27%)–>
Left ventricle (34%)–>
Right ventricle (65-70%)
Blood from the upper body drains to the ____ ventricle which then supplies the _____ body
Right
Lower
Blood from the lower body and placenta drain to the_____ then 1/3 cross the PFO to ___________ and 2/3 supplies the upper body
IVC
Cerebral and coronary arteries
The ______ ventricle supplies the majority of cardiac output in the fetus
Right
The highest oxygen content in the fetus is in the __________
Umbilical veins (70%)
Cardiac output equals
Systemic blood pressure/
Total peripheral vascular resistance
OR
HR X Stroke volume
Heart rate or stroke volume have a bigger impact on cardiac output?
Heart rate
What 3 things keep the ductus arteriosus open in utero?
Prostaglandin 2
Prostacyclin
Thromboxane A2
What medication maintains an open doctor’s arteriosus?
Prostaglandin 1
The lowest oxygenation content in the fetus is in the
Umbilical artery
Fetal hemoglobin contributes to lower pO2 tolerance by
Higher oxygen affinity
Low p50
Left shift in oxyhemoglobin curve (easier to release O2)
Increased hemoglobin levels for increased O2 carrying capacity
Anaerobic metabolism
Calculation of cardiac output:
HR X SV
OR
SBP/TPVR
Right ventricle stroke work is roughly equal to _____ left ventricle stroke work
1/6
An increased cardiac contraction resulting from increased preload/stretch is described by the
Frank Starling principle
Cardiac contractility is increased by
Catecholamines
Thyroid hormone
Pulmonary: systemic shunt calculation:
sO2 (ao) - sO2 (SVC)/
sO2 (LA or Pulm v) - sO2 (PA)
Pulmonary vascular resistance calculation:
P PA- P LA/
P blood flow
Systemic vascular resistance calculation
P Ao - P RA/
Sys blood flow
Cyanosis is visible if hemoglobin decreases by
3 to 5 g reduced Hgb
What causes differential cyanosis and what is it?
Critical coarctation with PDA and increased PVR
Right to shunting causing cyanosis in the lower body more than the upper body
What is reverse differential cyanosis?
Upper body more cyanotic than lower body Due to TGA with intact septum, associated with pulmonary hypertension, interrupted aortic arch, or coarctation of the aorta, and PDA
PaO2s associated with critical preductal coarctation of the aorta with PDA and increased PVR are
Right radial paO2 = 250. ^^^^^
Umbilical artery paO2 = 45. vvvvv
PaO2s associated with TGA with intact ventricular septum, PDA and (PHTN, interrupted aortic arch, or preductal CoA) are
Right radial paO2 = 50
Umbilical artery paO2 = 250
PaO2s associated with infradiaphragmatic TAPVR are
Umbilical artery paO2 = 90
Umbilical venous paO2 = 250
S1 heart sound represent
Closure of mitral and tricuspid valves
A widely split s1 can represent
Right bundle branch block
Ebstein’s anomaly
S2 represents
Closure of the aortic valve in pulmonary valve
A widely split S2 can represent
ASD
PAPVR
A single S2 can represent
Pulmonary hypertension
VSD murmur is characterized by
Holostystolic murmur beginning with S1 and continuing to S2
A crescendo ejection murmur can represent
Stenotic aortic or pulmonic valves
Valvular regurgitation sounds like a
Blowing murmur
Diastolic murmurs are _____ and can represent ________
Always pathologic
Aortic regurgitation
Pulmonic regurgitation
Tricuspid or mitral stenosis
Continuous murmurs occur with
PDA AV fistula Venous hum Collateral vessels Truncus arteriosus Aortopulmonary window
Narrow pulse pressure occurs with
Pericardial tamponade
Aortic stenosis
Intravascular depletion
Wide pulse pressure occurs with
PDA Thyrotoxicosis AV fistula Aortic regurgitation Truncus arteriosus
Mean blood pressure is calculated as
Diastolic blood pressure + 1/3 ( systolic blood pressure - diastolic blood pressure)
Tachycardia in early compensated shock is due to
Catecholamine release
In neonates the most common type of shock is
Hypovolemic shock
Kerley B lines indicate
Congestive heart failure, linear densities in lungs due to interstitial edema
Recurrence of congenital heart disease in a subsequent sibling is
2-5%
Risk of congenital heart disease in a child to a mother with Congenital heart disease is
If the father had CHD
~7%
~2%
Most inheritable type of congenital heart defects are
Left-sided obstructive lesions
The most common CHD is ______ at ____ percentage
VSD
16%
Most common cyanotic heart disease presenting in the first week of life is _____ at the _____ percentages
TGA
5-10%
Cyanotic heart disease most likely to present in the first week of life and cause mortality is
HLHS
2%
Most common cyanotic heart disease beyond infancy is
TOF
8-10%
Name the cyanotic heart disease listed in the 5T/DO/ESP
Truncus arteriosus Transposition of the great arteries Tricuspid atresia Tetralogy of Fallot TAPVR DORV Ebstein's anomaly Single ventricle Pulmonary atresia
CHF related to congenital heart defects tend to be ______ type of defects
Obstructive
HLHS with restrictive atrial defect Severe TR or PR Large systemic aortovenous fistula Obstructed TAPVR TGA Ebstein's anomaly Critical AS or PS Preductal CoA
TGA is more common in
Males
About 50% of TGA will also be associated with a
VSD
The more common form of TGA has the aortic valve positioned
Interior, inferior, and to the right of the pulmonary valve
LTGA is also known as
Congenitally corrected TGA
Aortic valve is anterior and left of the pulmonary valve
Which type of TGA is most likely to have severe cyanosis at birth?
