Heart Sounds and the Cardiac Cycle Flashcards
1
Q
- What is systolic blood pressure?
A
- The pressure exerted upon the artery during heart contraction
2
Q
- What is diastolic blood pressure?
A
- The pressure exerted upon the artery wall during rest
3
Q
- What are the cardiac phases? How are each of these phases represented on an ECG?
A
- Atrial Systole= P wave (also represents late ventricular diastole)
- Atrial diastole=PR interval (slow conduction thru AV node)
- Ventricular systole=QRS complex (atrial diastole/repolarization)
- Late ventricular systole=ST segment
- Ventricular diastole=T wave (ventricular repolarization)
4
Q
- What is represented by S1?
A
- Closing of the AV valves (tricuspid and bicuspid)
5
Q
- What is represented by S2 (dub)?
A
- Closure of the semilunar valves (aortic and pulmonary)
6
Q
- What is represented by S3 (Kentucky)?
- When does it occur?
- In which population is it commonly heard?
A
- Blood filling relaxed and empty ventricle
- after S2
- Children; pathologically in adults
7
Q
- What is represented by S4 (tenessee)?
- When does this sound occur?
A
- Atrial filling from high pressure of SVC/IVC and pulmonary venous return
- Before 1st heart sound (s1)
8
Q
- What can cause abnormal valvular heart sounds?
- How are they identified?
A
- Regurgitation
- Blood going in opposite direction that it should
- Stenosis
- Turbulent flow when blood is moving thru a stiff damaged valve
- Identified based off of when they occur in the cardiac cycle?
- Systolic murmur=ventricular systole
- Diastolic murmur=ventricular diastole
9
Q
- Where are the ascultation locations on the chest?
A
- APTM (All Physicians Take Money)
- Aortic R 2nd ICS
- Pulmonic L 2nd ICS
- Tricuspid L 4th ICS
- Mitral L 5th ICS Mid clavicular line*
10
Q
- How are heart murmurs graded?
A
1 is lowest grade and 6 is the highest
11
Q
- What are the characteristics of a grade 1 murmur?
A
- Soft
- Heard in quiet surroundings
12
Q
- What are the characteristics of a grade 2 murmur?
A
- Soft
- Heard in noisy surroundings
13
Q
- What are the characteristics of a grade 3 murmur?
A
- Prominent heard murmurs
14
Q
- What are the characteristics of a grade 4 murmur?
A
- Loud
- With Thrill
15
Q
- What are the characteristics of a grade 5 murmur?
A
- Loud
- Heard against edge of stethescope when tilted against chest
- Thrill present