Cardiology Flashcards
3 determinants of arterial pressure
- Contractile properties of heart
- Vasculature properties
- Blood volume
Parasympathetic activity to heart causes…
Decrease in HR by decreasing spontaneous depolarization at SA node
Decreases contractility
Sympathetic activity to heart causes…
Increase HR and contractility
Increases disatolic filling and volume ejected = Increased SV
Baroreceptors
Located in aortic arch and carotid sinus
Detect blood pressure and send input to brain for regulation via solitary tract
Brain centers for BP regulation
Vasoconstrictor center
Cardiac Accelerator center
Cardiac decelerator center
Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System
Renin converts Angiotensinogen –> Angiotensin I
ACE converts angiotensin I –> Angiotensin II
Angiotensin II = Vasoconstriction –> Increase TPR –> Increase pressure
Angiotensin II = Aldosterone release –> Na reabsorption –> water reabsorption –> Increase Blood volume and pressure
Anti Diuretic Hormone
Adds aquaporins to kidney nephron collecting tubule for increased water reabsorption
ANP
Atrial natiuretic peptide
Secreted in response to increased ECF
Causes vasodilation and sodium/water excretion —> Decrease BP
Continuous capillaries
Skeletal muscle, lungs, skin, fat, CT, nervous system
Endothelial cells overlap to form clefts
Clefts contain tight junctions for strict regulation of solute transport
Fenestrated capillaries
Gut mucosa, glomerulus, exocrine glands, ciliary body and choroid plexus
Contain fenestra to allow for more solute/fluid exchange
Discontinuous capillaries
Liver, spleen, bone marrow
Large openings to facilitate large transport of solutes and fluid and protein
Arteriolar Vasodilation and Starling
Causes increase in hydrostatic capillary pressure due to reduced pre/post capillary resistance
Long term standing/sitting and Starling
Increased artial/venous pressure = Increased hydrostatic pressure
Liver failure and starling
Reduced protein production = Decreased capillary oncotic pressure –> edema
Malnutrition and Starling
Decreased protein intake –> Decreased oncotic pressure –> edema
Late term pregnancy and starling
Reduced plasma protein –> decreased oncotic pressure –> edema
Functions of lymphatic system
Return filtered blood
Disease Defense
Transport absorbed fat
Return filtered protein
Venous return and how to increase it
Amount of blood that returns to right heart per minute
Increase sympathetic activity to veins (contract) = Increase VR
Muscle contraction pushes blood back through veins = Increase VR
Shift VR curve to right
Increase blood volume or venous tone
PVP increases –> VR increases
Filling phase of cardiac cycle
Begins with opening of mitral valve (Pa>Pv)
Begins with rapid filling, then slowed filling
SA node spontaneously depolarizes, atria excitation increases, P wave, adds some more volume to ventricle
Isovolumetric contraction phase
Pressure in ventricle rises
Pv > Patrium so mitral valve closes –> 1st heart sound
Pv < Paorta so aortic valve is closed
Volume remains the same but excitation has reached ventricles, QRS, so ventricle excitation occurs and pressure increases
End of diastole and beginning of systole
Closure of mitral valve
Ejection phase
Pv > Paorta so aortic valve opens and blood is ejected
Ventricular volume rapidly decreases
Decline in force over time = decreased level of active ventricular cells due to repolarization
Isovolumetric relaxation phase
Pv < Paorta so aortic volve closes –> 2nd heart sound
Pv > Patrium so mitral valve still closed
Ventricular cells decrease in activity with constant volume so pressure decreases
Right heart vs left heart cardiac cycle and pressures
Cardiac cycle phases are relatively similar
Pressure gradients are dramatically decreased
Tricuspid and mitral valve timing
Tricuspid valve closes after and opens before mitral valve
Pulmonary and aortic valve timing
Pulmonary valve opens before and closes after aortic valve
Cardiac action potential - Diastole/Rest
High permeability to Potassium so resting potential is negative
K-IR channels
