Cardiomyopathies, Tumors/masses/emboli Flashcards
This is a predictor of late recovery of LV systolic function in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy?
LV sphericity index
Describe sphericity index
- Sphericity index = LV long axis length / LV short axis diameter (mid-ventricle)
- Represents the extent of chamber remodeling from a normal ellipitical ventricular shape to an abnormal spherical shape
- Can be determined in end-systole or end-diastole
- >>> spherical LV’s = worse prognosis
Explain the effects of Dobutamine on sphericity index
Improvement in sphericity index in response to dobutamine is a predictor of late recovery of LV systolic function
- Dobutamine –> less spherical ventricle –> greater likelihood of reverse remodeling
In patients with recovered tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy, what is generally not well tolerated?
Why?
Recurrent arrhythmia (after normal rhythm has been restored)
- can lead to a rapid decline in LV function
- due to persistence of structural abnormalities of the LV
What can serve as a predictor of likelihood of recurrence of peripartum cardiomyopathy (LV systolic dysfunction) with subsequent pregnancy’s?
Dobutamine stress Echo –> Marked inotropic contractile reserve
- useful tool to predict safety of a recurrent pregnancy
Define peripartum cardiomyopathy diagnosis
- Heart failure symptoms with an LVEF < 45%
- During:
- last month of pregnancy
- 5 months postpartum
What percentage of patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy fully recover?
50%
What is the most specific cardiac finding of Sarcoidosis?
Other highly specific findings?
Thinning of the basal ventricular septum
- dilated cardiomyopathy with noncoronary territory wall motion abnormalities
- aneurysms involving the posterior, lateral, basal wall and apex
Define cardiotoxicity (CTRCD)
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> 10 percentage points reduction in LVEF, to an LVEF < 53%
- if present, confirmatory testing should be repeated 2-3 weeks later
- Subclinical disease
- LVEF drop < 10 percentage points
- GLS > 15% drop
What is the next step in evaluation for CTRCD
- LVEF drop by < 10%
- GLS drop by > 15%
Confirmatory study to assess LVEF should be repeated 2-3 weeks later
(after initial abnormal study)
This finding is consistent with hypertensive LVH rather than physiologic hypertrophy of athlete’s heart?
RWT > 0.42
What is an additional finding that is common in athletes heart but not hypertensive LVH?
RV dilation
What is a specific sign for radiation associated heart disease?
Aorto-mitral curtain thickening
- thickening or calcification (junction between the base of the anterior mitral leaflet and the aortic root)
- typically this region is spared from most degenerative or acquired conditions, with the exception of endocarditis or aortitis
- Additional finding (highly suggestive in conjunction with aorto-mitral curtain thickening) –> aortic or mitral valve disease
- calcification of the aortic sinuses (atypical location for atherosclerosis)
- MR is most common reason for surgery
What are HCM features associated with increased risk of SCD?
- Restrictive diastolic filling pattern
- Increased LV wall thickness
- > 30 mm –> increased risk + indication for ICD
- Increased LA volume index
- LV dysfunction (burn-out stage)
- LV apical aneurysm
- LVOT obstruction
What is the most typical echocardiographic appearance of hereditary hemochromatosis?
Mildly dilated LV cavity with global LV dysfunction
and
normal or mildly increased LV wall thickness
Describe the stages of cardiac involvement in hereditary hemochromatosis
- Early stages
- diastolic dysfunction - may be the first manifestation
- Progressive decrease in LV systolic function, LV cavity dilation, and biatrial enlargement
- Later stages
- LV wall thickness is usually normal or mildly increased even in the later stages
- Restrictive filling pattern is a late manifestation when there is LV dysfunction
What is the diagnosis in this young athlete:
- LVEDD - 5.9 cm
- LVESD - 2.6 cm
- LVEF - 60%
- IVSd - 1.3 cm
- PWT - 1.3 cm
- LAVI 37 mL/m2
- Latera e’ 18 cm/s
Athlete’s Heart
What is the diagnosis in this young athlete:
- LVEDD - 5.3 cm
- LVEF - 65%
- IVSd - 1.6 cm
- PWT - 1.2 cm
- Latera e’ 6 cm/s
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
What is the diagnosis in this young athlete:
- LVEDD - 5.2 cm
- LVEF - 55%
- RVOT measurement (PSAX) in diastole - 3.6 cm
Arrhythmogenic RV dysplasia due to RVOT dilation
normal size RVOT in PSAX = < 3.6 cm
What is the diagnosis in this young athlete:
- LVEDD - 5.3 cm
- LVEF - 60%
- MVP with moderate MR
- Aortic diameter
- Sinuse of Valsalva - 4.3 cm
- ST junction - 4.1 cm
- mid-ascending aorta - 3.8 cm
Marfan syndrome
- due to the presence of aortic root dilation and MVP
Differentiate Athletes heart from HCM
What is the most specific Echocardiographic feature in Chagas cardiomyopathy?
