IHD Flashcards
Risk factors for IHD
Dm, obesity, male, increasing age, hypercholesterolemia, htn, smoking, sedentary life, genetics
dysrhythmias, angina, acute MI, sudden death
Stable angina develops…..
Develops in the setting where CA is partiall or sig occluded greater than 70%. Chronic narrowing of CA.
Angina Pectoris releases what?
Release of adenosine and bradykinin
Release of adenosine and bradykinin cause…..
Cardiac nociceptors->
Afferent neurons->
send pain?
arrises at T1-T5 sympathetic ganglia
slow AV conduction
decrease cardiac contractility
dermatomes for angina/ other diagnosis
C8 – T4 dermatome,
C8 = hands
T4 = nipple line
Retrosternal chest pain, pressure, heaviness
Radiates to neck, left shoulder, left arm, or jaw
Occasionally to back or down both arms. chest pain with physical exertion cold weather or emotional tension
Chronic stable CP
Chest pain that does NOT change in frequency or severity in 2-month period
doesn’t hurt more or happening more often
Unstable CP
Chest pain increasing in frequency and/or severity without increase in cardiac biomarkers
12 lead ECG changes look for
ST segment depression
Associated T wave inversion
ST elevation
order biomarkers to correlate
previous MI changes
Exercise stress test assess….
Assessing the Relationship of cardiac stressor/ movement to chest pain
assess supply and demand balance
looking for greater degree of ST changes with stress, greater depression = increased CAD
What dx cardiac test has greater sensitivity for assessing CAD?
nuclear stress imaging
tracers accumulating = good flow
dark area = no tracer = ischemia
Nuclear stress imaging
measures…..
Size of perfusion abnormality = significance of CAD detected
Estimates LV systolic size and function
Differentiates new perfusion abnormality vs. “old” MI
Tracers for nuclear stress imaging used with/without exercise
Thallium
Atropine, dobutamine, and pacing- used to help increase hr and cause the stress.
Adenosine, dipyridamole- Help with dilating the areas after we induce stress, only dilate normal CA not going to evoke change in arteries that are atherosclerotic. Poor arteries/ inflamed from atherosclerosis, these wont dilate them anymore
Get Echo when….
patho Q wave and new BBB
Echo assesses….
Wall motion abnormalities
Valvular function
Function of Coronary angiography
Determines location of occlusive disease
Diagnose Prinzmetal (variant/spasm) angina
Assess results of angioplasty/stenting
Coronary angiography does not measure…..
Does NOT measure stability of plaque; when it will rupture
Gen treatment for IHD
Cessation of smoking
Ideal body weight
Low-fat, low-cholesterol diet; Statins;
Regular aerobic exercise
Treatment of hypertension
When are statins prescribed
increased trig
LDL > 160 mg/dl, 50% reduction is what they are looking for
ASA moa
inhibits cox 1 = inhibits thromboxane A2= decreased clotting.
Irreversible, plat life span = 7 days
Platlets given to plavix pts is effective….
24 hours after the last dose / 5 half lives
Platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor antagonists meds and MOA
(abciximab, eptifibatide, tirofiban)
Inhibit platelet activation, adhesion, and aggregation
Plavix metabolite increases clearance by….
6-8 hrs
Thienopyridines (P2Y12inhibitors)
medications
Clopidogrel and Prasugrel
Clopidogrel MOA
Inhibits ADP receptor P2Y12 and platelet aggregation
when clopidogrel is DC’s platlets….
D/C ~ 80% of platelets recover to normal function , takes time and we are always making plat
clopidogrel hypo/hyper responsive percentage
10 - 20% of people hypo/hyper-responsive = less predictable pharmacodynamics
Clopidogrel and PPI’s
reduce the effectiveness of the drug
Pragusul compared to clopidogrel
More predictable pharmacokinetics; more potent than Plavix.
Higher risk of bleeding
Nitrates effect
Decrease frequency, duration, and severity of CP
Increase exercise to produce ST-segment depression
Dilate coronary arteries and collaterals
Decrease peripheral vascular resistance
Decreases preload
Potential anti-thrombotic effects; not well researched
Nitrates are contraindicated in……
Contraindicated with aortic stenosis and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
AS = need more venous return for forward motion
HC = outflow obstructed
Nitrates drug interactions
Synergistic with beta-blockers/calcium channel blockers; if given in addition then the effect is more profound.
Only drug to prolong life in CAD pts
Beta blockers
Decreases risk of death and reinfarction in MI pts
Beta blockers effects
Anti-ischemic, anti-hypertensive, anti-dysrhythmic
medication that Increased risk of bronchospasm in reactive airway disease
Beta 2 adrenergic blockers
(propranolol, nadolol)
Beta 1 blockers
Blockade of β1- receptors (atenolol, metoprolol, acebutolol, or bisoprolol)
Beta blockers effect
Decrease Heart rate
Inrease Diastolic time
Reduce Myocardial contractility
Decrease Myocardial oxygen demand
Helping heart to relax and refill, when increasing diastolic time = increases coronary perfusion time.
medication that is Uniquely effective for decreasing frequency/severity of spasm in coronary arteries (prinzmental)
CCB
Dilate coronary arteries,
CCB decrease ……
Vascular smooth muscle tone
Contractility
Oxygen consumption
Systemic BP
Beta blockers compared to CCBs
Not as effective as beta blockers in decreasing incidence of myocardial reinfarction
Angiotensin II increases….
Myocardial hypertrophy
Interstitial myocardial fibrosis
Coronary vasoconstriction
Inflammatory responses
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