Cardiac action potential - Action potential upstroke
Voltage Gated sodium channels open and huge influx of Na depolarizes cell
Cardiac action potential - Early repolarization
Fast inactivation of Na channels and increase in K permeability due to VGKC
Cardiac action potential - Plateau
Voltage Gated Calcium channels open and Ca influx
K permeability decreases - Mg blocks K-IR channels
Plateau of membrane potential due to combating electric forces
Cardiac action potential - Repolarization
Inactivation of Ca channels and voltage activation of K rectifier channels
Cell repolarizes
Channels inactivate as cell repolarizes
Purpose of high K permeability
Stabilizes resting membrane potential and requires large excitatory stimulus
Reduces risk of arrhythmias
Sympathetic activity and ventricular action potential
NE release –> B-adrenergic receptors –> PKA –> enhance activity of Ca, Kr, Ks ion channels
More calcium = stronger contraction
Shortens AP duration and time between beats
Ventricular AP ARP
No propagated action potentials can be elicited
Occurs right after rapid depolarization and ends towards end of repolarization
Relative refractory period
Larger than normal stimulus can initiate AP
Closer to end of RRP = stronger AP
Supranormal period (SNP)
Slightly smaller than normal stimulus elicits normal response
Full recovery time (FRT)
Time after which a normal action potential can be elicited with normal stimulus
Long QT syndrome
Repolarization of heart is delayed
Usually genetic with delayed rectifier K channels
MUtations cas delayed activation, reduced open probability, and insensitivity to PKA
Arrhythmias occur at higher heart rates b/c can’t shorten AP –> compromised filling
Na/K ATPase level in cardiac vs Skeletal muscle
Much more active contributing to higher K gradient
K Permeability in cardiac vs skeletal muscle
Much higher in cardiac muscle
Na permeability in cardiac vs skeletal muscle
10-50x higher in cardiac
Phase 0 permeability
Action potential upstroke
Na influx
Phase 1 permeability
Transient increase in K
Inactivation of Na
Phase 2 permeability
Increase in Ca (voltage gated)
Decrease in K because of Mg block
Phase 3 permeability
Ca channels close
K rectifier channel
Nodal tissue AP vs other parts of heart AP
- No true resting potential
2. Lower AP amplitude and shorter duration
Nodal AP - Phase 0
Upstroke
Voltage activated CALCIUM channels
Nodal AP - phase 3
Repolarization
Voltage dependent K rectifier channels
Channels inactivate as cell repolarizes
Nodal AP - Phase 4
Pacemaker potential
Early portion - Closure of Krectifier (primarily), Ca, K channels (slight depolarization)
I(f) channels open midway through and allow Na, Ca (less) influx –> further depolarization
Late phase 4 - Voltage T type calcium channels
B adrenergic stimulation on nodal I channels
PKA activation of channels
Shifts voltage at which channel activates to more positive –> Phase 4 depolarization begins earlier in repolarization phase
Larger depolarizing current
B adrenergic stimulation on nodal Ca channels
Both types of channels increased
Upstroke is larger
Ca influx during phase 4 is larger
Transition from phase 4 to 0 occurs earlier in phase 4
Rate of rise and amplitude increased, duration decreased
Acetylcholine and nodal AP
ACh at SA and AV nodes
- Ach gate K channels open
- Muscarnic receptors activated –> reduces cAMP and negates sympathetic activity
Overall pattern of electrical activation of heart
SA node –> Rt atrium before left atrium –> AV node (delay) –> purkinje fiber –> Endocardial ventricle –> Epicardial ventricle
Benefit of electrical pattern of heart activation
Delaying ventricle contraction (AV node) relative to atrial = maximize filling
Activating endocardial (surface) cells first and repolarizing last = More efficient contraction
Contracting from apex to base = ejection efficiency
Nicotinic cholinergic receptors
Neuromuscular junction of somatic nerves and skeletal muscle
Autonomic ganglia neurons
Muscarinic cholinergic receptors
Postganglionic parasympathetic
M1 receptor location
Neuron
