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Causes of left ventricular hypertrophy? (2)

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  1. Htn

2. Aortic or Mitral valvular disease

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Causes of right ventricular hypertrophy (4)

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  1. Left ventricular failure
  2. Chronic lung disease
  3. Mitral valve disease
  4. Congenital left-to-right shunt
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Another name for right ventricular failure?

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cor pulmonale

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What 2 things can lead to right ventricular failure?

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  1. RIght ventricular hypertrophy

2. Dilation secondary to lung disease OR disease of pulmonary vasculature like pulmonary Htn or emphysema.

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Two main causes of heart failure?

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  1. Demand extra work of heart (htn, valvular disease)

2. Damaged heart muscle (ischemia)

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Congestive heart failure (CHF) from failure of what structures in the heart?

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Left or Right ventricles or both.

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Signs and symptoms of CHF?

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Tiredness, development of edema

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Compensatory responses to CHF? (4)

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  1. Ventricles enlarge and contract more forcefully
  2. Constriction of arterioles to redistribute blood
  3. Sympathetic and renin-angiotensin systems
  4. Desensitization of cardiac muscle to sympathetic stimulation
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Left-sided heart failure causes (4)?

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  1. ischemic heart disease/MI
  2. Hypertension
  3. Aortic/mitral valvular disease
  4. Myocardial disease
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Left-sided heart failure clinical manifestations in the lung?

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dyspnea and orthopnea, pleural effusion and hydrothorax

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Left-sided heart failure clinical manifestations in the kidney?

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reduction of renal perfusion, water & salt retained

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Left-sided heart failure clinical manifestations in the Brain?

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cerebral anoxia (infrequent)

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What organs does left-sided heart failure affect most?

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Kidney, Lung, Brain

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What causes pulmonary edema in left-sided heart failure?

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left atrium dilation leads to increased pressure in pulmonary capillaries

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Right sided heart failure - most common cause?

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Left sided heart failure lol

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Right-sided hear failure causes (3)

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  1. Left-sided heart failure/lesions
  2. Pulmonary htn
  3. Cardiomyopathy or myocarditis
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Right-sided heart failure clinical manifestations? (6)

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  1. Neck veins distended
  2. Subcutaneous peripheral edema (pitting edema on ankles)
  3. Transudation of fluid in interstitial tissues
  4. Lung-pleural effusion, ascites, hydrothorax
  5. Kidney - hypoxia
    6 .Liver - congested, enlarged
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Biventricular failure usually comes from?

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left-to-right involvement or chronic left-sided heart failure

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What is the most common cardiac disease and leading cause of death in western world?

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Ischemic/coronary heart disease

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Main cause of ischemic heart disease?

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Atherosclerotic narrowing of coronary arteries

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Acute manifestations of ischemic heart disease?

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Unstable angina, MI, cardiac death

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Chronic manifestations of ischemic heart disease?

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stable angina, cardiac failure

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Which ventricle is more prone to ischemic heart disease? Why?

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Left, because it is larger and demands more oxygen

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Ischemic heart disease clinical manifestations? (4)

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  1. can be silent
  2. angina pectoris
  3. MI
  4. chronic ischemic heart disease
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What is angina pectoris?

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episodic chest pain

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Angina pectoris source of pain?

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inadequate oxygenation of myocardium when exercising

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Underlying causes of angina pectoris? (2)

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  1. at least one stenosis of more than half of lumen of coronary artery
  2. Repeated episodes of impaired blood flow leads to fine fibrosis of myocardium
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3 Types of angina pectoris?

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  1. prinzmetal
  2. stable
  3. unstable/CRESCENDO
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29
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Prinzmetal angina is what? Caused by?

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intermitted pain at rest, vasospasm

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Stable angina is what? Caused by?

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Pain upon exertion, caused by atherosclerotic narrowing of coronary vessels

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Unstable angina is what? Caused by?

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Prolonged/recurrent pain at rest, caused by fissuring of plaques

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unstable angina is indicative of what?

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imminent MI

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Eccentric vs. Concentric plaques - whats the diff

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Eccentric - rich in lipid, one segment of wall, improved by drugs
Concentric - rich in collagen, entire wall, drugs don’t help

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Main cause of ischemic heart disease?

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Thrombosis

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MI leads to what kind of necrosis?

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coagulative necrosis

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36
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MI releases what into blood?

