Ischemic Heart Disease Flashcards
2 groups of Ischemic Heart Disease
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Stable coronary artery disease (SCAD)
- Stable chronic angina pectoris (CSAP)
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Acute coronary syndrome (ACS), which are composed of:
- Non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS), which includes:
- Unstable angina(UA)
- Non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI)
- ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI)
- Non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS), which includes:
Etiopathogenesis of Stable Coronary artery Disease
- Inadequate supply of blood flow and oxygen to a portion of the myocardium causing inadequate perfusion of myocardium (ischemia) supplied by an involved coronary artery
- Usually inducible by :
- Stress
- exercise
- emotion
- Most common cause:
- Atherosclerotic disease of an epicardial coronary artery
- Obesity, insulin resitance, and T2DM are increasing and powerful risk factors for IHD
Clinical Manifestation of Chronic Stable Angina Pectoris (CSAP)
- Typical history involves a man >50 years old or woman >60 years old who complains of Chest discomfort:
- Described as heaviness, pressure, squeezing, smothering, or choking
- Crescendo-decrescendo in nature
- Usually lasts 2-5 minutes
- Associated with physical exertion on stress
- Radiation to either or both shoulders/arms, but does not radiate to the trapezius muscles
- Releived within 5-10 mins by rest and/or sublingual nitroglycerin
Hand placed over sternum with a clenched fist to indicate a squeezing, central, substernal discomfort
Levine’s sign
Canadian Cardiovascular Society Classification of Angina
Typical vs Atypical Angina
- Substernal chest discomfort of characteristic quality and duration
- Provoked by exertion or emotional stress
- Releived by rest and/or nitrates within minutes
TYPICAL ANGINA : all 3
ATYPICAL ANGINA: Meets only 2 of the 3
NON-ANGINAL PAIN: Meets only one or none of the manifestions
Basic Laboratory Work-up for SCAD
- CBC: Anemia may trigger ischemia
- Fasting lipid profile and FBS/HbA1c: to identify risk factor such as dyslipidemia and diabetes
- Baseline liver and kidney function prior to starting medications
- Others:
- Consider thyroid function tests, BNP/NT-proBNP
12-Lead Electrocardioogram for SCAD
- May be normal at rest - but it does not exclude diagnosis of ischemia (stress testing may be needed)
- May find ST-segment and T-wave changes, LV hypertrophy, Intraventricular conduction disturbances, arrythmias
Chest Radiograph for SCAD
- Does not provide specific information for SCAD
- May be useful to rule out other non-cardiac causes of chest pain
2D echo for SCAD
- used to assess left ventricular function in patients with CSAP and patients with a history of a prior MI, pathologic Q waves, or clinical evidence of CHF
- Assess for wall motion abnormalities, ejection fraction, presence of thrombus
Stress testing for SCAD
- ECG exercise testing: most widely used for both diagnosis of IHD and estimating prognosis; involves recording the 12-Lead ECG before, during and after exercise
- Stress imaging (stress echpcardiography, radionuclide perfusion or MPI, stress cardiac MRI) : preferred when the resting ECG is already abnormal
CT Angiography (CTA) and calcium score
- CTA: imaging technique for anatomical diagnosis of obstructive coronary lesionsl used as an alternative to stress imaging to”rule out” SCAD, since it is a high sensitivity test
- Calcium score: calcified lesions are quantified using the Agatston score
Indications for Coronary Angiography
- Patients with CSAP who have survived cardiac arrest or life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia
- Patients with CSAP with severe symptoms despite optimal medical therapy
- Patients with high cardiac event risk (e.g., death, AMI) based on noninvasive testing, regardless of symptoms
- Patients with troublesome symptoms that present diagmostic difficulties in whome there is a need to confirm or rule out the diagnosis of IHD
- Patients with CSAP or evidence of ischemia on noninvasive on noninvasive testing with clinical or laboratory evidence of ventricular dysfunction
Control of Risk factors and Lifestyle medication for SCAD
3 drugs focus primarily on reducing acute thrombotic events and LV dysfunction in patients with SCAD
- Aspirin
- ACE-inhibitors
- Statins
Drugs that is shown to reduce mortality in SCAD with LV dysfunction following Myocardial infarction
- Beta Blockers
- ACE-inhibitors
DRUGS USED IN SCAD (prevention of mortality and morbidity)
Pharmacologic Treatment for relief of angina (ANTI-ISCHEMIC DRUG)
Other Anti-Ischemic Drugs for SCAD
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)
- Balloon dilatation usually accompanied by coronary stenting
- Most common indication is persistent or symptom-limiting angina pectoris, despite medical therapy, accompanied by evidence of ischemia during a Stress test
- Patients who have received a drug eluting stent will need:
- Dual antiplatelets for 1 year (Aspirin +ADP-P2Y12-Inhibitor), then
- SIngle antiplatelet indefinitely (usually aspirin)
Cronary Artery Bypass Grafting
- Done to Achieve complete revascularization by grafting all coronary arteries of sufficient caliber that have significant proximal stenoses
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Preferred approach for:
- Left main CAD
- 3 vessel CAD, especially if with LV dysfunction
- 2 vessel CAD with significant proximal left anterior descending artery disease with LV dysfunction or high risk findings on non-invasive tests
- Patients with multi-vessel CAD and Diabetes
Operational term that refers to a pectrum of conditions compatible with acute myocardial ischemia and/or infarction due to an abrupt reduction in coronary blood flow
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Hallmark of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)
Sudden imbalance between myocardial oxygen consumption (MVO2) and demand usually due to coronary obstruction
Patients with ACS are composed of..