M2 receptor location
Heart and smooth muscle
M3 receptor location
Sweat, salivary, lacrimal, GI, bronchial SM, eye
Cholinergic crisis
Salivation Lacrimation Urination Defecation Emesis
Muscarinic antagonist clinical signs
Dry mouth Constipation Mydriasis Tachycardia Decreased lacrimation Decreased respiratory secretion
Epinephrine adrenergic targets
A1
A2
B1
B2
Norepinephrine adrenergic targets
A1
A2
B1
Beta 1 receptor action
Cardiac stimulation
Lipolysis
Renin release
Beta 2 receptor action
Bronchodilation
Vasodilation
Skeletal muscle and liver metabolic response
Alpha 1 receptor action
Smooth muscle (vessel) constriction
Increase in TPR and thus increase in BP
Beta 2 receptors and vessels
Relaxation of vascular smooth muscles in skeletal muscle vascular beds, splanchnic vessels, coronary vessels
Vasodilation –> Decreased TPR –> Decreased BP
Relaxation of bronchial smooth muscle and dilation of airways
Norepinephrine effects
Vasoconstriction –> Increase BP (a1)
Increase cardiac rate and contractility (B1)
Compensatory response decreases HR
Net result = Increased BP
Epinephrine effects
Vasoconstriction and increased BP (a1)
Vasodilation in skeletal muscle vascular beds and slight offset of vasoconstriction (b2)
Dose plays a role in effects
Low dose epinephrine
BP falls because B2 effects on vascular beds
Increased dose epinephrine
More vasoconstriction and increased BP
Beta1 increases pulse pressure
Phentolamine
Adrenergic antagonist
Phenoxybenzamine
Adrenergic antagonist
Prazosin
Adrenergic antagonist
Doxazosin
Adrenergic antagonist
Propanolol
Beta antagonist
Timolol
Beta antagonist
Metoprolol
Beta 1 antagonist
Clonidine
Alpha 2 adrenergic agonist
Phenylephrine
Alpha 1 agonist
Calcium sources in cardiac muscle
Extracellular space
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
Method of bringing in Extracellular Ca into cardiac muscle
Voltage gated Ca channel (L type)
Na-Ca exchange
L type Ca channel
Heart depol –> channel open –> triggers SR Ca release channel
Na-Ca exchanger
1 Ca for 3 Na
When membrane is more positive (depolarization) exchanger mediates Ca influx
Ca efflux of cardiac muscle mechanism
Ca-ATPase in plasma membrane (PMCA)
Na-Ca exchanger
Cell repolarizes –> Na-Ca exchange = Ca efflux.
–> No Ca entry = no activation of SR Ca release
Contractility
Change in force production that occurs independently from change in sarcomere length
Autonomics and contractility
Downstream effects of B1 receptor agonists –> more Ca into cell and more Ca release from SR –> More Ca available and more cross bridging
Contractility and heart rate
HR can affect contractility independent of autonomics
Increased HR –> Decreased time of disatole for Ca to be removed –> more Ca available at next systole
Contractility and cardiac glycosides
Cardiac glycosides enhance contractility
Na/K ATPase inhibited –> increase Na in cell –> Increase Na/Ca exchange activity (Ca influx)
Homeometric regulation
Regulation of force through changes in contractility
Stroke Work
Energy needed for ejection and energy needed to develop tension in IsoVol Contraction
Most energy required in cardiac cycle during…
Isovolumetric contraction
Factors increasing oxygen consuption
Increased afterload/contractility
Dilation of ventricular chamber
Increased HR
Increased SV
Heterometric reserve
Range of volumes over which an increase in volume leads to increased force
Increase in ventricular volume = thick/thin filament overlap enhancement = enhanced contractile force
Left ventricle Systolic/Diastolic pressure
120/5-10
Aorta systolic/diastolic pressure
120/80
Right ventricle systolic/diastolic pressure
25-30/4-6
Pulmonary artery systolic/diastolic pressure
25/10
Stage 1 HTN
140-159/90-99
Stage II HTN
> 160/ >100
Rationale for treatment of HTN
AntiHTN is associated with reduced CV outcomes
First line Diuretics
Chlorthalidone
HCTZ
First line ACE inhibitor
Benazepril
First line ARB
Losartan
First line Ca channel blockers
Amlodipine
Diltiazem
First line Beta blocker
Metoprolol/Propanolol
Thiazide MoA
Block Na/Cl cotransporter in DCT of kidney
