Cardiology Flashcards
What organs have resistance in series?
Liver and kidney
What organs have resistance in prallel?
All the rest
What organ has the greatest AV-02 difference at rest?
Heart
What organ has the greatest AV-O2 difference after exercise?
Muscle
What organ has the greatest AV-O2 difference after a meal?
Gut
What organ has the greatest AV-O2 difference during a test?
Brain
What organ has the lowest AV-O2 difference?
Kidney
Where does Type A thoracic aortic dissection occur?
Ascending aorta (cystic medial necrosis, syphilis)
Where does Type B thoracic aortic dissection occur?
Descending aorta (occurs in trauma and atherosclerosis)
What layers does a true aortic aneurysm occur?
Intima, media and adventitia.
What layers does a pseudo aortic aneurysm occur?
Intima and media
What is pulse pressure?
Systolic-Diastolic pressure
What vessel has the thickest layer of smooth muscle?
Aorta
What vessels have the most smooth muscle?
Arterioles
What vessels have the largest cross-sectional area?
Capilaries
What vessel has the highest compliance?
Aorta
What vessels have the highest capacitance?
Veins and venules
What is your max heart rate?
220
What is stable angina?
Pain w exertion (atherosclerosis)- 70% occluded, subendocardial ischemia
What is unstable angina?
Pain at rest (transient clots)- 90% occluded, transmural ischemia
What is Prinzemetal’s angina?
Intermittent pain (coronary artery spasm)
What is amyloidosis?
Stains Congo Red, Echo-apple green birefringence
What is Hemochromatosis?
Fe deposits in organs> Hyperpigmentation, arthritis, DM. Prussian blue stain
What is cardiac tamponade?
Beck’s triad: distant heart sounds, JVD, hypotension. Pressure equalized in all 4 chambers, distant heart sounds, no pulse or BP, Kussmaul sign, pulsus paradoxus (decreases > 10mmHg w/inspiration.
What is a transudate?
An effusion w/ mostly water.
Too much water: Heart failure, renal failure.
Not enough protein: Cirrhosis, Nephrotic syndrome (pee protein out).
What is an exudate?
An effusion w mostly proteins.
Too much protein: Purulent (bacteria), Hemorrhagic (trauma, cancer, PE), Fibrinous (collagen vascular dz, uremia, TB), granulomatous (non-bacterial).
What is systole?
Heart contract, decreases blood to the coronary arteries, more O2 extraction in the coronary vessels.
What is diastole?
Filling the heart, increases blood flow to the coronary arteries, less extraction of O2 in the coronaries.