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1
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What is cardiac arrest?

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Heart stops beating properly due to electrical disturbances

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What is a heart attack?

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Blockage in or circulation cut off to the coronary arteries

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What is heart failure?

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Heart fails as a pump and cannot meet the O2 demands of the body

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In terms of heart failure what is the difference between Systolic and diastolic in terms of EF?

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  1. Systolic: Reduced EF
  2. Diastolic: Preserved EF
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What is the difference between Systolic and diastolic in terms of EF numerically?

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  1. Systolic: <40%
  2. Diastolic: >55%
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What is the difference between systolic and diastolic in terms of contraction and relaxation during failure?

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  1. Systolic: impaired contraction
  2. Diastolic: Impaired relaxation
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How does heart failure happen commonly?

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Most commonly due to IHD/CAD

(Ischemic heart disease)

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What signs send patients into diastolic failure happen commonly?

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Due to HTN and LVH

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In all cases of CHF how many are systolic?

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60%

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How many diastolic failure consist of all CHF?

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40% with increasing prevalence

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What are some things we see during diastolic heart failure? 2

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  1. Normal EF
  2. Reduced LV compliance elevated filling pressures
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What are some less common things seen with diastolic heart failure? 4

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  1. Infiltrative myocardial disease
  2. LVH caused by aortic stenosis
  3. HTN
  4. Advanced age

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What causes elevation of Diastolic failure? 4

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  1. Elevation of LVEDP
  2. Elevation of LA pressure
  3. Elevation of pulmonary pressures
  4. Elevation of RT heart failure
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What is LT CHF due to? 3

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  1. Myocardial disease
  2. LT heart valves
  3. CAD
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What are RT sided CHF due to? 3

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  1. LT heart failure
  2. RT heart valves
  3. Lung Disease
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What are two major left heart failure causes? 2

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  1. Decreased myocardial function
  2. Increased myocardial workload
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What conditions causes decreased myocardial function of the left heart? 5

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  1. Coronary artery disease (CAD)
  2. Myocarditis
  3. Cardiomyopathy
  4. Infiltrative diseases
  5. Radiation therapy

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What causes increased myocardial workload category of left heart failure? 4

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  1. Hypertension
  2. Valvular diseases
  3. Severe regurgitation/ stenosis
  4. Increased preload/ after load

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What are some symptoms of left sided CHF? 3

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  1. The pneas (dyspnea)
  2. Fatigue
  3. Palpitations
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What type of fatigue will we see in left sided CHF?

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Not enough cardiac output +/- poor O2 exchange in lung due to increased pressure

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What is the palpitations symptoms in left sided heart failure caused by?

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Usually due to tachycardia, which is a frequent compensatory mechanism in systolic failure due to increased blood volume

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What are some left sided CHF signs? 5

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  1. Cardiomegaly
  2. Pulmonary edema
  3. Heart/ lung sounds
  4. Cheyene- stocked respiration
  5. Arrhythmia

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What is the most common cause of right sided CHF?

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Left side heart failure

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What are right sided CHF causes? 2

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  1. Left sided heart failure
  2. Primary lung Disease
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What are some types of primary lung disease that affect right sided CHF? 3

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  1. Pulmonary hypertension
  2. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  3. Emphysema

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What are some RV failure signs? 4

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  1. Signs related to underlying disease
  2. Murmur
  3. Wheezing, SOB
  4. Systemic congestion signs
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What are some systemic congestion signs in the right heart? 4

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  1. Jugular venous pulse
  2. Pitting edema
  3. Ascites
  4. Cynaosis

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What are some RV failure symptoms? 4

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  1. Fatigue
  2. Dependent edema
  3. RUQ/LUQ pain
  4. Anorexia or bloating

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What is RV fatigue?

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When CO is reduced, or poor O2 exchange in the lung

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Why is there RUQ/LUQ pain in RV failure?

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Liver/ spleen engorgement

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Why can we get RV failure from anorexia or bloating?

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From hepatic or visceral engorgement

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Cor pulmonale = what?

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Pulmonary heart disease

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What is Cor pulmonale?

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Right sided heart failure secondary to lung conditions such as COPD

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What does Cor Pulmonale not include? 2

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  1. RT heart failure secondary to LT sided dysfunction
  2. Congenital heart disease
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When does the acute pathophysiology of Cor pulmonale occur?
What is an indicator? 2

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  1. Occurs after sudden and severe stimulus with RV dilation and failure
  2. No RVH
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What are pathophysiology of Cor pulmonale? 3

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Chronic: prolonged pressure overload of the RV as it ejects into the high resistance vascular bed
1. RV hypertrophied
2. RV dilation
3. RA enlargement

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What is the gold standard for measuring pulmonary pressure?

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PCWP

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What does PCWP stand for?

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Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure

39
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Is PCWP invasive?

40
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Why is PCWP better then echo?

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Echo is non- invasive, but only gives an estimate

41
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What are some PWCP ranges? What is PWCP roughly equal? 3

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Left atrial pressure
1. 4-12 is normal
2. 12-15mmHg is boarderling
3. LAP >15mmHg PHTN

42
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How many classes of CHF?

43
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What is a class 1 CHF?

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No limitation of physical activity, ordinary physical activity does not cause symptoms

44
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What is class 2 CHF?

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Slight libation of physical activity, comfortable at rest. Ordinary physical activity causes symptoms.

45
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What is class 3 CHF?

