Cardiovascular Flashcards
Increased volume is likely to lead to which type of cardiac remodelling?
Eccentric hypertrophy > adaptation to more pre-load.
Increased pressure is likely to lead to which type of cardiac remodelling?
Concentric hypertrophy > adaptation to more afterload.
Describe the ECG findings of a first degree heart block:
Large PR Interval
Describe the ECG findings of a second degree heart block:
increasing PR then skip OR stable PR then skip.
Describe the ECG findings of a third degree heart block:
No pattern, P and QRS unrelated, HR around 30.
What medication shouldn’t you use for variant (spasm) angina?
Beta blocker
What are the suffixes of key cardiac drugs?
ACEpril, BETAlol, ALPHosin
Which diagnoses are likely for calf pain?
DVT, intermittent claudication due to atherosclerosis of leg arteries, trauma etc.
Fully describe the coagulation cascade.
Have the intrinsic path (12, 11, 9, 8) and the extrinsic pathway (7) they converge on factor 10 which turns prothrombin to thrombin, thrombin turns fibrinogen into fibrin.
Factor 13 breaks stabilises the clot.
Which two biochemical tests would confirm staph aureus?
Catalase + confirms any staph.
Coagulase + confirms staph aureus.
How does cooking chemically change fats?
Hydrogenation, raises LDL, lowers HDL.
The complement cascade converges on which molecule?
C3b - opsonin (C3a is inflammation)
Best drug to stop heart remodelling?
ACEi
What are the 3 areas of the heart that can stimulate heart pace and what are their heart rates?
SA node - 60-100 bpm
AV node - 50-60 bpm
Perkinje fibres - 30-40 bpm
Why is it important that AV node depolarization is delayed?
The AV node will cause ventricular contraction, it needs to be delayed to allow time for the ventricles to fill after the SA node causes atrial contraction.
If Perkinje’s are firing to cause ventricular contraction, what will be the ECG change?
The R wave will be upside down as the electricity is coming from opposite side of the heart.
What does a wide QRS mean on ECG?
Slow conduction
How to calculate HR on ECG?
300/no. of squares between peaks
What are the four types of cell injury adaptations?
Hypertrophy, Hyperplasia, Atrophy and Metaplasia.
What are 4 cellular irreversible occurrences due to injury:
mitochondrial damage, Ca2+ influx, membrane damage, DNA Damage.
3 main types of necrosis?
Coagulative, liquefactive, caseous.
What are pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics?
Kinetics: What does body do to drug.
Dynamics: what does drug do to body.
What type of bacterial toxins are resistant to IgG?
Endotoxins
What do B-lactams act on?
The transpeptidase enzyme responsible from cross linking in the peptidoglycan layer of the cell wall.
Give an example of a glycopeptide antibiotic and how it acts.
Vancomycin, targets D-Ala-D-Ala links of cell wall.
What is the target of macrolides?
50s unit of ribosome
What are the two phases of drug metabolism?
Phase 1 - cytochrome p450 to make it polar by adding functional group
Phase 2 - conjugation to make it soluble
What are the 3 layers of arteries and their functions?
- tunica intima - gas/nutrient exchange
- tunica media - blood flow control
- tunica adventitia - incorporates
What vessel type determines arterial blood pressure?
Arterioles
What vessel type holds most of the blood?
Veins hold 80% of blood
What are the 3 mechanisms of venous return?
Vascular venous pump, musculovenous pump, thoracic venous pump (diaphragm).
What is the Warburg effect?
The anaerobic respiration of cancers.
Would a left ventricle hypertrophy following mitral stenosis?
No - mitral stenosis means that blood is not properly moving through the mitral valve into the left ventricle. This means blood will accumulate in the LA (will hypertrophy LA), not the LV. So not stretching = no hypertrophy.
The heart would hypertrophy under aortic stenosis.
When would you hear a mitral murmur?
Diastole
Why does Atrial fibrillation cause irregularly irregular heart beats?
AF is ectopic firing which can activate AV node, so SA and ectopics are controlling ventricular contraction - all over the fkn place ECG.
What are the risks with pig/mechanical replacement valves?
Pig - need immunesupressants
Mechanical - could form clot
Why may AF by a risk for coronary arteries?
More firing = less time in diastole = less time for coronary arteries to fill from aortic valve.
A loud S2 could mean what?
Either Pulmonary or Aortic valve is snapping shut due to pressure. Could be systemic HTN or pulmonary HTN.
Rheumatic heart disease typically affects which valve?
Mitral (often causes stenosis)
What anatomical features are present in the atria?
Pectinae muscles, auricle flaps (dog ear), fossa ovalis closed over.
What anatomical features are present in the ventricles?
Chordae tendinae attached to papillary muscles.
Trabeculae carnae ridges as well.
What is the order of conduction in the heart?
SA –> AV –> Bundle of His –> Bundle Branches –> Perkinjes
Which coronary artery supplies the SA and AV nodes?
The Right Coronary Artery - important if pace seems off following an MI.
Which coronary arteries cause the most MI’s?
- Left Anterior Descending
- Right Coronary Artery
- Circumflex Artery
What are the layers of the heart in order.
Heart Chamber –> Endocardium –> Myocardium –> Visceral serous layer –> pericardial sinus –> parietal serous layer –> Fibrous pericardium.
What is the order of isotype switching?
MDs Get Easy A’s.
Can’t go backwards.
Define true ribs, false ribs, typical ribs and atypical ribs.
true ribs attach directly to sternum - ribs 1-7.
False ribs don’t attach to the sternum: 8, 9 and usually 10.
Floating ribs - 11 and 12.
Typical:3-9
Atypical: 1,2,10-12.
What are the parts of the sternum?
Manubrium, body and xiphoid process.
What are the openings of the Diaphragm and where are they?
level 8- IVC
10- Esophagus
12- Aorta
Which vertebrae supply the phrenic nerve?
C3,4 and 5 keep the diaphragm alive.
Which lymph nodes are most likely to be involved in breast cancer?
Axilliary nodes, especially the pectoral node.
What is the imaginary line cut through the sternal angle called?
The Transverse Thoracic Plane (T4/5)
What are the branches of the aorta in order?
Braceocephalic, left carotid, left subclavian
Where does the azygous system rest?
On the right side of the thorax, posteriorly. It is the only vein system to sit posteriorly. Its left side counterpart is the hemiazygos.
What are the two types of anemia? Which is more serious?
Regenerative and Aregenerative.
Regenerative is more serious because it means their production is fine but they are still anemic = bleeding/haemolysis.
What are the two tests of the coagulation cascade and do they measure all the way to a clot?
The APTT (intrinsic) and INR (extrinsic) tests only measure amount of Fibrin, they do not take into account the Factor 13 conversion into an X-linked clot.
What is Virchow’s Triad and name two causes of each of the 3 points.
- Endothelial damage - smoking, HTN
- Hypercoagulability - OCP, pregnancy
- Blood stasis - Plane ride, AF
Best immediate treatment for shock?
FLUIDS