Exam 1 Cardiac Continued Flashcards
Classification of heart failure (4 of them)
- Class I: no symptoms with activity
- Class II: symptoms with ordinary activity
- Class III: symptoms with minimal exertion
- Class IV: symptoms at rest
Left-sided heart failure (congestive heart failure) symptoms
- Weakness
- Pallor
- Fatigue
- Dizziness
- Acute confusion (low flow)
- Pulmonary congestion
- tachycardia
- S3 heart sound
- Breathlessness
- Oliguria during day/nocturia at night
Right sided heart failure symptoms
- Jugular vein distention
- Increased abdominal girth
- Dependent edema
- Hepatomegaly
- Hepatojugular reflux
- Ascites
- Weight most reliable indicator of fluid gain/loss
Causes of Right heart failure
- left ventricular failure, right ventricular MI, pulmonary hypertension
- Right ventricle cannot empty completely
- `Increased volume and pressure in venous system and peripheral edema
Causes of Left heart failure
- hypertension, coronary artery, valvular disease
- Not all cases involve fluid accumulation
- Two types:
systolic (ventricles pump out less than 40-50% of the blood) and diastolic (The stiff ventricles fill with less blood than usual)
MAWDS education for Heart failure
- Medications: Take your medications as prescribed by your doctor.
- Activity: Stay active every day.
- Weight: Weigh yourself each day.
- Diet: Follow your diet.
- Symptoms: Recognize your symptoms and know when to call for help.
Preventing or Managing Pulmonary Edema in heart failure
- Assess for early signs (e.g., crackles in bases)
- Weight gain
- Dyspnea at rest, disorientation, confusion
- High Fowler’s position
- Oxygen therapy
- Nitroglycerin
- Rapid-acting diuretics
- IV morphine sulfate
- Continual assessment
Heart transplant complications
- Shortness of breath
- Fatigue
- Weight gain
- Decrease in blood pressure
- Persistent cough
- Irregular heart beat
- Low-grade fever – 99 to100 degrees Fahrenheit
Long term complications of a heart transplant
- Denervated heart
- Cannot feel chest pain
- Reinnervation does sometime occur - Chronic immunosuppression
- Osteoporosis, fragile skin, obesity
- HTN, liver and kidney disease - Graft vasculopathy
- Diffuse, rapidly progressing CAD
- Result of chronic rejection
Different types of valvular disease
- Mitral stenosis (murmur during diastole
- Mitral regurgitation (insufficiency)
- Mitral valve prolapse
- Aortic stenosis
- Aortic regurgitation (insufficiency)
Symptoms of mitral stenosis (valve fail to fully open) (listen at the Fifth ICS, left mid-clavicular line)
- Dyspnea on exertion (DOE), Fatigue
Palpitations - Hemoptysis
- Hoarseness
- Dysphagia
- JVD
- Orthopnea
- PND, Cough
- Atrial Fib
- S1, opening snap
- Right Ventricular hypertrophy and failure
- Pulmonary Congestion
- Low CO
- diastolic murmer
Symptoms of mitral regurgitation (valve fail to fully close) (listen at the Fifth ICS, left mid-clavicular line)
- Dyspnea on exertion (DOE), Fatigue Palpitations - Crackles in lungs - PND - Atrial Fib - S3 and/or S4 - Left Ventricle & Atrial dilation & hypertrophy -Pulmonary congestion -Low CO - Systolic murmer
Symptoms of aortic stenosis (valve fail to fully open) (listen at the Second right intercostal space (ICS), right sternal border)
- Dyspnea of exertion (DOE), fatigue
Palpitations - LV Heart failure
- Syncope
- Narrow pulse pressure
- Angina
- S3 and/or S4
- Left ventricular hypertrophy,
-Pulmonary congestion
-Sudden cardiac death - systolic murmer
Symptoms of aortic regurgitation (valve fail to fully close) (listen at the Second right intercostal space (ICS), right sternal border)
- Dyspnea of exertion (DOE), Fatigue
Palpitations - Widened pulse pressure
- Angina
- S3
- Left Ventricular dilation& hypertrophy
- diastolic murmer
Nonsurgical management for valvular disease
- Rest
- Drug therapy:
- Heart failure
- Control symptoms with medication
- Diuretics, Beta blockers, Digoxin, Oxygen
- Nitrates, Vasodilators
- Prophylactic antibiotics
- Arrhythmias
- More then 50% will have atrial fibrillation
- Anticoagulants
Surgical management for valvular disease
Valve Replacement
Mechanical: Durable, Lifelong anticoagulant
Tissue: Less durable, No anticoagulant needed
Different types of cardiomyopathy
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Restrictive cardiomyopathy
- Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
Symptoms of dilated cardiomyopathy
- Heart Failure
- Arrhythmias
Treatment for dilated cardiomyopathy
- Low Na Diet,
- Diuretics, Dig Ace Inhibitor, Vasodilators,
- Anticoagulate
Symptoms of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Dyspnea on exertion (DOE)
- Heart Failure
- SVT (supraventricular tachycardia)
- VT (ventricular tachycardia)
- Syncope,
- SCD
Treatment for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Decrease Activity,
- Beta Blocker
- Calcium Channel Blockers
- Antiarrhythmias
- ICD
Symptoms of restrictive cardiomyopathy
- Backward Heart Failure
- Dyspnea
- Orthopnea
- Liver engorgement