Produces negative salt/water balance
Thiazide hemodynamic response
Drop in BP due to decreased plasma V and CO
EC volume returns to normal due to Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
Adverse effects of thiazide type diuretics
Hypokalemia
Ace inhibitor MoA
Inhibit ACE which converst Angiotensin I –> Angiotensin II
ACE-I hemodynamic response
Reduction in systemic vascular resistance and preload
Not much change in pulse rate
ACE-I adverse effects
Hypotension
Cough due to increased kinin
Renal insufficiency
Hyperkalemia can occur in patients with renal insufficiency, hypoaldosteronism, K sparing diuretic therapy
Teratogen
ARB MoA
Block angiotensin II binding
ARB Hemodynamic response
Vasodilation with decreased preload/afterload
ARB adverse effects
Teratogen
Les frequent cough
Ca channel blocker MoA
Bind to and block VGCC so less calcium for heart contraction and vascular smooth muscle contraction
Ca channel blocker hemodynamic response
Vasodilation with decrease in systemic vascular resistance
Ca Channel blocker Adverse effects
Constipation
Peripheral edema due to precapillary dilation and post capillary constriction
Negative inotropic action
AV node action may cause bradycardia
Headache
Beta blocker hemodynamic response
Decrease HR and contractility and CO
Increase SVR
Decrease in Renin –> less Angiotensin II –> less vasoconstriction
Beta blocker adverse effects
Dreams/depression
Aggravation of sever/unstable heart failure
Effect of increase in preload
Increase preload –> Increase EDV –> heterometric increase in contractility –> ESV stays the same
Result: Increase SW and subsequently CO
Effect on increase of contractility
Increase contractility –> more forceful contraction –> decreased ESV –> increased SV and subsequently CO
How to change flow of blood to organs
Relaxing or contracting smooth muscle of arterioles
Methods of altering organ arteriolar tone
- Direct autonomic control
- Local myogenic/metabolic factors
- Humoral factors
Direct autonomic control of organ arteriolar tone
Sympathetic vasoconstriction
B2 vasodilation
Local myogenic control
Blood flow autoregulated within certain level of blood pressure
Increase BP = Increased flow –> Increase resistance (vasoconstriction) = Decrease flow
Local metabolic control
Metabolites that induce vasodilation (H, K, Lactate, Adenosine, CO2)
Exercise produces metabolites –> metabolites causes vasodilation so more flow to muscles –> Increased flow eventually washes metabolites out –> vasoconstriction
Humoral factors
- Catecholamines - Extreme situations
- Nitric Oxide
- Angiotensin II
Coronary circulation architecture
Coronary vessels arise from sinuses behind aortic valve
High metabolic demand
Coronary exchange vessels
Capillary density of the heart is very high
Cardiac fibers are smaller so highly perfused
Cardiac contractility and flow through coronary vessels
Flow through coronary vessels decreases during ejection b/c heart is contracted
Flow deficit greatest in subendocardium b/c thats where contractions come from
Control of coronary flow
Local metabolic control - Hypoxia and adenosine
Nitric oxide
Net sympathetic activity is vasodilatory
Pulmonary circulation
Blood flow through lungs is much higher than metabolic need
Blood shunts away from poorly ventilated areas
Pulmonary edema natural prevention
Starling forces favor reabsorption - continuous capillaries
Lymph system drains and removes foreign bodies
Skeletal muscle capillaries
Oxidative fibers have more capillary anastamoses
Skeletal muscle starling during exercise
Starling forces favor filtration
Vasodilation = increased hydrostatic pressure
Metabolites released into interstitium –> Increased tissue oncotic pressure
HR immediate response to exercise
Anticipatory response via sympathetic system
SV immediate response to exercise
SV increases as intensity increases
Increased contractility
Increased preload
CO response to exercise
HR and SV increase
Blood flow response to exercise
Blood distributed to tissues with greatest demand: Heart, lungs, muscles
Blood pressure response to exercise
