Embryological Heart and Clinical Correlates Flashcards
Precursor of Aorticopulmonary Septum
truncal and bulbar ridges of neural crest cells through pharyngeal arches (ectoderm)
Function of aorticopulmonary septum
partition of bulbis cords and trunks arteriosis via spiral growth
Failure of aorticopulmonary septum to develop correctly
one outflow path from fused ventricles, or transportation of great arteries (straight line development)
Transportation of Great Arteries
right ventricle to aorta with deoxygenated blood; left ventricle to pulmonary trunk with oxygenated blood. defect in aorticopulmonary septum
Transportation of Great Arteries incompatible with life unless:
patent ductus arteriosus or foramen ovale or a VSD exists so that oxygenated blood in pulmonary trunk (if ductus arterosus present) can go to aorta and systemic system. foramen ovale or VSD would allow mixture of deoxygenated and oxygenated blood in atrium or ventricles, respectively, to provide some oxygenated blood to systemic system.
most common VSD
membranous VSD
Cause of membranous VSD
failure of bulbous ridges to fuse with endocardial cushions and close the intraventricular foramen.
Clinical results of membranous VSD
initially a left to right shunt, causing pulmonary hypertension leading to pulmonary stenosis which reverses shunt and leaders to cyanosis to CHF and Eisenmenger’s Syndrom
Failure of correct migration of neural crest cells from neural tube (ectoderm)
Tetralogy of Fallout, smaller pulmonary trunk (think secondary formed, so smaller) and overriding aorta, Transposition of Great Vessels
4 Effects of Tetralogy of Fallout
1) overriding aorta
2) pulmonary stenosis which results in
3) right ventricle hypertrophy
4) VSD due to superior malalignment of sub pulmonary infundibulum
Parts of the Primitive Heart
blood flows from sinus venous (sinus vernarum and coronary sinus) to primitive atrium (auricles of right and left atria) to primitive ventricle (left ventricle) to bulbis cordis (right ventricle) to conus cordis (conus arteriousus and aortic vestibule) to truncus arteriosus (ascending aorta and pulmonary trunk) to aortic arch
Conus cordis
upper bulbis cords that splits into conus arteriousus (for right ventricle to pulmonary trunk) and aortic vestibule (for left ventricle to aorta)
ASDs
sinus venosis, probe patencey foramen ovale/ AV canal, foramen secundum, common atrium
Probe Patency of foramen ovale/AV Canal
not clinically relevent– failure to fuse septum premium and second, maintaining foramen ovalis,
Foramen secundum ASD
excessive reabsorption, most common, clinically significant
Common Atrium
complete failure for foramen secondum or primum to develop
Ectopia Cordis
faulty development of stream and pericardium due to incomplete fusion of lateral folds, cardiac failure, hypoxema. incompatible with life
Right Sinus venosus splits into
sinus venarum (smooth part of right atrial wall… incorporated in primitive atrium) and coronary sinus
Sinus venarum
pushes pectinate muscles into right half ventral part of primitive atrium, resulting in right auricle and becomes incorporated in wall of atrium.
Original right side of primitive atrium
right auricle
Left atrial wall (grows out, grows in)
incorporation of primitive pulmonary veins (split of the original pulmonary vein) gives it a smooth appearance
left auricle
pectinate muscles displaced by the incorporation of primitive pulmonary veins into left atrial wall.
Pressure switches in primitive atrium and septum closure
Initially, right atrium high pressure keeping flimsy septum primum away from rigid septum secundum due to umbilical vein supply being larger than the pulmonary supply (not needed for fetal lungs). first breath, lungs need oxygenated blood, pressure switch (left more than right) sealing the septum primum to septum secundum becoming the fossa ovalis
Bending of heart tube results in:
shifting of sinus venous into right and left horns to empty in to the right atrium via coronary sinus or septum vernarum (superior vena cava)
Only source of oxygenated blood into the sinus venosus
Umbilical veins from mother
3 ways blood enters sinus venosus
common cardinal veins (anterior/cranial; posterior/caudal) umbilical veins (oxygenated) vitelline veins (deoxygenated) all come into the heart caudally via sinus venosus
caudal and rostral anchor of the primitive heart
caudal-sinus venosus, central tendon of diaphragm
rostral–neck walls
endocardial cushions
divide AV canal into right and left atrioventricular openings
fusion of endocardial cushions
AV septum, preventing mixture of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood
endocardial cushions participate in the formation of
membranous portion of IV septum, closure of foramen primum (helps complete both IV and AV septum)