Heart Flashcards
Three mechanisms that initially maintain cardiac output in HF
1) Frank-Starling, 2) hypertrophy and/or dilation, 3) neurohormonal (adrenergic, RAAS, and ANP)
Effect of pressure overload
Parallel formation of new sarcomeres = hypertrophy (lalaki to cope)
Effect of volume overload
Series formation of new sarcomeres = dilation (dadami to cover greater volume)
Common causes of left-sided HF
Ischemic heart disease, HTN, aortic and mitral valve diseases, primary myocardial diseases
Common causes of right-sided HF
Left-sided HF (most common) and cor pulmonale
Organ more affected by left-sided HF than right-sided HF
Lungs
Organs hypoperfused by left-sided HF
Kidneys (prerenal azotemia) and brain (hypoxic enceph)
More prominent finding in right-sided HF due to third spacing
Effusions and ascites
Most common genetic cause of congenital heart disease
Trisomy 21
Marks the irreversibility of CHD lesions
Pulmonary HTN
Most common type of ASD
Ostium secundum (90%)
ASD adjacent to AV valves
Ostium primum
Associated with ostium primum
AV valve defects and VSD
ASD near the entrance of the SVC
Sinus venosus
Clinical findings pointing to ASD
Widely fixed split S2 (due to prolonged ejection of RV and increased blood flow across PV), and murmur (pulmonic stenosis-like due to increase blood flow across PV)
Most common congenital heart defect
VSD
Most common type of VSD
Perimembranous (90%), other types include infundibular and muscular
Cut-off size for VSD that would determine if clinically symptomatic or well-tolerated
> 10 mm
T or F: Small muscular VSDs are more likely to close than membranous
True
Vast majority of VSDs that close do so before age __
Four years of age
Adult remnant of PDA
Ligamentum arteriosum
Embryonic structure represented by median umbilical ligament
Urachus
Embryonic structure represented by medial umbilical ligament
WALA (mediaNNNN ang urachus)
CHD associated with continuous, machinery-like murmur
PDA
Administered to infants relying on PDA to survive other CHDs
PGE2 (alprostadil), a prostaglandin analogue (vs indomethacin, which can be used to close the PDA)
Most common cyanotic heart disease overall
TOF
Most common cyanotic heart disease in newborns
TGA
Defect causing TOF
Anterosuperior displacement of infundibular septum
Components of TOF
RVH, VSD, overriding aorta, pulmonary outflow obstruction
Couer en sabot
Boot-shaped heart on CXR
The degree of ___ determines clinical consequences
PS (if mild, “pink TOF” that acts like VSD; if considerable, then classic TOF with tet spells)
Epidemiologic profile of patients with TGA
Infant of diabetic mothers and male (3:1)
Frequently associated abnormalities in TGA necessary for survival
PFO, ASD, PDA (50% also have VSD)
Radiographic appearance of TGA
Egg on a string or apple on a stem
Location of infantile coarctation of the aorta
Tubular hypoplasia proximal to the PDA (preductal)
Location of adult coarctation of the aorta
Coarctation opposite the ligamentum arteriosum distal to arch vessels (postductal)
Associated genetic syndrome with infantile coarctation of the aorta
Turner syndrome
Clinical findings of infantile coarctation
Lower extremity cyanosis
Clinical findings of adult coarctation
Upper extremity hypertesion with rib notching on CXR
Most common cause of ischemic heart disease
Atherosclerosis of epicardial coronary arteries
Earliest detectable feature of myocyte necrosis
Sarcolemmal membrane disruption, leading to myocardial proteins in the blood
Length of time to loss of contractility in IHD
<2 mins
Length of time to loss of irreversible cell injury in IHD
20-40 mins
Three patterns of infarction
Transmural, subendocardial, multifocal microinfarction