Increased contraction = increased BP (systolic, not diastolic)
Blood response to exercise
VO2 difference increases
More oxygen released from Hb
Heart size and rate adaptation to training
Increased heart mass, esp left ventricle
Resting heart rate decreases due to increased contractile properties
Range of heart rates increases
SV response to training
Increase due to increased preload
CO in response to training
CO increases during exercise but stays same at rest
Blood flow response to training
Skeletal muscle receives large % during training
Increased capillary growth and blood volume
BP in response to training
Systolic and diastolic BP decrease at rest and submaximal exercise
Increased compliance of large vessels
Blood volume in response to training
Endurance training increased BV and decreased HCT
Myocarditis definition
Inflammatory disease of heart
Inflammatory infiltrates in myocardium
Clinical features of myocarditis
Arryhythmias
EKG changes
Heart failure
Fatigue
Dyspnrea
Etiology of myocarditis
- Infectious - Particularly viral but can be bacterial/fungal/parasitic
- Hypersensitivity/autoimmune
- Rejection of cardiac transplant
- Idiopathic
Gross pathology of myocarditis
May appear normal or with dilated ventricles
Microscopic path of myocarditis
Necrosis of myocytes, inflammatory infiltrates
Outcome of myocarditis
Most recover
Supportive therapy
Cardiomyopathy definition
Abnormality or disease of cardiac muscle cells occurring in absence of other known mechanisms of myocardial injury
Primary cardiomyopathy
Primary involvement is myocardial and no known etiology
Secondary cardiomyopathy
Associated with another cardiac disease such as myocarditis
Dilated cardiomyopathy
60% are primary idiopathic
40% are secondary cardiomyopathies: Alcoholism, prev myocarditis, pregnancy, drug/toxin exposure
Physiologic consequences of dilated cardiomyopathy
Systolic disorder - Decreased contractility and decreased EF
LV hypertrophy and dilatation, arrhythmias
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophy of ventricular septum
Gene mutation in gene that encode cardia sarcomeric proteins
Physiologic consequences of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Diastolic disorder - Decreased LV compliance and decreased LV filling
Sudden death at young age esp in young athletes
Restrictive cardiomyopathy
Cardiac wall stiffness (decreased compliance) –> decreased cardiac filling
50% amyloidosis
35% Eosinophilia which causes endocardial fibrosis and stiffening of ventricles
Physiological consequences of restrictive cardiomyopathy
Diastolic disorder
Decreased ventricular compliance and decreased cardiac filling
Biatrial dilatation
Normal systolic function
Can result in heart failure and sudden death
Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy
Fibrosis and fatty replacement of ventricles, esp right
RV dilatation
Physiological consequence of arrythmogenic cardiomyopathy
Systolic disorder
Decreased contractility of ventricles and decreased EF, esp right
Arrhythmias
Sudden death at young age
Criteria for diagnosing hypertensive heart disease
Cardiac enlargement (LV hypertrophy without dilatation)
Absence of other etiologic factors that would produce LV hypertrophy
History of hypertension
Vascular changes in HTN heart disease
Systemic arterioles narrow –> Increased TPR –> Increased afterload –> LV hypertrophy
Mild myocardial hypoxia in HTN heart disease
Increased myocyte size = larger diffusion distances from capillaries to individual myocytes –> mild hypoxia
Additional factors of HT heart disease
Hypertrophies myocytes dont contract effectively
Interstitial collagen increases –> reduced compliance
Atherosclerosis of coronary arteries decreases myocardial blood supply and exacerbates myocardial hypoxia
Microscopic pathology of HTN heart disease
Increased myocyte diameter with increased size nucleus
Nuclei :squared off” or box car shaped
Complications and causes of death in HTN heart disease
Congestive heart failure (40%)
Coronary atherosclerosis
Strokes
Nephrosclerosis –> kidney failure
