cvs Flashcards
% oxygentated blood that goes from mother to baby via umbilical vein
80%
clinical features of carcinoid syndrome
flushing diarrhea, cramps, n+v cough, wheezing, dyspnoea nodular liver owing to hepatic mets
four sites of baroreceptors
carotid sinus / aortic arch r atrium l atrium
6 x circulating hormones that cause vasodilation
adrenaline only in skeletal muscle / liver cgrp-alpha substance P histamine anp vip
ecg changes in hypokalemia
usually none, otherwise,
peaking p wave,
q-t not prolonged although u waves are mistaken as a lengthening of the t wave
flattening of t waves
serotonin found where
platetels chromaffin tissue in gut tissue in brain retina
4 x vasoactive substances released in carcinoid syndrome
serotonin bradykining and kallikreins prostaglandin histamine
atrial flutter ecg patter
sawtooth pattern, 200-350/min ventricular rate slowed by carotid pressure
function of atrial natriuretic peptide
protein in atrial muscle that naturally wants to get rid of water
serotonin derived from?
trytophan
two effects of histamine
dilates arteriorles increases vascular permeability
what is wpw syndrome?
additional aberrant muscular or nodal tissue connection, bundle of kent b/w atrai and ventricles
conducts more rapidlythan the slowly conducting AV node
4x features of congenital ventricular septal defect
pansystolic mummr increased pulmonary blood flow possibley late rvf poissibly late pulmonary hypertension
3 x stimulates for anp release
increase cvp, hr or immersion of body in water