Ischemic Heart Disease Flashcards
Ischemic Heart Disease
Define Ischemic Heart Disease
imbalance between myocardial oxygen supply and demand
Ischemic Heart Disease
What does ischemic heart disease cause?
results in myocardial hypoxia and accumulation of metabolic waste products
Ischemic Heart Disease
What is the primary cause of ischemic heart disease?
narrowing of coronary artery as a result of athersclerotic plaque
Ischemic Heart Disease
What are “ischemic syndromes?”
manifestations of ischemic heart disease
Myocardial Oxygen Supply
What two things determine myocardial oxygen supply?
- O2 carrying capacity
- Coronary blood flow
Myocardial Oxygen Supply
What are the 2 factors effecting oxygen carrying capacity?
- blood oxygen saturation level (SaO2%)
- hemoglobin (Hg) content
Myocardial Oxygen Supply
What are considered normal levels of blood oxygen saturation level?
usually 97 - 100%
Myocardial Oxygen Supply
What are considered normal Hg content for men and women?
Men: 12 -15.5 mg/dl
Women: 13.5 -17.5 mg/dl
Myocardial Oxygen Supply
Key Point
oxygen carrying capacity is usuallt constant unless anemia or obstructive lung disease is present
Myocardial Oxygen Supply
What does coronary blood flow depend on?
- perfusion pressure
- vascular resistance
Myocardial Oxygen Supply
What is Darcy’s Law?
Q = (P1 - P2) / R
Myocardial Oxygen Supply
How is perfusion pressure (P) related flow?
P is directly related to flow (Q)
Myocardial Oxygen Supply
How is vascular resistance related to flow?
R is inversely proportional to flow (Q)
Myocardial Oxygen Supply
It is important to know that coronary blood flow occurs mainly during what portion of the heart cycle?
diastole (left coronary)
Myocardial Oxygen Supply
How can perfusion pressure (P) be estimated?
by diastolic pressure in aorta
Myocardial Oxygen Supply: Perfusion Pressure
The left main coronary blood flow is zero in early systole due to what?
extravascular myocardial compression of small coronary microvessels
Myocardial Oxygen Supply: Perfusion Pressure
Left coronary artery flow returns to diastolic level in systole but flow is maximum when?
during diastole
Myocardial Oxygen Supply: Perfusion Pressure
When does right coronary artery flow increases and why?
- during both systole and diastole
- this is due to less compression in right ventricle during systole
Myocardial Oxygen Supply: Perfusion Pressure
What is the typical aortic flow pressure? How is the accomplished?
- fairly constant flow between diastolic pressure of 60 - 150 mmHg
- this is done by autoregulation
Myocardial Oxygen Supply: Perfusion Pressure
Does P or R have greater contribution to flow alterations?
R is the major factoer that controls changes in coronary flow
Myocardial Oxygen Supply: Perfusion Pressure
Conditions that decrease aortic diastolic BP to less the 60 mmHg can cause what?
reduced coronary artery perfusion in left and right coronary artery; this increases risk of ischemia
- common issue in elderly
Myocardial Oxygen Supply
What is important to know about myocardial oxygen extraction?
it is almost maximal (75%) at rest
Myocardial Oxygen Supply
What is important to know about myocardium in regards to increased O2 requirement?
the demand must be met primarily by increased coronary blood flow (CBF)
Myocardial Oxygen Supply
What is the resting coronary blood flow and oxygen extraction?
- about 250 ml/min
- 70 - 80% in the heart
Myocardial Oxygen Supply
How does myocardial extraction differ from other parts of the body?
- it is much higher
- compared to about 25% in skeletal muscle
Myocardial Oxygen Supply
How is increased O2 consumption dealt with in the heart?
mainly be reducing vascular resistance
Myocardial Oxygen Supply: Vascular Resistance
Describe Poiseulle’s Law, Darcy’s Law, and the equation for resistance.
look them up
Myocardial Oxygen Supply: Vascular Resistance
What does it mean if:
1. flow (Q) through a tube is directly proportional to pressure gradient (delta P) and radius (r) of a vessel
2. Q is inversely proportional to resistance (R)
- R is indirectly proportional to r^4
- R is directly proportional to length (l) and viscosity of blood
Vascular Resistance and atherosclerotic
3 Key Points
- small resistance arterioles distal to plaque dilate (increase radius), which increases flow (Q) to tissue, in order to compensate for proximal stenosis and reduced flow
Maximal CBF is compromised when lesion damage is what?
greater than 60 - 70%
What effect does 60 - 70% lesion have on resting CBF?
no effect
When does resting CBF become compromised?
when the lesion is greater than 90%
Myocardial Oxygen Supply: Vascular Resistance
CBF is regulated by autoregulation of local vascular resistance via:
- Metabolic factors
- Endothelial factors
- Neural factors
Myocardial Oxygen Supply: Vascular Resistance
Examples of metabolic factors and what they do?
adenosine: dilation
hypoxia: dilation