Cardiovascular Flashcards

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Angina

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severe, constricting pain caused by reduced arterial blood to myocardium –> reduced o2 to myocardial cells –> ischemia and sharp precordial pain

refers to angina pectoris

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2
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Atherosclerotic heart disease

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Narrowing vessels

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3
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Bruit

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musical or harsh auscultatory sound, abnormal

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4
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Cardiac tamponade

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fluid collection between pericardium and heart

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5
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Cor pulmonale

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enlargement of right ventricle secondary to chronic lung disease

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6
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thrill

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fine, palpable sensation

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7
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Where to listen for each valve

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Aortic valve: right 2nd IC
Pulmonic valve: left 2nd
Erb's: left third
Mitral: Apex, 5th IC mid-clav
Tricuspid: 4th IC, left sternal border
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8
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Heart muscle layers

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  • epicardium: thin/outermost covering, extends to great vessels, aka visceral pericardium
  • myocardium: thick muscular layer, pumping action, most metabolically active so tends to necrose during MI
  • endocardium: inner lining of each chamber, valves, chordae tendineae
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9
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Ventricular pressure cycle

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  • most important

- left ventricular pressure cycle

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10
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S1

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  • first heart sound, when mitral and tricuspid valves closed
  • atrial pressure higher during diastole
  • ventricle contracts, blood flow reverses, mitral valve closes, - pressure high in left ventricle
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S2

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  • 2nd heart sound, aortic and pulmonic valves closed
  • ventricular pressure > atrial pressure so blood pumped into aorta and when the ventircle < aortic pressure, valves close –> S2 sound
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S3

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  • Filling of ventricle from atria
  • OS = opening snap, rarely heard, can be normal
  • pathologic in older pts
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13
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S4

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  • murmurs in diastole, pathologic
  • turbulent flow as atrium contracts into a large or restricted ventricle
  • sound = blood hitting ventricle abnormally
  • atrial kick at end of diastole
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14
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Split heart sounds

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Sounds on right side may lag behind those of left side due to lower pressures

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15
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Sudden death in young people

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  • Most common = asymmetric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

- second: arrhythmia

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16
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Ask if skipped beats are related to…

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nicotine or caffeine, illicit drugs, exercise worsen/helps

17
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PROS

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General: fatigue/F
HEENT: negative
Resp: cough, sputum, blood, pillows, orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea
GI: heartburn, food related, epigastric pain, waterbrash
Other: rash, trauma, psych

18
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how many of THE CHADS can present as chest pain

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7 - stroke does not present as cp

19
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History/risk factors for CP

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  1. cigarettes
  2. poor diet
  3. inactivity
  4. obesity
  5. htn
  6. hyperlip
  7. DM
  8. CAD
  9. CVA
  10. fmhx - <65 1st degree female
  11. scarlet fever
  12. mitral prolapse
  13. alcohol
  14. illicits
    Other: caffeine intake, stimulant, salt, stress (illness, starvation, death, job loss, anxiety)
20
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PE - inspection

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shape, scars, pacemaker, JVD, cyanosis

21
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Xanthoma

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yellow patches on eye - risk factor for hyperlipidiema and CAD

22
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PMI

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commonly used for cardiac exam
5th interspace at mid-clavicular line, lean forward

less common - thrill/hyper-dynamic motion

23
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Percussion

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seldom used in cardiac exam

24
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Diaphragm used for

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higher pitched sounds
S1
S2
Breaths

25
Bell used for
low pitched sounds murmurs S3 S4
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Mitral valve prolapse
associated with midsystolic clikc over mitral area and sot mid to late systolic murmur "click-murmur" syndrome
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Positioning
- low pitched filling sounds in diastole are made stronger by laying pt on left lateral recumbent - pericarditis feels worse cp when supine - prefer to sit up
28
Naming a murmur
1. Grade - out of 6 2. where in cycle - systolic can be normal, pathologic if diastolic 3. Sound shape - crescendo/decrescendo 4. Sound quality - harsh, rumbling, machine like, soft 5. Heard loudest - regions, ex R/L IC 6. radiation - lateral chest wall, carotids
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Aortic ejection sound
heard in early systole, high pitched, radiates up into carotids, not affected by respiration
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Pulmonic ejection sound
heard in early systole, less intense than aortic ejection sounds, intensifies on expiration, decreases on inspiration
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Opening snap
- diastolic event that si the sound of a pathologically deformed mitral valve (stenosis) - heard briefly in diastole, before an S3 is heard - high pitched, sharp snap or click, not affected by respiration, easily confused with S2
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Pericardial friction rub
intense, grating sound, loud enough to mimic murmur, best heard at apex, both systole and diastole
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Normal PE
- jugular venous pulse <3cm about the sternala ngle with head of bed at 45 degrees - carotid upstrokes are brisk, no bruits - point of maximal impulse is tapping at mdiclavicular line in 5th IC - crisp S1 and S2 - base: S2 is greater than S1 and physiologically split with A2 before P2 - apex: S1 is greater than S2 and constsnt - no murmurs, S3 or S4
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CHF PE
- JVP is 5cm above sternal angle with head of bed at 50 degrees - pulses out of sync with atrial contraction - carotid upstrokes brisk, bruit sometimes heard over left - PMI is diffuse, at the anterior axillary line and in the 6th IC - S1 and S2 are soft, S3 present at apex - high pitched harsh 2/6 holosystolic murmur best heard at apex, radiates to axilla - S4 shows up with fluid...