Most common CV anomaly
Bicuspid aortic valve
Second most common CV anomaly
Ventricular septal defect
Pathogenesis of congenital cardiac abnormalities
Sporadic genetic abnormalities
Chromosomal abnormalities
Viral infection during pregnancy (rubella)
Drugs/teratogens
Radiation
Cyanosis
Blue discoloration of mucous membranes caused by >2.5gms/dl of deoxyHb in blood
Pulmonary HTN and congenital defects
Pulmonary HTN can arise if shunts are present
Left to Right shunts increase blood to lungs and cause hypertrophy of pulmonary arteries
Plexogenic pulmonary HTN
Severe form of pulmonary artery hypertrophy
Cannot be corrected by surgery except total lung transplant
Common with VSD
Severe = Eisenmenger syndrom
Eisenmenger Syndrome
Reversal of Lt to Rt shunt
Caused by increased pulmonary HTN and shunt reversal
Acyanotic –> cyanotic
Lt to Rt shunts
Develop late cyanosis via Eismenger syndrome
Rt to Lt shunts
Early cyanosis
Congenital obstructions
No cyanosis
Congenital regurgitation
No cyanosis
Atrial septal defect
Abnormal opening between atria
L –> R
May be asymptomatic until adulthood
RV hypertrophy and dilatation, RA/LA dilatation
Pulmonary HTN infrequent
Types of atrial deptal defects
- Fossa ovalis (most common)
- Primum type - Low on septum and adjacent to AV valves
Sinus venosus type - High on septum, near SVC
Ventricular septal defect
Abnormal opening between ventricles
L –> R
Can cause pulmonary HTN if large –> Shunt reversal –> Eismengers
Small VSD’s spontaneously close, no surgery and no pulmHTN
Types of VSD
Membranous - Membranous septum, most common, large
Muscular VSD - muscular septum, multiple, small
Atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD)
Deficient AV septum associated with mitral and tricuspid valve anomalies
Endocardial cushion defect
Associated with Downs
Types of AVSD
- Partial - Primum ASD with cleft mitral anterior leaflet
2. Complete AVSD - Primum ASD and Membranous VSD. Large hole in center of heard and a common AV valve
Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Persistence of normal fetal structure that connects aorta and pulmonary artery
Pulmonary HTN
May be required for survival in complex cyanotic congenital heart diseases
Tetralogy of Fallot
- Large and subarotic VSD
- Subpulmonary stenosis
- Overriding aorta
- RV hypertrophy
Most common cyanotic congenital disease
Usually NO pulmHTN because lung vessels protected by subpulmonary stenosis
Good results with surgical repair
Types of Tetralogy of Fallot
Types based on pulmonary stenosis severity
- Pink: Mild stenosis, no cyanosis
- Classic: Moderate-severe stenosis, Cyanosis
- PA-VSD - Complete absence of pulmonary valve and main pulmonary artery, with cyanosis
Transposition of Great Arteries
Pulmonary artery comes off LV and aorta comes off RV
Two separate circulations, not compatible with life unless shunt present
Types of TGA
- TGA + no VSD = 65%, rare pulmHTN
2. TGA + VSD = 35%. Severe pulmHTN
How to treat TGA
Give PGE so DA remains
Create shunt
Truncus arteriosus
One common trunk the gets blood from RV and LV
Early cyanosis because deoxygenated blood can travel through aorta
Severe PulmonaryHTN
DiGeorge Syndrome
First heart sound: Occurs during what part of cardiac cycle and why
Isovolumetric contraction
Closure of mitral/tricuspid valves
Second heart sound: Occurs during what part of cardiac cycle and why
Isovolumetric relaxation
Closure of aortic/pulmonic valves
Third heart sound: Occurs during what part of cardiac cycle and why
Early ventricular filling
Normal in children, abnormal in adults
Rapid ventricular filling or dilated ventricle
Fourth heart sound: Occurs during what part of cardiac cycle and why
Atrial contraction
Blood hitting stiffened ventricle
Ventricular hypertrophy/ischemic ventricle
Pulmonary stenosis
Pulmonary valve obstruction
Types of pulmonary stenosis
Based on severity of obstruction
- Isolated PV stenosis: RV hypertrophy, tricuspid regurg, RA/PA dilatation
- PV atresia with intact ventricular septum: PDA required for survival. Hypoplastic RV and tricuspid valve