CVPR 312 Valve Disease Flashcards
“LUB” sound. What does this mean?
- AV valve closes (beginning of systole)
- 1st heart sound
“DUB” sound. What does this mean?
- Semilunar Valve closure (End of systole)
- 2nd heart sound
2/3 of patients with valve disease are?
Acquired stenosis
Rheumatic Fever - develops in _____ of all Group A, ß hemolytic streptococci infections.
0.3 - 3 %
Autoimmune disease in nature in which the heart valves are likely to be damaged.
Rheumatic Fever
In the diagnosis of Rheumatic Fever, what is the Jones criteria?
2 major manifestations, or
1 major & 2 minor manifestations.
5 major manifestations of Rheumatic Fever?
- ) Migratory Polyarthritis
- ) Carditis
- ) Subcutaneous Nodules
- ) Erythema Marginatum
- ) Sydenham’s chorea
Sydenham’s chorea
(neurologic syndrome-dancing movements of muscles)
Erythema Marginatum
reddening of the skin with center areas faded.
Migratory Polyarthritis
Migratory arthritis occurs when pain spreads from one joint to another. In this type of arthritis, the first joint may start to feel better before pain starts in a different joint.
The chance of relapse is much ________after initial attack; antibodies against strep & patients own tissues are just waiting to be triggered into action
Higher
Rheumatic Fever mortality rate ?
1%
Acute Pericarditis
seepage of serum and fibrin into pericardial cavity
Acute Myocarditis
Ashcoff Bodies
Endocarditis
acute valve damage
- Edema of valve leaflet
- Fibrin/platelet deposition along edge of
valve
Ashcoff Bodies
nodules found in the hearts of individuals with rheumatic fever. They result from inflammation in the heart muscle and are characteristic of rheumatic heart disease.
(Anitschkow cells)
large macrophages
Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD)
RHD is a complication of recurrent attacks of RF.
A single episode of RF usually leaves what behind?
little residual deformity
From Inflammatory Stage to
Healing Stage, the patient may be impacted by the following:
- Fusion of Commisure
- Funneling of AV valves
- Calcification
What percentage of infections progress to RF ?
3%
What percentage of patients with Rheumatic Fever suffer from mitral valve involvement as well?
70%
What percentage of patients with Rheumatic Fever have combined mitral and aortic valve involvement ?
25 %
Mitral valve involvement > in ?
women