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myocardial enzymes b/c of altered membrane permeability of necrotic cells

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Two patterns of MI?

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  1. regional/transmural infarction - full thickness of wall

2. subendocardial infarction - interior 1/3 of left ventricular wall

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Transmural MI occurs in what % of MI cases

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90%

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39
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Cause of transmural MI?

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nearly always thrombus, complete occlusion

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40
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Subendocardial MI what % of MI cases?

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10%

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41
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Cause of subendocardial MI?

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general hypoperfusion of main coronary arteries

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42
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MI extent and distribution depends on what?

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which coronary artery branch is occluded

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43
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Vast majority of infarcts affect which regions of heart?

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Left ventricle and septal region

44
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End result of MI? Time span?

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replacement of necrotic scar with collagenous scar, takes 6-8 weeks

45
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Tissue changes 6h post-MI?

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vascular congestion at perimeter of lesion

46
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Tissue changes 12h post-MI?

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PMNs arrive

47
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Tissue changes 24h post-MI?

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pale and swelling
muscle becomes pinker, loses striation and nuclei (coagulative necrosis)
PMNs invade

48
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Tissue changes 3d post-MI?

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yellow

Macrophages arrive, eat debris

49
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7d post-MI?

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yellow inside red
fibroblasts grow into region
vessels grow into region

50
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Sudden cardiac death - symptoms?

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often none

51
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Sudden cardiac death usually due to?

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ventricular fibrillation

52
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Sudden cardiac death v-fib usually arises from what?

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thrombotic events destroy muscle, disturb normal rhythm

53
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Short-term complications of MI typically occur within..?

54
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6 short-term complications of MI?

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  1. further cardiac dysrhythmia when AV node is involved
  2. Left ventricular failure if large area of involvement
  3. rupture of ventricular wall
  4. papillary muscle dysfunction - from infarct/rupture
  5. Mural thrombus formation - inflamed endocardium
  6. acute pericarditis - inflammation over infarct
55
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4 long-term complications of MI?

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  1. chronic left-heart failure
  2. ventricular aneurysm formation - gradual distention
  3. recurrent MI - underlying coronary artery insufficiency
  4. Dressler’s syndrome - immune-mediated pericarditis
56
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Rheumatic fever is what?

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Multisystem inflammatory disorder with cardiac manifestations and sequellae.

57
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What usually precedes rheumatic fever?

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streptococcal tonsilitis or pharyngitis, esp. group A beta-hemolytic strep

58
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Most important target organ of rheumatic fever?

59
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What are aschoff’s nodules?

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classic lesions of rheumatic fever, focal interstitial myocardial inflammation

60
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what do aschoff’s nodules result in?

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chronic scarring of heart valves

61
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Major manifestations of RF?

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  1. carditis
  2. polyarthritis
  3. skin rashes
  4. neurological symptoms
62
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Minor manifestations of RF?

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  1. polysynovitis
  2. arthralgia
  3. raised ESR or C-reactive protein
  4. prolonged PR on ECG
  5. FEver
63
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What is Jones’ criteria for diagnosing RF?

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  1. 2 major
  2. 1 major & 2 minor & Raised anti-strep antibody
  3. positive throat culture for group A beta-hemolytic strep
64
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Most frequently involved valve in RF?

65
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Least frequently involved valve in RF?

66
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Cause of pancarditis?

67
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3 components of pancarditis?

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  1. rheumatic pericarditis
  2. rheumatic myocarditis
  3. rheumatic endocarditis
    aschoff’s nodules, fibrous, and edema everywhere
68
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Two main types of heart valve defects

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  1. stenosis - narrowing/failure to open

2. incompetence - failure to close

69
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Which valves are more frequent sites of endocarditis & thrombic vegetation formation?

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left side valves

70
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Valve collagen exposure can lead to two paths?

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  1. vegetation

2. mechanical abnormality

71
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Most cases of chronic valve scarring due to?

72
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Mitral stenosis can lead to…

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pulmonary hypertension, left-side heart failure, atrial fibrillation and atrial thrombosis

73
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Mitral stenosis caused by?

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post-inflammatory scarring of valve tips, 50% have had RF

74
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Causes of mitral valve incompetence

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  1. rheumatic heart disease
  2. infarct
  3. left ventricular dilation/annulus
  4. infection
  5. mitral valve prolapse
75
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Result of mitral valve incompetence? (3)

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  1. left ventricular enlargement/giant left atrium
  2. pulmonary edema if papillary muscle ruptures
  3. end result –> left sided heart failure
76
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Mitral valve prolapse aka?

