HEART PATHOLOGY -2 Flashcards
Myocardium, Valvular Heart Disease, Pericardium, Neoplasms
List all possible cardiac causes responsible for this finding
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- The gross image shows a pale infarct in the kidney. The infarct could be caused secondary to an embolus. Cardiac conditions assoc with embolism include:
a. Dilated cardiomyopathy
b. Patent Foramen ovale
c. Artificial valve
d. Infective endocarditis, Non Bacterial Thrombotic endocarditis
e. Mural thrombus following an MI
f. Mitral valve prolapse, mitral annular calcification
g. Myocarditis.
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Using the clues provided, identify the valvular lesion
a sudden rise and then drop in pulse pressure
Head bobbing
murmur perceived best along the left sternal border- best heard with the patient leaning forward, after exhaling
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Aortic regurgitation
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List cardiac and vascular conditions assoc with increased risk for Infective endocarditis
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Rheumatic heart disease with valvular scarring
mitral valve prolapse
degenerative calcific valvular stenosis
bicuspid aortic valve (whether calcified or not)
artificial (prosthetic) valves
unrepaired and repaired congenital defects.
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1. What is this morphologic lesion called?
foci of T lymphocytes, occasional plasma cells, and plump activated macrophages called Anitschkow cells
2. Which condition is it seen?
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- Aschoff bodies
- Seen in acute rheumatic fever
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1. Identify the lesion
50 year old male, history of dyspnea. History of hospitalization with fever associated joint pain and subcutaneous nodules 20 years ago.
Listen to the heart sound and observe Wigger’s Diagram
2. What is the change seen in the Wigger’s diagram that clinches the diagnosis?
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- Mitral regurgitation
- Abrupt rise in left atrial pressure indicated by the tall v wave.
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List the complications of prosthetic valves
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Prosthetic valve endocarditis
Anticoagulant related hemorrhage
Thrombosis/thromboembolism
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50% to 70% of patients with this lesion provide a history of which condition?
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acute rheumatic fever
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1. Identify the lesion
70 year old male, history of exertional syncope and angina.
Listen to the heart sound and observe Wigger’s Diagram
2. What is the change seen in the Wigger’s diagram that clinches the diagnosis?
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- Aortic stenosis
- Left ventricular pressure (LVP) > Left atrial pressure (LAP)
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Identify this lesion that develops following papillary muscle rupture after an MI
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Mitral regurgitation
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1. What’s the most likely cardiac tumor to be associated with this condition?
5 year old child
Physical examination reveals mutliple hypomelanotic macules
USG abdomen shows multiple renal cysts
2. What is the syndrome/disease described above?
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- Rhabdomyoma
- Tuberous sclerosis
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- What’s the etiology?
bronchospasm, flushing, diarrhea
tricuspid regurgitation
2. What are the elevated biomarkers?
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- Carcinoid heart disease due to a carcinoid tumor
- serotonin, metabolite 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5HIAA)
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What pathologic pattern of cardiomyopathy best fits this description?
abnormally stiffened myocardium (because of fibrosis or an infiltrative process) leading to impaired diastolic relaxation, but systolic contractile function is typically normal or near normal
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Restrictive cardiomyopathy
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Fever
Pleuritic chest pain localized to the retrosternal area
pericardial friction rub
diffuse ST segment elevation
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Acute Pericarditis
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1. Identify the lesion
left ventricular cavity compressed into a “banana-like” configuration
Asymmetric septal hypertrophy
harsh systolic ejection murmur- heard best at the left lower sternal border, intensity increases on Valsalva
2. What is the cause of the dynamic LV outflow tract obstruction in this lesion?
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- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Asymmetric hypertrophy of the ventricular septum leading to abnormal motion of the anterior mitral valve leaflet
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1. Identify the lesion
52 year old male, history of palpitations and exertional dyspnea. History of hospitalization with fever associated joint pain and subcutaneous nodules 20 years ago.
Listen to the heart sound and observe Wigger’s Diagram
2. What is the change seen in the Wigger’s diagram that clinches the diagnosis?
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- Mitral Stenosis
- Left atrial pressure (LAP) exceeds left ventricular pressure (LVP)
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Using the clues provided, identify the valvular lesion and the most likely cause of this lesion in patients <60 years old
weakened and delayed upstroke of carotid
murmur heard best at the base of the heart but often radiates to the neck and apex
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The lesion is aortic stenosis
The cause is a congenital bicuspid aortic valve which has developed calcific deposits (look at the image carefully)
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- most frequent primary tumor of the pediatric heart
- Condition assoc with this tumor
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- Rhabdomyoma
- Tuberous sclerosis
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Causes for “culture-negative” endocarditis
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- Coxiella burnetti
- Bartonella sp
- HACEK (Haemophilus, Aggregatibacter, Cardiobacterium, Eikenella, Kingella)
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