Cardiology Flashcards
Which syndrome is associated with aortic and pulmonary stenosis?
Williams Syndrome
What are the structural features of Tetralogy of Fallot?
VSD
Pulmonary stenosis
RVOT
RVH
How do you calculate Pulmonary Vascular Resistance ? (Poiseuille equation)
Mean PA p - LA p
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Pulmonary blood flow (l/min/m2)
What is a normal recording for PVR? What is severe and correlates with irreversible pulmonary vascular disease?
Normal PVR = 1-2 u/m2
Severe = > 7.9u/m2
How do you calculate Qp (pulmonary blood flow) / Qs (systemic blood flow)
Qp/ Qs = (Ao sat - MV sat)
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(PV sat - PA sat)
MV sats: take average of SVC and RA
PV sats: same as LA
What is the most common cardiac complication of Duchenne muscular dystrophy?
Dilated cardiomyopathy
What congenital cardiac lesion is suggested by a single second heart sound?
Truncal atresia (shared root aorta and pulmonary artery)
What cardiac lesion is associated with Turner’s syndrome?
Coarctation of the aorta
Bicuspid aortic valve
Aortic stenosis
What cardiac lesion is associated with Di George syndrome?
Tetralogy of Fallot
Truncus Arteriosus
What cardiac lesion is associated with Alagille’s syndrome?
Peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis
Which cardiac lesion is associated with Noonan’s syndrome?
Valvular pulmonary stenosis
What auscultation sign is most indicative of pulmonary hypertension?
Loud S2 (Pulmonary valve closes quicker)
Which cardiac malformation is associated with neurofibromatosis?
Pulmonary stenosis
Describe the murmur heard for peripheral pulmonary stenosis.
Grade 1-2 Ejection systolic Left upper sternal edge Radiating to axilla or back Benign - due to changes in pulmonary vascular resistance
What cardiac malformation would you suspect for a day 2 neonate becoming cyanosed with no other cardiac findings on examination ?
Total Anomalous Pulmonary Vascular Return
Duct dependent
Which syndrome is associated with aortic root dilatation?
Turners syndrome
What is the cardiac abnormality seen in Alagille syndrome ?
Peripheral pulmonary stenosis
What is the most common cardiac abnormality seen in congenital rubella syndrome?
PDA
What cardiac abnormalities are seen in Williams syndrome?
Supraaortic valvular stenosis
Peripheral pulmonary stenosis
Systemic arterial stenosis
What is the most common cardiac abnormality in velocardiofacial syndrome?
VSD
Right sided aortic arch
TOF
What murmur do you hear in TOF?
Harsh ejection systolic murmur over left sternal border (pulmonic area) due to turbulence through R outflow tract
Can also get aortic ejection click, systolic thrill
What is the most common complication of surgically corrected TOF?
RBBB (due to widening of RVOT)
What are the clinical findings of tricuspid stenosis?
Mid diastolic murmur
Hepatomegaly
Distended neck veins
No respiratory distress
What is the most likely diagnosis: cyanosis presenting in first few hours of life
Normal pulse
No respiratory distress
No murmur
TGA
What condition is associated with a fixed splitting of the second heart sound?
ASD
What is the most common cardiac defect seen in foetal alcohol syndrome?
ASD
What are the clinical and ECG/CXR findings for ASD?
Ejection systolic murmur at left upper sternal edge Fixed splitting of S2 ECG: RBBB CXR: cardiomegaly, plethoric lungs (Volume overload right heart)
What does upright T wave in V1 indicate? (Age 4 days to 4 years)
Right ventricular hypertrophy
Name 2 congenital conditions associated with valvular pulmonary stenosis
Noonans syndrome
Neurofibromatosis
Name two syndromes associated with peripheral pulmonary stenosis
Alagille’s
Williams
What happens to the murmur of TOF during a tet spell
Gets softer (Decreased SVR causes reversal of shunt pushing blood back to right side; fixed obstruction across RVOT- less blood flow)
What is the event that initiated myocardial fibre contraction ?
Release of stored calcium from sarcoplasmic reticulum
Name 5 causes of Pulsus paradoxus
Cardiac tamponade Constructive pericarditis Severe asthma PE Tension pneumothorax
Name 3 congenital cardiac lesions that cause cyanosis and plethoric lungs
TGA
Truncus arteriosus
TAPVR
Name 3 cyanotic heart lesions that cause oligaemic lungs
Tetralogy of Fallot
Pulmonary atresia
Ebsteins anomaly
Name 5 cyanotic heart lesions that are duct dependent
Hypoplastic left heart Severe coarctation Interrupted aortic arch Severe AS TAPVR
Name 4 acyanotic heart lesions that cause left to right shunting
ASD
AVSD
VSD
PDA
In the foetal circulation what is the output from the right ventricle compared to the left ?
RV = 2x LV