Normal LV cavity size with an apical aneurysm and LV thrombus
- may occur with or without thrombus
- RV aneurysms or biventricular aneurysms have also been reported
Describe findings of Chagas Cardiomyopathy
- Acute and chronic myocarditis (appears years to decades later)
- T. Cruzi from Reduviid bug
- LV apical aneurysms with or without thrombus (most specific)
- Late stages of disease –> LV dysfunction and heart failure
- EKG findings:
- RBBB
- LAFB
- AV block
- PAB’s (multifocal)
- EKG abnormalities –> wall motion abnormalities, apical aneurysms, LV dysfunction
What is the diagnosis?
Diagnostic criteria?
- Apical HCM
- LV apex > 15 mm
- Apical to posterior wall thickness ratio > 1.5
- Dimensions:
- LV linear dimension in diastole is usually normal
- LV cavity may be reduced
- LA increased
- Abnormal diastolic function
- Absence of other etiologies of LVH
****Two forms: isolated (normal wall thickness except the apex) or mixed (increased wall thickness of nonapical segments, especially the septum)
What is one setting in HCM in which provocative maneuvers (with amyl nitrate) does not lead to LVOTO?
Isolated apical HCM
What are typical Echo and Doppler findings in Restrictive Cardiomyopathy?
- Vp < 50 cm/s
- Pulmonary vein systolic/diastolic velocity ratio < 0.5
- DT < 160 ms
- LAVI > 34 mL/m2
- E/a ratio ≥ 2
What is the most important predictor of mortality in primary amyloidosis (AL) with cardiac involvement?
Increased LV wall thickness
- Direct relationship between LV wall thickness > 15 mm and heart failure / mortality has been established
What are diastolic parameters associated with worse survival in primary Amyloidosis?
- Mitral DT < 150 ms
- Increased E/a and E/’e ratio
- Increased LA volume
- Abnormal Tei (MIP) index
Describe the findings and diagnosis
- Hypereosinophilic syndrome
- restrictive cardiomyopathy with endomyocardial involvement due to hypereosinophilia
****RV involvement in uncommon
What are the three stages of disease in hypereosinophilic syndome?
- Toxic Endomyocardial Damage
- Necrotic
- Thrombotic
- Fibrotic
- if treated prior to this stage, reversibility may occur
What are the Echo findings in Hypereosniphilic syndrome?
- obliteration of the LV and RV apex with thrombus/fibrosis
- normal or small LV and RV cavity size
- MR / TR due to papillary muscle involvement
- Biatrial enlargement
- Elevated right and left sided filling pressures (with restrictive filling pattern)
- Merlon sign –> hypercontractile basal segment in contrast to the hypokinetic apical segment
Describe the pathophysiology in Fabry’s disease
- X-linked lysosomal enzyme deficiency (alpha-galactosidase A)
- results in progressive intracellular glycosphingolipid accumulation affective several organs including the heart
What are the characteristic findings in Fabry’s disease?
- LV hypertrophy (generally symmetric)
- Preserved LV systolic function
- Normal LV dimensions
- Impaired diastolic function
- MR
- Fibrosis and thinning of the basal inferolateral wall
What is a specific Echo finding that may help to differentiate Fabry’s disease?
Fibrosis and thinning of the basal inferolateral wall
Describe the findings and diagnosis
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (suggestive)
- crypt in the basal segment of the inferior wall
Describe the findings and diagnosis
ARVD
isolated RV dilatation of the RV apex (in the “triangle of dysplasia”)
What are common features of ARVD?
Fibrofatty ventricular replacement
Ventricular arrhtyhmias
Risk of SCD
Describe Echo features of ARVD