Ischemic heart disease Flashcards

1
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Clinical syndromes of ischemic heart disease

A

MI
Angina pectoris
Chronic IHD with HF
Sudden cardiac death

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2
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Determinants of myocardial oxygen supply

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Coronary perfusion pressure
Coronary vascular resistance –> external compression and intrinsic regulation

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3
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Determinants of myocardial oxygen demand

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Wall stress
HR
Contractility

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4
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Coronary artery flow is directly proportional to what?

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Perfusion pressure

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5
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Coronary artery flow is inversely proportional to what?

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Coronary vascular resistance

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6
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Value used to approximate coronary perfusion pressure

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Aortic diastolic pressure

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7
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Regulators of intrinsic control of coronary arterial tone

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Accumulation of local metabolites
Endothelium-derived substances
Neural innervation

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8
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Change in vascular smooth muscle to increase coronary blood flow

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Adenosine binds to receptors to reduce Ca entry into cells, resulting in relaxation and vasodilation

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9
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NT receptors on coronary vessels

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Alpha adrenergic
Beta-2 adrenergic

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10
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Result of stimulation of alpha adrenergic receptors on coronary vessels

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Vasoconstriction

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11
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Result of stimulation of beta-2 adrenergic receptors on coronary vessels

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Vasodilation

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12
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Way that beta blockers decrease HR?

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Reduce ATP utilization and oxygen consumption

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13
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Affect of catecholamines on the heart

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Increase force of contraction

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14
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Drug class with a negative inotropic effect

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Beta blockers

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15
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Hemodynamic significance of coronary A narrowing depends on these 2 things

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Degree of stenosis
Amount of compensatory vasodilation

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16
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Causes of vessel endothelial cell dysfunction

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Inappropriate vasoconstriction of coronary A
Loss of normal antithrombotic properties

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17
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Angina type precipitated by exercise and relieved with rest or administration of vasodilators. Not usually associated with plaque disruption.

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Stable/typical angina

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18
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Uncommon episode of myocardial ischemia caused by coronary A spasm. Occurs at rest and responds promptly to vasodilators.

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Prinzmetal variant angina

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19
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Triggers of Prinzmetal angina

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Smoking
Cocaine
Alcohol
Triptans

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20
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Pattern of increasingly frequent, prolonged, or severe angina. Caused by disruption of an atherosclerotic plaque

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Unstable/crescendo angina

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21
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Clinical syndrome of angina pectoris in the absence of significant atherosclerotic coronary stenoses on coronary angiography. Abnormal stress test and abnormal myocardial perfusion imaging.

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Microvascular angina

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22
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ECG findings during angina episode

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ST depression
T wave flattening or inversion

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23
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Contrasts used in nuclear stress test

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Technetium-99m-labeled compound
Thalium-201

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24
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Inotropic agent used in pharmacologic stress test

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Dobutamine

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25
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Coronary vasodilators used in pharmacologic stress test

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Adenosine
Dipyridamole

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26
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Hemodynamically significant atherosclerotic lesion results in increased blood flow to non-ischemic areas, which can than move to ischemic areas

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Coronary steal syndrome

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27
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Possible causes of coronary embolism that can cause MI

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Endocarditis
Artificial heart valves
Paradoxical embolism

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28
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Timing of onset of ATP depletion in MI

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Seconds

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29
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Timing of loss of contractility in MI

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<2 min

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30
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Timing of reduction of ATP to 50% of normal in MI

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10 min

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31
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Timing of reduction of ATP to 10% of normal in MI

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40 min

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32
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Timing of irreversible cell injury in MI

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20-40 min

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33
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Timing of microvascular injury in MI

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> 1 hr

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34
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Earliest detectable feature of myocyte necrosis that forms the basis of blood tests for irreversible myocyte damage

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Disruption of integrity of sarcolemmal membrane

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35
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First area of irreversible injury of ischemic myocytes in MI

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Subendocardial zone

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36
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Complications of MI that can occur within the first 24 hrs

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Ventricular arrhythmias
HF
Cardiogenic shock

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37
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When will early coagulation necrosis and edema be seen after MI?

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4-12 hrs

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38
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When will contraction band necrosis and early neutrophilic infiltrates be seen after MI?

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12-24 hrs

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39
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When will coagulation necrosis with loss of nuclei and striations, and brick neutrophilic infiltrate be seen after MI?

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1-3 days

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40
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Complication that can occur 1-3 days after MI

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Post-infarction fibrinous pericarditis

41
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When will the gross heart have hyperemic border and central softening in the infarct area after MI?

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3-7 days

42
Q

When will the gross heart be maximally soft and microscopically show granulation tissue at margins of infarct area after MI?

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7-10 days

43
Q

When will there be well established granulation tissue after MI?

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10-14 days

44
Q

When will area of infarct after MI appear as a gray white scar?

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2-8 wks

45
Q

Complication that can occur 3-5 days after MI

A

Interventricular septal rupture

46
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Complication that can occur 5-14 days after MI

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Free wall rupture

47
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Complication that can occur 2-7 days after MI

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Papillary muscle rupture

48
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Complication that can occur 3-7 days after MI

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LV false aneurysm

49
Q

Complications that can occur 2 wks to several months after MI

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Dressler syndrome
CHF
True ventricular aneurysm

50
Q

Gross histochemical stain that imparts a brick-red color to intact, non-infarcted myocardium where lactate dehydrogenase activity is preserved

A

Triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC)

51
Q

Morphology of reperfused infarct

A

Hemorrhagic
Contraction bands in irreversible injured myocytes

52
Q

What mediates damage in reperfusion injury?