D-TGA
Which congenital heart defect has the appearance of egg on a string on x-ray and no murmur?
TGA
EKG in TGA tends to show
Right QRS axis
Right ventricular hypertrophy
Right atrial hypertrophy
Immediate management of TGA includes
PGE1
Rashkind (balloon septostomy)
Treat CHF
Arterial switch (Jatene) and VSD/PS repairs at older age
25% of tetralogy of fallot have
Right aortic arch
Four abnormalities associated with tetralogy of fallot are
VSD
RVOT
RVH
OAo
What distinguishes a pink tet from a blue tet?
Severity of right ventricular outflow tract obstruction
Decreased pulmonary blood flow, decrease pulmonary veins return to left atrium
How does increased pulmonary vascular resistance and decreased systemic vascular resistance lead to a tet spell?
Changes in pulmonary and systemic resistance lead to increase right to left shunting which causes decreased pulmonary blood flow–>
Decreased blood flow through the pulmonary arteries decreases the PO2 causing acidosis and increased carbon dioxide
What methods counteract a tet spell?
Knees to chest Morphine Bicarb Vasoconstrictors Propranolol or esmolol Fluid bolus
Surgical management of TOF involves
Blalock Taussig shunt
VSD closure and RVOT obstruction repair
Survival with pulmonary atresia is dependent on the presence of
ASD or PFO with PDA
RVH occurs in pulmonary Atresia due to
RVOT
EKG for pulmonary Atresia will show
Normal QRS
LVH» RVH
RAH 70%
In addition to PGE, PA is treated with
Angiography to determine anatomy
BT shunt +/-RVOT reconstruction (if not RV dependent)
Truncus arteriosus is associated with
DiGeorge syndrome
TA’GD
Truncus arteriosus increases the risk of
Right aortic arch
Interrupted aortic arch
What other defect is always associated with the truncus archeriosis?
VSD
Which type of TA is most common and has the main pulmonary artery branch from the truncus then split?
Type 1, 50-70%
What is the difference between type 2 and 3 truncus arteriosus?
Type 2 PA branches posteriorly
Type 3 PA branches laterally, least common type
Truncus arteriosus is marked clinically by
Cyanosis CHF Wide pulse pressure Bounding pulses Pansystolic murmur Single S2
Truncus arteriosus is associated with right aortic arch ____%
50%
Surgical repair plan for truncus arteriosus is
Early, complete repair
Tricuspid Atresia without a _____ has a worse severity.
VSD- poor RV development, ductal dependent
30% of tricuspid Atresia also have
Great arteries transposed
Clinical findings in tricuspid Atresia are
Severe cyanosis CHF Systolic murmur and single S2 \+/- Pulmonary vascular markings if PBF Left superior QRS LV>>RV Arterial hypertrophy
Following PGE1, surgical plan for tricuspid Atresia is
Rashkind (balloon septostomy)
PA banding if ++ PBF
The Congenital heart defect associated with maternal lithium use
Ebstein’s anomaly
A heart defect with an enlarged right atrium, displaced tricuspid valve, small right ventricle, and 80% with an ASD is
Ebstein’s anomaly
20% of ebstein’s anomaly have this arrhythmia
WPW
The high mortality of ebstein’s anomaly is attempted treatment with:
PGE1
Treat CHF
Airway stabilization
If severe symptoms, surgical intervention
A non-cardiac complication of ebstein’s anomaly is
Airway compromise due to dramatic cardiomegaly
Asplenia or polysplenia are increased in which congenital heart defect?