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  1. Marked limitation of physical activity.
  2. Comfortable at rest, but less than ordinary activity causes symptoms
46
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What is Class 4 CHF? 3

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  1. Severe limitation
  2. Discomfort with any physical activity
  3. Symptoms present even at rest
47
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What is preload?

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Volume dependent pressure exerted on the walls of the ventricles by the blood in the at end diastole

EDV or end diastolic volume

48
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Which law is related to preload?

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Frank starling law

49
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What conditions cause increased preload states include? 5

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  1. Pregnancy
  2. Obesity
  3. Valvular regurgitation
  4. Intracranial shunts
  5. Electrolyte imbalances

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What is venous return affected by? 3

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  1. Blood volume
  2. Venous pressure
  3. Intrathoracic pressure
51
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What affects blood volume? 3

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  1. Body volume
  2. Pregnancy
  3. Blood loss
52
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Intrathoracic pressure is ______________ in a normal adult?

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Auto regulated

53
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What is afterload?

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Amount of tension the ventricles must generate in order to eject blood

54
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Afterload is directly affected by what?

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Arterial blood pressure

55
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High afterload reduces SV but increases what?

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End systolic volume in the LV

56
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What is afterload increased by? 4

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  1. High systemic BP = high afterload (LV)
  2. High PA pressure = High afterload (RV)
  3. Aortic stenosis (LV) / Pulmonary stenosis (RV)
  4. Coarctation of the aorta (LV)
57
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What is the Cardiac output formula?

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CO = HR x SV

58
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What are some factors that affect Heart rate? 4

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  1. Autonomic innvervation
  2. Hormones
  3. Fitness levels
  4. Age

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59
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What are factors affecting stroke volume? 7

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  1. Heart size
  2. Fitness levels
  3. Gender
  4. Contractility
  5. Duration of contraction
  6. Preload
  7. Afterload (resistance)
60
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What are two CHF pathophysiology? 2

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  1. Decreased SV/CO
  2. Compensation
61
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What does deceased SV/CO do in terms of CHF pathophysiology? 2

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  1. BNP release
  2. BNP lab marker for CHF
62
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What is compensation in terms of CHF pathophysiology? 3

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  1. Increase HR
  2. Structural changes to increase SV
  3. Renal changes
63
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How does compension increase HR?

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Decreases the time to fill

64
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How does structural changes increases SV? 2

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  1. DCM&raquo_space;» bigger, but weaker
  2. HCM&raquo_space;» thicker, but stiffer

Dilated cardio myopathy and hypertrophic cardio myopathy

65
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What is renal changes in terms of compensation?

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Kidneys want more blood, so they release hormones which inadvertently lead to salt and water retention

66
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What are some treatment options for CHF? 3

A

Depends upon underlying cause and symptoms but generally
1. Lifestyle
2. Medication
3. Pacemakers, defibrillator, LV assist devices

67
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What are some medications for CHF? 4

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  1. Diuretics
  2. Inotropic agents
  3. Beta blockers
  4. Anti- arrhythmic
68
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What does diuretics do in terms of CHF?

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Decreases preload and afterload by promoting urination to decrease intravascular volume

69
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What does inotropic agents due in terms of CHF? 2

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  1. increases contractility, SV
  2. HFrEF pts
70
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How does ACE inhibitors affects CHF?

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Decreases afterload by dilated blood vessels

71
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How does beta blockers affect CHF?

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Decreases HR and contractility by blocking the sympathetic response

72
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How does anti-arrhythmic affects CHF? How does each type work? 2

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  1. Corrects arrhythmias
  2. Each type works differently
73
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PTs with arrhytmias are are also frequently on what in conjunction with anti-arrhytmics?

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Blood thinners due to high risk of thrombus

74
Q

Most pacemakers have how many wires?

75
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______ pacemakers are new technology

76
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Where does the two wires of the pacemaker go?

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1 lead wire in the RV and one in the RA coronary sinus

77
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What is an LV assist device?

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External control device with internal pump

78
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LV assist devices are very helpful for patients with what?

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Severe LV systolic dysfunction <30% EF

79
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What does LV assist devices lower?

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Lowers LV afterload by pumping some of the forward volume

80
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What is the role of echo in CHF?

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Determination underlying etiology

81
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What does echo assess in terms of CHF? 6

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  1. Chamber sizes
  2. LV/RV systolic function
  3. Diastolic function and filling pressures
  4. RT sided pressures
  5. Valvular function
  6. Progression of known diseases
82
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What happens to the LV Mass during CHF in terms of geometry?

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Increase in LV mass via hypertrophy

83
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What are two results of LV increasing of mass during CHF? 2

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  1. Concentric LVH: Result of increased pressure (ex/ HTN)
  2. Eccentric LVH: Result of increased volume (ex/ severe AI)
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What happens to the size of the heart during CHF? 2

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  1. It increases due to dilation of the LA and the LV
  2. The RV and RA may also dilate
85
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What is the most common method to assess LA size?

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LA Volume trace

86
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What is the ASE recommended method for assessing LA size?

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LA volume trace

87
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LA length should differ by how much between the views?

88
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What do we use to assess systolic performance?

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Simpsons biplane EF

89
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What can increase preload or afterload significantly

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Moderate- severe valvular regurgitation or stenosis

90
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What can push an unfit or mildly diseased heart into failure?

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Increased preload or afterload due to moderate- severe valvular regurgitation or stenosis

91
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What does HFrEF stand for?

A

Systolic failure

92
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What does HFpEF stand for?

A

Diastolic failure

93
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What is this an example of?

A

Concentric LVH

94
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What is this an example of?

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Eccentric LVH

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