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Oxidative stress
Calcium overload
Inflammatory cells

53
Q

Intensely eosinophilic IC stripes composed of closely packed sarcomeres. Seen in reperfused MI.

A

Contraction bands

54
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Refers to tissue that demonstrates prolonged systolic dysfunction after an episode of severe, acute, transient ischemia without necrosis –> even after return of normal blood flow

A

Stunned myocardium

55
Q

Mechanism of delayed recovery in stunned myocardium

A

Ca overload and accumulation of oxygen-derived free radicals

56
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Refers to a tissue that manifests chronic ventricular contractile dysfunction due to a persistently reduced blood supply, usually because of multivessel CAD

A

Hibernating myocardium

57
Q

Imaging study to distinguish hibernating myocardium from infarcted

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FDG-PET –> fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography

58
Q

Cardiac troponins time to increase after infarct

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3-12 hrs after infarction

59
Q

Time taken for cardiac troponin I to return to normal after infarct

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5-10 days

60
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Time taken for cardiac troponin T to return to normal after infarct

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5-14 days

61
Q

Time taken for CK-MB to show increase after infarct

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6-12 hrs

62
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Time taken for CK-MB to return to normal levels after infarct

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48-72 hrs

63
Q

Blood test used to assess for reinfarction

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CK-MB

64
Q

Classic ECG pattern in MI

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Inverted T waves
Elevated ST segments
New Q waves

65
Q

ECG finding that correlates with area of coagulation necrosis in MI

A

New Q waves

66
Q

ECG finding that correlates with injury to myocardial cells surrounding the areas of necrosis in MI

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Elevated ST segments

67
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ECG finding that correlates with areas of ischemia at the periphery of the infarction

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Inverted T waves

68
Q

ECG leads affected in anterior wall infarct or anteroseptal infarct

A

V1-V2

69
Q

ECG leads affected in anterolateral infarct

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V4-V6
I
aVL

70
Q

ECG leads affected in lateral wall infarct

A

I
aVL

71
Q

ECG leads affected in inferior wall MI

A

II-III
aVF

72
Q

ECG leads affected in posterior wall MI

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V7-V9

73
Q

Most common reason for death within 1 hr of MI

A

Fatal arrhythmia

74
Q

Complications of MI

A

Contractile dysfunction
Arrhythmias
Myocardial rupture
Ventricular aneurysm
Pericarditis
Infarct expansion
Mural thrombus
Papillary muscle dysfunction
Chronic IHD

75
Q

Complication of infarcts involving the inferoseptal myocardium

A

Heart block

76
Q

Most common site of ventricular free wall rupture

A

Anterolateral wall at mid-ventricular level

77
Q

Result of ventricular free wall rupture

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Cardiac tamponade

78
Q

Result of rupture of ventricular septum

A

Acute VSD
L to R shunting
New holosystolic murmur

79
Q

Result of papillary muscle rupture

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Acute onset of severe mitral regurgitation

80
Q

Localized hematoma communicating with the ventricular cavity, a contained free wall rupture

A

False aneurysm

81
Q

Late complication of large transmural infarcts that experience early expansion. Bound by scarred myocardium and paradoxically bulges during systole.

A

Ventricular true aneurysm

82
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Complications of ventricular true aneurysm

A

Mural thrombus
Arrhythmias
HF

83
Q

Caused by increased vessel permeability in pericardium resulting in exudate of acute inflammation from underlying myocardial inflammation from MI. Precordial friction rub present on ausculation.

A

Fibrinous/fibrinohemorrhagic pericarditis

84
Q

Triad of Dressler syndrome

A

Fever
Pericarditis
Pericardial effusion post MI

85
Q

Pathogenesis of Dressler syndrome

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Autoantibodies directed against antigens within damaged pericardial tissue –> type II hypersensitivity

86
Q

Disproportionate stretching, thinning, and dilation of the infarct region due to weakening of necrotic muscle after MI. Associated with mural thrombus.

A

Infarct expansion

87
Q

Area at increased risk of infarct expansion after MI

A

Anteroseptal infarcts

88
Q

Insidious onset of progressive CHF characterized by LV dilation due to accumulated ischemic myocardial damage and replacement fibrosis, and functional loss of hypertrophied non-infarcted cardiac myocytes.

A

Chronic IHD

89
Q

Common cause of restenosis of coronary vessel following PCI

A

Neointima formation

90
Q

Vascular smooth muscle cells migrate into stent to form a layer resembling tunica intima. Promoted by macrophages and inflammatory cells.

A

Neointima formation

91
Q

Non-coronary artery causes of sudden cardiac death

A

Cardiomyopathy
MVP
Cocaine
Myocarditis
WPW syndrome
Hereditary ion channelopathies

92
Q

Hereditary ion channelopathies

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Long QT syndrome
Brugada syndrome

93
Q

Causes of sudden cardiac death in children

A

Pulmonary infection
AV stenosis
Cardiomyopathies –> usually hypertrophic
WPW syndrome

94
Q

Reason for sudden cardiac death in long QT syndrome

A

Increased susceptibility to malignant ventricular arrhythmias

95
Q

Genes affected by loss of function mutations leading to long QT syndrome

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KCNQ1 –> K channel
KCNH2 –> K channel

96
Q

Genes affected by gain of function mutations leading to long QT syndrome

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SCN5A –> Na channel
CAV3 –> Na current, caveolin

97
Q

3 acute coronary syndromes

A

Unstable angina
NSTEMI
STEMI

98
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A