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Cardiomyopathies Flashcards

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Organic solvent that causes DCM

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Toluene

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3 chemo therapies that can cause DCM

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Daunoribicin
Doxorubicin
Sunitinib
Trastuzumab
Cyclophosphamide
Bleomycin
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Party drugs that can cause DCM

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ETOH

Cocaine

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Heavy metals that can cause DCM

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Mercury
Lead
Cobalt

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Antiretrovirals that can cause DCM (3)

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Zidovudine
Didanosine
Zalcitabine

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Time frame for peripartum CM

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Last month of pregnancy to 5 mo’s after

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Risk factors for peripartum CM

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Age> 30
Multiparity
AA
h/o preeclampsia or postpartum HTN
cocaine
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Drug of choice in pregnant women instead of ACEI

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hydralazine

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Population at risk of Takotsubo

Percent risk of ventricular arrhythmias?

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Postmenopausal women

15%

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Recurrence rate for Takotsubo

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4%

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Bugs causing HIV focal myocarditis

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HIV
CMV
EBV
coxsackie
Toxoplasma
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Inheritance pattern of muscular dystrophies.

Which is worse (Becker’s or Duchenne’s) for CM?

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X-linked

Becker’s

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When should you suspect anthracycline induced CM (daunorubicin)?
Risk factors

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Dose dependent> 550mg/m2
3-12 months after.
Can occur upto 10y later
DM, HTN,

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If high doses of daunorubicin needed,what med to give to avoid CM?

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Dexrazoxane, ACEI, BB

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Difference in LVEDD b/w HCM and athlete

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HCM: LVEDD <45

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What type of activity is OK with HCM?

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Low level

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3 factors making SAM worse in HOCM

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Increased contraction
Decreased resistance (vasodilator)
Decreased volume

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Preferred Rx in HOCM (myomectony vs. septal ablation)

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Myomectony

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LV wall thickness in HOCM

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7 risk factors are needed to place ICD in HOCM. Not including VT/VF/SCA, what are the 5 other risk factors?

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Fam hx of SCD
LV thickness > 3cm
Recent unexplained syncope
NSVT
BP drop w/ exercise
20
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Do steroids help for myocarditis

21
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Treatment for myocarditis with reduced LV function

22
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Will you see myofiber necrosis on biopsy of myocarditis?

23
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8 common viral Pathogens causing myocarditis

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CMV
Coxsackie B
Hep C
Echo
Adeno
Parvovirus 
Influenza
24
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Which biomarkers are more sensitive in myocarditis?

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What do you see on MRI of myocarditis

26
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Do you do routine bx for myocarditis?

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Rx and followuo of myocarditis

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HF meds

Echo at 1, 6, and 12

28
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Giant cell myocarditis is progressive and often fatal, Rx?

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Thymoglobulin
Corticosteroids
Calcineurin inhibitors

29
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Giant cell myocarditis- which immune cell?

Is biopsy high yield?

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T cell

Yes

30
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Acute phase treatment of chagas HF?

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Nitrofurtimox

31
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3 cardiac issues Lyme will cause

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DCM
HB (arrhythmias)
Myocarditis

32
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Lyme carditis bug and treatment and serologies

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IgM
Ceftriaxone
Bordelaise burgdorferi

33
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2 things to remember about lupus CM

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Can wax and wane- treat the lupus flare

Systolic and diastolic dysfxn

34
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What does cardiac bx show in lupus?

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Mononuclear cells

35
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Fever, rash, peripheral eos and eos on cardiac bx.

Dx and Rx?

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Hypersensitivity Myocarditis

Remove any offending meds and give steroids

36
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Hoarseness, macroglossia, neuropathy, proteinuria, swallowing disorder, RUQ tenderness. Exam: JVD w/ prom x and y descent, pleural effusions, hepatomegaly, edema, KUSSMAUL’s and S3 & S4. Dx, echo, EKG, Bx findings.

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Cardiac amyloid
Speckled appearance, LVH
low voltage
Apple green birefringence

37
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Management of transthyretin gene mutant cardiac amyloid

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Family genetic testing

Live transplant

38
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Which amyloid has better prognosis (senile or AL)?

39
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2 studies that are high yield to diagnose amyloid

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MRI (late gad)

Bx

40
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Nuclear and echo findings with cardiac sarcoid

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Regional WMA

perfusion defect

41
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Do you get late gad enhancement on MRI with cardiac sarcoid?

42
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Exact treatment for cardiac sarcoid

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Corticosteroids 1mg/kg we’d x 3 months

Low threshold for ICD

43
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Common secondary cause for cardiac hemochromatosis

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Multiple transfusions

44
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How to diagnose cardiac hemochromatosis? Rx?

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T2* MRI

chelation/phlebotomy

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