Cardiovascular Disturbances Flashcards
High levels can irritate blood vessels, raise LDL Levels Marker for Irritation and Inflammation
Homocysteine
ECHO–> Lateral motion & spatial relationship
2-D
Pace Maker of the Heart
SA Node
initiates electircal impulse
Pulses Alterans
Weak and Strong beats arnateltrnate
(depression of LV decreases)
–> info about abnormalities of valvular structure & motion, chamber sz/ contents, ventricular & septal motion/ thickness, pericardial sac, ascending aorta
ECHO
TEE
Transesophageal Echocardiogram
Frank Starlings Law
*Fiber stretch during diastole -> increased force of contraction (systole) *
Transesophageal Echocardiogram
more precise echo of heart than 2-d less interference from chest wall structures –> high quality of images of thoracic aorta (except superior ascending)
Troponin I
Fastest, longest, most specific –> MI
T wave
Repolarization of ventricles
Firing of the SA nodes/ depolarization of the atrial fibers
Impulse through atria
P wave
Xanthomas
Yellow plaque cholesterol filled nodules on eyelids and ears
S1
closure of tricuspid & mitral valves
beginning of systole
sumulataneous w/ carotid pulse
heard best at mitral valce (5th ics, mcl)
=CO
SV x HR
Normal (4-8L/min)
Pulse Deficits are caused by
incomplete filling of the ventrical prior to contraction –> unable to produce a palpable pulse
Volume of blood ejected with each contraction
Stroke volume
=Cardiac Index
CO/BMI
M-mode (Echo)
Motion view –> precise views
McCarthy’s Sign
Diagonal earlobe crease
may predict heart disease/ heart attack?
Troponin T Norm. Level
C-Reactive Protein
Indicates inflammation Correlation of CRP to CAD Woman W/ Increased Levels More likely to die
Murmur
I/VI
II/VI
III/VI
IIII/VI
V/VI
VI/VI
Soft, faint, barely audible
Quiet, soft but audible
Easily audible
Loud asc w/ thrill
Extremely Loud w/ palpable thrill
Loudest w/ Visible Thrill
Measures heart’s electrical activity as wave
electrodes on chest & Limbs Standard = 12 leads
ECG/EKG
Coronary arteries are perfused during
diastole
Medications that reduce both preload and after load
Nipride
Morphine
Natrecor
(Vasodilators)
Homocysteine (High)
>15 umol/l
Hyperkinetic
Bounding
Widend pulse pressure