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floppy valve syndrome

77
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most frequent valve lesion?

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mitral valve prolapse

78
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what is the parachute deformity of mitral prolapse?

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posterior valve leaflet is soft and bulges upward during systole

79
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Mitral valve prolapse complications?

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mitral insufficiency, predisposition to infective endocarditis

80
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Libman-sacks endocarditis associated with what condition?

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systemic lupus

81
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Clinical manifestations of libman sacks endocarditis?

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vegetation on leaflets, high titers of anti-cardiolipin antibodies

82
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Infective endocarditis manifestations (3)

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  1. infection of endocardium
  2. vegetations
  3. complications such as ulcers or chordae tendinae rupture
83
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IE group 1 vs group 2

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Group 1: low pathology, persistent infection in platelet mesh
Group 2: pathogenic, directly invade valve, rapid destruction

84
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Acute vs. Subacute IE

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Acute: rapidly progressive, secondary to infection elsewhere, previously normal heart valve becomes infected and necroses–>heart failure.
Subacute: infection begins within structurally abnormal valves’ vegetation, gradual valve destruction–incompetence/failure, thrombus forms

85
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Main clinical effects of subacute IE (4)

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  1. small emboli –> infarct many organs
  2. gradual destruction of valves –> incompetence & heart failure
  3. immune complexes against organisms –> skin petechiae, retinal microhemorrhages, glomerulonephritis
  4. Cytokine generation –> fever, anema, weight loss, splenomegaly
86
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What is the most important way to diagnose IE?

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blood culture

87
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Cardiomyopathy is abnormal cardiac function due to what?

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abnormal cardiac function due to primary disease of myocardium, NOT htn, inflammation, ischemia etc.

88
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Primary cardiomyopathy - cause?

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no defined cause

idiopathic

89
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Secondary cardiomyopathy - due to what?

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underlying conditions such as diabetes, alcohol consumption

90
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3 primary cardiomyopathy patterns?

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  1. hypertrophic pattern - gene mutation, all wall thickened
  2. Dilated/congestive - dilated ventricles, walls stretched thin, poor contraction, ARVD
  3. Restrictive - infiltrative processes, stiffening
91
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What is ARVD?

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right ventricle replaced with fat, causes cardiac death in childhood/adolescence

92
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Myocarditis is what?

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inflammation of myocardium

93
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Myocarditis results in?

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interstitial edema
infiltration of lymphocytes & macrophages
necrosis
biventricular heart failure

94
Q

Rubella during 1st semester of pregnancy increases incidence of what?

A

congenital heart defects

95
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most shunts are in what direction?

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left to right because of high left ventricular pressure

96
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Atrial septal defect usually where?

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level of fossa ovale incompletely closed (ostium secundum defect)

97
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Ventricular septal defect - large and small location? prognosis?

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large - muscular wall affected, leads to pulmonary htn, right sided heart failure, cyanosis
small - confined to membranous area, can close spontaneously

98
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Patent ductus arteriosus - connects what to what?

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between aorta and pulmonary trunk

99
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Patent ductus arteriosus leads to what if not closed?

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pulmonary htn
right ventricular hypertrophy
reversal of blood flow
late cyanosis

100
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What is the tetralogy of Fallot?

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  1. VSD
  2. overriding aorta - recieves blood from both ventricles
  3. pulmonary valvular stenosis
  4. right ventricular hypertrophy
101
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Heart diseases without cyanosis?

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  1. aortic stenosis/coarctation

2. left-to-right shunt (PDA, ASD, VSD)

102
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Heart diseases WITH cyanosis?

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  1. transposition of great vessels
  2. right-to-left shunt, tetralogy of Fallot
  3. disorders where left-to-right shunt reverses b/c higher pulmonary pressure
103
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What is hydropericardium?

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accumulation of serous fluid in pericardial space

104
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Hydropericardium most often caused by?

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CHF, or hypoproteinemia diseases like chronic liver disease

105
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Hemopericardium is what?

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accumulation fo blood in pericardial sac

106
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Hemopericardium caused by what?

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traumatic perforation of heart/aorta associated with MI

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