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Non-ST segment elevation ACS (NSTE-ACS) divided according to presence of necrosis biomarker:
- Non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI)
- Unstable angina (UA)
- ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)
Criteria for Acute Myocardial Infarction
- “Acute MI” should be used when there is evidence of myocardial necrosis in a clinical setting consistent with acute myocardial ischemia
Under these conditions any of the following criteria meet the diagnosis of MI:
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Detection of a rise and/or fall in cardiac biomarkers (preferably cardiac troponins/cTn), with at least one value above the 99th percentile with at least one of the following:
- Symptoms of Ischemia
- New or presumed new significant ST-segment and/or T wave changes or new LBBB
- Development of pathologic Q waves on the ECG
- Imaging evidence of a new loss of viable myocardium or new wall motion abnormality
- identification of an intracoronary thrombus by angiography or autopsy
- Cardiac death with symptoms suggestive of myocardial ischemia and presumed new ischemic ECG changes or new LBBB (Type 3)
- PCI-related MI (type 4a)
- Stent thrombosis associated with MI (type 4b)
- CABG-related MI (type 5)
Criteria for Previous Myocardial Infarction
Any of the following:
- Pathologic Q waves with or without symptoms in the absence of non-ischemic causes
- Imaging evidence of a region of loss of viable myocardium that is thinnd and fails to contract in the absence of a non-ischemic
- Pathologic finding of previous MI
Universal Classification of Types ofMyocardial Infarction
Type of MI
Related to atherosclerotic plaque rupture, ulceration, fissuring, erosion, or dissection with resulting intraluminal thrombus in one or more of the coronary arteries that leads to decreased myocardial blood flow or distal platelet emboli with ensuing myocyte necrosis
TYPE 1
(Spontaneous MI)
Type of MI
A condition other than CAD contributes to an imbalance between myocardial oxygen supply and/or demand (e.g., coronary endothelial dysfunction, coronary artery spasm, coronary embolism, tachyarrhythmias/bradyarrhythmias, anemia, respiratory failure, hypotension, and hypertension with/without LV hypertrophy
Type 2
MI secondary to Ischemic Imbalance
Type of MI
Cardia death with symptoms suggestive of ischemia and presumed new ischemic changes (or new LBBB), but death occuring before blood samples could be ontained
Type 3
MI resulting in Death when biomarkers are Unavailbale
Type of MI
Defined by elevation of cardiac troponin values >5x the 99th percentile of the upper reference limit in those with normal baseline values or a rise in cTn values >20% if baseline values are elevated and are stable or falling: and one of the following
- Symptoms suggestive of MI
- new Ischemic changes on the ECG or new LBBB
- Angiographic loss of patency of a major coronary artery or a side branch or persistent slow flow or no flow or embolizaion
- Imaging demonstration of a new loss of viable myocardium or new regional wall motion abnormality
Type 4a
MI related to PCI
Type of MI
Associated with stent thrombosis is detected by coronary angiography or autopsy in the setting of myocardial schemia and with a rise and/or fall in cardiac biomarkers with at least one value >99th percentile of the upper reference limit
Type 4b
MI related to stent thrombosis
Type of MI
Defined as elevation of cardiac biomarker values >10x the 99th percentile of upper refernce limit in patients with normal bseline values; AND either;
- New pathologic Q waves or new LBBB or
- new graft or new native coronary artery occlusion on angiogram or
- Imaing evidence of new loss of viable myocardium or new regional wall motion abnormality
Type 5
MI related to CABG
Myocardial infarction with Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries (MINOCA)
- AMI occuring in the absence of obstrucibe (>50%) CAD
Etiologies of MINOCA
- Secondary to coronary artery disease (MI type 1)
- Imbalance between oxygen supply and demand (MI type 2)
- Coronary endothelial dysfunction (MI type 2)
- Secondary to myocardial disorders without involvement of coronaries