Heart Sounds/ Physiology Flashcards
1
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- Faint, only audible by listening carefully for a period time
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Grade 1
2
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- Faint, but easily heard
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Grade 2
3
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- Moderately loud, not thrill
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Grade 3
4
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- Very loud, thrill palpable
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Grade 4
5
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- Extremely loud, heard with edge of stethoscope, thrill present
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Grade 5
6
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- Heard without the use of stethoscope, thrill
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Grade 6
7
Q
Ways that increase venous return?
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- Inspiration (decreases intrathoracic pressure, increases venous return, increases blood flow across right sided valves)
- Squatting (increases venous return to the heart, increases ventricular filing, increases blood flow across valves
- Amyl Nitrate
Exceptions: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy & Mitrial valve prolapse
8
Q
which valves are the most important for normal function of the heart? which rarely cause significant clinical problems?
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- Mitrial and Aortic valves most important for normal functioning of the heart
- right sided valve problems rarely cause significant clinical problems
9
Q
which valves are open during systole?
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- Aortic and pulmonic valves OPEN
10
Q
which valves are open during diastole?
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Mitrial and Tricuspid OPEN
11
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What decreases stroke volume/delivery to the heart?
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Valsalva Maneuver (straining increases intrathroacic pressure; which decreases venous return to the heart; which leads to decreased left ventriuclar filling; and decreased blood flow) across valves
* 2. Standing (decreases venous return to heart, decreases left ventricular filling/stroke volume, decreases blood flow across valves)
12
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- pathophys: LV outflow obstruction leads to fixed cardiac out, increased afterload, left ventricular hypertrophy
- EKG: Heightened QRS due to ventricle muscle hypertrophy
- systolic crescendo-decrescendo murmur best heard at the right upper sternal border; radiating to the carotid artery
- sx when severe: dyspnea or syncope with exertion; angina, Myocardial infarction
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Aortic stenosis
13
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- early diastolic blowing decrescendo murmur best heard at the left upper sternal border
- high peripheral pressure causes blood flow to flow back over valve
- also leads to ventricular hypertrophy
- when severe intensity of murmur, sound may decline due to heart failure and high diastolic ventricular pressure(soft doesn’t mean better)
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Aortic insufficiency/Regurgitation
14
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- most common cause of mitrial regurgitation in the US
- Leaflets of the mitrial valve bulge into the left atrium during systole
- mid-late systolic ejection click best heard at the apex
- sx: most are asymptomatic, but may have autonomic dysfunction(anxiety, atypical chest pain, panic attacks, palpitations)
valsalva/standing= earlier click; squatting, leg raise= delayed click
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Mitrial valve prolapse
15
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- systolic murmur
- asymmetric hypertrophy of intraseptal wall of ventricle
- ventricle contracts and casues dynamic stenosis/obstruction of the aortic output
- beta blockers to decrease velocity of contraction and increase residual volume
- EKG: ventricular hypertrophy = heightened
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Idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis