Exam 2 Powerpoint Flashcards
What is Cardiac Arrhythmia?
Variation in the normal heartbeat: rhythm, rate or conduction pattern of heart is distrubed.
Cardiac Arrhythmia is influcenced by ?
- Strong emotions
- Certain drugs
Cardiac arrhythmia can lead to ?
anxiety, loss of consciousness, possible death
Who are at risk for cardiac arrthymias?
- Older adults
- Long term smokers and drinkers
- People with Ischemic heart disease
- Taking certain drugs and specific systemic diseases
What are the drugs/food that can induce tachycardia?
- Atropine
- Epinephrine
- nicotine
- Ephedrine
- Caffeine
What are the drugs/food that can induce bradycardia?
- Digitalis
- Morphine
- Beta-blockers
- Calcium channel blockers
What are the common conditions for cardiac arrhythmias?
- Primary cardiovascular disorders
- Pulmonary disorders
- Autonomic disorders
- Systemic Disorders
- Drug-related adverse effects
- Electrolyte imbalances
What is the etiology for cardiac arrthymia?
- Occurs when the electrical signals that coordinate heartbeats do not work correctly
- may cause the heart to beat too fast or too slow
What are the arrhythmia symptoms ?
- Rapid heartbeat or irregular heartbeat
- A fluttering feeling in your chest
- Chest pain trouble breathing
- Weakness
- Dizziness or light headedness
- Fainting
- Fatigue
- Sweating
what are the medical management for cardiac arrhythmias ?
- meds are the first
- calcium channel blockers, beta blockers, postassium channel blockers drugs of variable mechanisms oral anticoagulants
- Other treatment options are implemented if medications are not effective
- Cardioversion implanted pacemakers, implantable carioverter-defrib, radiofrequency ablation and surgery.
For oral anticoagulants what increases the risk for stroke and blood clots?
Atrial fibrillation
What are direct oral anticoagulant?
- Pradaxa
- Eliquis
- Xarelto
What are the dental management for cardiac arrhythmias?
- Thorough Medical Hx, Vital signs to identify patients at risk
- Known history of arrhythmia
- Consult with physician if symptoms are present or if pulse is irregular
**No premedication needed **
- short , morning appts for complex procedures
- Employ stress reduction protocols
- anesthesia with vasoconstrictor is safe, only 2
- Oral anticoagulants bleeding is a consideration, obtain recent INR between 2-3.5
What is congestive heart failure?
caused by inability of the heart to function effeciently as a pump
- decrease in cardiac output
- incomplete filling or emptying of the ventricle
If Congestive heart failure is poorly managed or goes untreated what happens?
Cardiac arrest, stroke and myocardial infraction
What is the most common cause of heart failure?
- Coronary heart disease
- Hypertension
- Cardiomyopathy
- Valvular heart disease
- Myocarditis
- Infective endocarditis
- Congenital heart disease
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Pulmonary embolism
- Endocrine disease
What are signs of heart failure?
- Rapid shallow breathing
- Hyperventilation
- inspiratory cracking
- heart murmur
- increased heart rate
- gallop rhythm
- pulus alternans
- distended neck veins
- large liver
- jaundice
- peripheral edema
- ascites
- cyanosis
- weight gain
- clubbing of fingers
What are the symptoms of heart failure?
- dyspnea
- fatigue and weakness
- orthopnea
- paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea
- acute pulmonary edema
- exercise intolerance
- fatigue
- dependent edema
- weight gain
- Upper right quad pain
- Anorexia
- Hyperventilation
What is the medical management for Heart failure?
- Stage A and B: do not include heart damage, identify and treat other conditions and risks, lifestyle modifications.
- Stage C: stage A and B with salt restriction and medications
- avoid NSAIDS, calclium channel blockers and antiarrhythmics.
- Stage D: mechanical and surgical treatment
What are some dental considerations for heart failure?
- Determine the risk vs benefit of treamtent by consulting with physician
- Compensated HF posses intermediate risk during dental care (Class I)
- PT who have uncompensated HF are not candidates for elective care
- Severe Class III and All Class IV Pts needs to receive care ina hospital dental clinic
- Antibiotic premedication possble for LVAD
- Avoid NSAIDS
- Anticoagulant therapy for possible excessive bleeding
- anethesia with vasoconstrictor safe for Class I or II; max 2 cartridges