Know It Pt.3! Flashcards
What is the most common cause of pulmonic stenosis?
Congenital
What is the most rare and unlikely cause of pulmonic stenosis?
Rheumatic fever
Is carcinoid heart disease, a cause for pulmonic stenosis
Yes
What is carcinoid heart disease?
A tumor that is secreting high levels of serotonin.
This can cause congestive heart failure, affect the valves and cause right sided failure
What other things can cause pulmonic stenosis?
-Pulmonic stenosis of Peripheral junction of the right and left pulmonary arteries
-Infundibular(Subvalvular)
-Prosthetic valve dysfunction
Infundibular just means?
Subvalvular
What is Noonan syndrome?
A cardio facial genetic syndrome that causes heart problems, short facial features, and other issues
What disease is classified as a genetic cardio facial syndrome?
Noonan syndrome
Noonan syndrome is classified with what three cardiac things?
Pulmonic stenosis
HCM
ASD (30%)
What percentage of patients with Noonan -syndrome have an ASD
30 %
With pulmonic stenosis, what secondary issues occur
Systolic pressure overload leads to RVH
Regional hypertrophy may lead to?
Infundibular stenosis
With Pulmonic stenosis the ___ chamber usually remains normal and it’s the ____ chamber that will enlarge
RV ; RA
What is a big physical symptom of pulmonic stenosis?
Dyspnea on exertion
What is the murmur for pulmonic stenosis?
Systolic ejection murmur -left upper sternal border
With pulmonic stenosis m-mode may show an increase in what?
Increase in the a dip
What is pulmonic stenosis What occurs on m mode with the a dip?
A dip increases
If the a- dip on m mode of a pulmonic valve increases more than 7 mm. What do we consider this?
Severe PS
Describe the pulmonic valve differences on m mode between pulmonic stenosis and pulmonary hypertension
PS = increased a dip (>7mm is severe PS)
PHTN= flying “w” a dip decreases
In which direction do the pulmonic valve tether with pulmonic stenosis?
Systolic doming or tethering for PS
Pulmonic stenosis can cause post stenotic ____ of the pulmonary artery
Dilation
With infundibular pulmonic stenosis, what is narrowed
RVOT
Pulmonic stenosis does ___ cause PHTN
NOT
Pulmonic stenosis causes ___ and right side ___ it does not cause ____
CHF; dilation ;PHTN
With pulmonic stenosis what should you use to locate the level of obstruction?
Pulse wave and color
When trying to locate the level of obstruction, why would you not use continuous wave?
Because continuous waves is going to pick up all velocities and we are looking for a very specific area, which is why we use pulse wave
With pulmonic stenosis measure ___ & ___ gradients
Peak ; mean
What two views are best for measuring gradients for pulmonic stenosis
-RVOT PLAX
-RVOT PSAX
What is the normal normal pulmonary artery velocity?
1 m/sec
A patient has a pulmonic stenosis velocity of 5 m/s. How would you calculate getting the gradient?
You take the velocity and put it into the Berniollui equation.
Answer is 100mmhg
If you cannot obtain a pulmonic stenosis gradient from your parasternal, window, where else can you go?
Subcostal short axis
What’s is the mild, mid & severe velocity for PS?
Mild = <3
Mod= 3-4
Severe = >4
What is the mild, mid & severe PS gradients ?
Mild= <36mmhg
Mod= 36-64mmhg
Severe = > 64mmhg
True or false- phonic stenosis gradients will not vary with respiration
False
With pulmonic stenosis Doppler what other technique should you use when Dopplering?
Respirometer because pulmonic stenosis can vary with respirations
What is the most common cause of TS?
Rhuematic fever
What are two rare or unlikely causes of tricuspid stenosis?
-Congenital
-Carcinoid heart disease
Carcinoid heart disease causes what characteristic to the leaflets?
Fixed body
Rheumatic heart disease causes what characteristic to the leaflets?
Tethered (doming) leaflets tips