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1
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What are cardiomyopathies?

A

Disorders that involve the heart muscle itself

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2
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What is primary cardiomyopathy?

AKA

A 
Those exclusively (or predominantly) confined to the heart muscle 
Intrinsic
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What is secondary cardiomyopathy?

AKA?

A

Demonstrate pathophysiologic involvement of the heart in the context of a multiorgan disorder
Extrinsic

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What is dilated cardiomyopathy?

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Generalized myocardial weakness

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5
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What ventricular dysfunction occurs with dilated CM?

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Biventricular dysfunction

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The enlarged heart that occurs with dilated CM causes what 2 cardiac complications?

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Valve insufficiency (can’t close)
Dysrhythmias (conduction takes longer due to size)
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7
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What can cause dilated CM?

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Can be primary or secondary

  • diffuse CAD
  • alcohol
  • viral
  • DM
  • etc
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What is the treatment for dilated CM similar to?

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CHF treatment

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9
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What is the treatment for dilated CM?

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Diuretics to keep volume overload off
Vasodilators to improve forward CO
Inotropes to strengthen muscle
Transplant once medical treatment is not enough

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10
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What is the most common type of CM?

A

Dilated

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What is the most common reason for a heart transplant?

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Dilated cardiomyopathy

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What is the anesthetic management for dilated CM?

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Think LV dysfunction:
Avoid further myocardial depression
Careful fluid titration
Optimal filling pressure
Avoid increase in SVR
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What is restrictive CM?

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Heart muscle is infiltrated by abnormal tissue

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What usually causes restrictive CM? What is the most common cause

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Connective tissue disease

Amylidosis

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Describe the heart in a restrictive CM patient?

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Stiff
Noncompliant
Difficult to fill
No cardiomegaly

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What 2 things are important about the heart in a restrictive CM patient?

A

SR

Atrial kick

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17
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What is restrictive CM clinically similar to?

A

Cardiac tamponade

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18
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What is the least common CM?

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Restrictive CM

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19
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What is important to keep in mind about restrictive CM being similar to cardiac tamponade?

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HR is important!

-it’s the only thing keeping forward flow

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20
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Are restrictive CM patients transplant candidates?

A

No

Because it’s a secondary process, the connective tissue disorder will infiltrate the transplanted heart

21
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What is hypertrophic CM?

A

Ventricular septal hypertrophy below the aortic valve

22
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What happens in the LV with hypertrophic CM?

A

LV becomes elongated and hypercontractile

23
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What are the other names for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?

A

Idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis
Obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
Asymmetric setup hypertrophy

24
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What occurs with hypertrophic CM and LV outflow?

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Dynamic LV outflow obstruction

  • present with activity
  • absent with rest
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Why does activity affect hypertrophic CM?
The strong the heart contracts the hypertrophied septum is pushed out in the way of flow through the aortic valve -decreasing SV
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What is the associated pathology with hypertrophic CM?
Myocardial ischemia not from CAD Decreased LV compliance because of hypertrophied muscle Increased LV relaxation time
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Why does hypertrophic CM have myocardial ischemia without CAD?
Hypercontractile muscle increases O2 demand
29
What is the most common genetic CV disease?
Hypertrophic CM
30
Which cardiomyopathy is seen usually in a young patient and can cause sudden death?
Hypertrophic CM
31
What symptoms are seen in elder patients with hypertrophic CM?
Angina | Heart failure
32
When should hypertrophic CM be suspected in a patient with angina?
When usual treatments of angina make symptoms worse | -NTG, diuretics, digoxin
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Why do angina treatments make hypertrophic CM worse?
Because dynamic outflow obstruction is worsened by increased contractility and decreased preload
34
How is hypertrophic CM treated?
BB CCB Myocardial depression is beneficial
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What is the anesthetic management of hypertrophic CM?
``` Decrease contractility Increase preload Maintain SVR Avoid tachycardia GA is more manageable than regional ```
36
What EF is seen in patients who need a heart transplant?
EF <20%
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What is left behind after a heart transplant?
Native atria remnants
38
What is seen on EKG of heart transplant patients?
Double P waves | -but conduction is normal
39
What is important to remember about nerves and the transplant heart?
The heart is denervated - no sympathetic - no parasympathetic - no sensory
40
Why are heart transplant patients at increased infection risk
Immunosuppressants
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What is the vagal influence on a transplant heart?
None - no response to carotid massage, valsalva - high resting HR
42
What is the SNS response in a transplanted heart?
Initial response is blunted (quick HR and contractility increase are not seen) -eventual full response from circulating catecholamines
43
What increased risk do heart transplant patients have because of a rejection reaction in endothelium?
Increased risk for CAD | -reaction occurs in the coronary endothelium
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Why do heart transplant patients have silent ischemia?
No sensory innervation
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What routine testing in performed with heart transplant patients because sensory dennervation?
Angiograms
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The transplant heart is _______ dependent
Preload
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Why is the transplant heart said to be preload dependent?
Because it no longer can respond quickly with an increased HR
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So if a heart transplant patient is hypovolemic how does the heart respond?
Hypovolemia does not stimulate a HR increase
49
What pharmacologic considerations should be remembered with heart transplant patients?
``` The denervated heart will not have the expected HR changes with: Opioids Anticholinergics Anticholinesterases Pancuronium ```
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What kind of drugs CAN be used to affect the transplanted heart?
``` Direct acting drugs: Isoproterenol Epinephrine Dobutamine Vasopressin ```

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