Single ventricle
Single ventricle usually looks like
Single left ventricle with left transposition (Aorta comes off small leftward RV)
Absent ventricular septum (complete mixing)
Symptoms of single ventricle dependent on:
PBF-
- Increased: CHF, mild cyanosis, enlarged heart/PVM
- Decreased: mod-severe cyanosis, mild CHF, normal heart size/PVM
Surgical treatments for single ventricle are
CHF-> PA banding
Palliative -> Glenn procedure
Definitive -> Fontan procedure
TAPVR is defined as
Pulmonary veins drain to RA
PV can be supracardiac, cardiac, or infracardiac
PV draining to coronary sinus in TAPVR is
Cardiac
PV draining to portal vein or IVC in TAPVR is
Infracardiac
*Most likely to be obstructive
The TAPVR type with the worst severity is
Infracardiac/obstructive
Surgical repair urgently
Treating TAPVR with PGE1 can cause
worsened pulmonary congestion/edema
If the aorta and pulmonary artery both come from the RV, this is ________.
The other anomalies associated with DORV are
Double outlet right ventricle
VSD
Great arteries can be side by side or transposed, +/- PS
Clinical presentation in DORV is dependent on
Size/type of VSD
+/- PS
EKG: RVH
Arrhythmia associated with DORV is
First degree heart block
What kind of surgical repair is indicated for DORV?
Depends on severity of VSD and PS
What is the most common cause of CHF after the 2nd week of life?
VSD
Most common type of VSD is
Perimembranous (70%)
Inlet and outlet VSD’s each make up ____% of all VSD’s.
~7%
Describe the presentation of a mod -large VSD
Clinically silent for 2-3 days, then CHF, poor feeding, respiratory distress, then harsh holostystolic murmur
Definitive surgery for VSD is indicated when
Significant left to right shunt (2:1)
Severe CHF
Poor growth
Increased pulmonary artery pressure
Second most common cardiac defect is
ASD (6-11%)
ASD is more common in
Females
RV overload occurs in ASD because
Left to right shunting due to increased RV»_space; LV compliance
In contrast to VSD, EKG in ASD shows
RVH, RAD
Surgery in ASD is
At 2-5 years, definitive closure if RV overload
Molecules that prompt PDA closure
PGFa, acetylcholine, bradykinin, oxygen
Physiology of a PDA mimics a
VSD
A continuous or systolic machinery murmur suggests a
PDA
Complete AV canal defect is associated with
Trisomy 21
Associated defects with AV canal defects are
PDA and TOF (10%)
Primum ASD, inlet VSD, and common AV valve is a
Complete AV canal defect
Complete and partial AV canal defects are differentiated by
Partial:
+/- cleft in MV
No VSD
Normal TV
Symptoms in AV canal defects are
Dependent on ASD/VSD contributions
AV canal murmur is
Systolic due to VSD
+/- apical diastolic murmur, +/- gallop
Surgical correction of AV canal defect involves
ASD/VSD closure
AV valve separation
Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return is
One or more PV drain into RA
RIGHT»> LEFT (2:1)
In PAPVR, left pulmonary veins most often drain
To the innominate vein
Clinically PAPVR mimics
ASD
Pulmonary congestion in PAPVR is dependent on
Number of anomalous veins
ASD qualities
PVR
Similar to ASD, PAPVR clinically has
ASD murmur
RVH, RAE
increased PVM
EKG: RVH, RV conduction delay
Does PAPVR need surgical correction?
Only for clinically significant left to right shunt
Obstructive cardiac lesions are
Coarctation of the aorta
Pulmonic stenosis
Aortic stenosis
Infracardiac TAPVR
Coarctation of the Aorta of associated with
Turners syndrome (30% of Turner’s patients)
Cardiac defects associated with CoA
Bicuspid aortic valve
VSD
The form of CoA with the worst severity is
Preductal
Presents after birth
Differential cyanosis
Shock following PDA closure
Associated with other defects
The CoA most likely to have collateral vessels:
Juxtaductal and postductal
Rib notching in CoA is a sign of
Collateral vessels