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L43 Valvular Heart Disease and Cardiac Neoplasms Flashcards

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What are the two types of semilunar valves in the heart and how many cusps do they have?

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Aortic and pulmonary; three

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Upon what does the function of semilunar valves depend?

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Integrity and coordinated movement of cusps and attachments

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What are the two types of atrioventricular valves in the heart?

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Tricuspid and mitral

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Upon what does the function of AV valves depend?

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Integrity of valve apparati (including leaflets, annulus, chordae tendinae, papillary muscles, ventricular wall)

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Describe the basic histology of a valve.

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Lined by endocardium with a connective tissue core of variable density

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What is the difference between regurgitant and stenotic valvular heart disease?

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Regurgitant: insufficient, allows backflow of blood

Stenotic: tight valve

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What is the most common congenital valvular heart disease?

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Biscupid aortic valve

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Describe the etiology of a bicuspid aortic valve.

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Normally, the aortic valve has three cusps. Here, there is incomplete embryonic separation, leading to 2 cusps

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What does bicuspid aortic valve cause?

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Aortic stenosis and increased pressure load on L ventricle

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Any kind of abnormal valve can be predisposed to developing what infection?

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Endocarditis

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What is the most common cause of aortic stenosis?

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Calcific aortic degeneration

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What happens in calcific aortic degeneration?

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Dystrophic calcification - deposition of calcium at sites of cell injury and necrosis

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Discuss the development of calcific aortic stenosis.

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Over time, calcified masses develop within aortic cusps. This prevents the cusp from opening, which obstructs outflow, increases pressure gradient across the valve, and leads to concentric LVH development.

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What are the symptoms of calcific aortic stenosis?

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Congestive heart failure, angina due to myocardial ischemia, and syncope

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What happens in mitral valve prolapse?

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Mitral valve leaflets are enlarged, redundant, and floppy; they balloon into the atrium during systole. This can injure the atrium.

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What can be seen histologically in mitral valve prolapse?

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Expansion of the spongiosa via deposition of myxomatous (mucoid) material; this makes the valve more floppy.

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What is the pathogenesis of mitral valve prolapse?

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Unknown; some patients have a developmental defect of connective tissue (Marfan Syndrome), but not all patients

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Describe the epidemiology of mitral valve prolapse.

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Occurs in 3% of the population, particularly in young women

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What are the symptoms of mitral valve prolapse?

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Majority are asymptomatic, midsystolic click (snapping of chorda tendinae); minority of patients have non-specific symptoms such as chest pain, dyspnea, fatigue, depression, and anxiety

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What are the rare, serious complications of mitral valve prolapse seen in 3% of patients?

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  1. Infective endocarditis
  2. Mitral insufficiency (regurgitation)
  3. Stroke/systemic infarction (due to embolism of thrombi formed in atria due to ballooning)
  4. Arrhythmia
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What is infective endocarditis?

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Destructive inflammation of cardiac valves and endocardium caused by infection (most commonly bacterial)

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What is a hallmark of infective endocarditis?

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Vegetation

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What is vegetation?

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Warty excrescences on the valves of the heart composed of various tissue elements including fibrin and collagen

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Describe the vegetations of infective endocarditis.

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  1. Composed of thrombotic debris, fibrin, inflammatory cells, microorganisms
  2. Large and bulky
  3. Destructive and erosive
  4. Friable, apt to embolize
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What are the two types of infective endocarditis?

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  1. Acute

2. Subacute

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Describe acute infective endocarditis.

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Involves highly virulent microorganisms (classically S. aureus), usually involves a previously normal valve with rapid, severe destruction; patients present as very sick (50% mortality)

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Describe subacute infective endocarditis.

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Involves low virulence organisms (classically S. viridans), usually involves a previously deformed valve, recovery with appropriate treatment

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Who is at risk for infective endocarditis?

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Patients with valvular disease and prosthetic valves, immune deficient patients, patients with diabetes, people who use IV drugs, people with alcohol use disorder

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What are portals of entry for infective endocarditis?

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  1. Injection of contaminated material into bloodstream
  2. Infections elsewhere (bacteremia, goes to heart)
  3. Dental or surgical procedures with bacteremia
  4. Occult source (gut, oral cavity, trivial injury)
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How do we diagnose infective endocarditis?

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  1. Clinical suspicion
  2. Blood cultures (infection)
  3. Echocardiogram (can see vegetation)
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What are the cardiac complications of infective endocarditis?

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Valve insufficiency, abscess, and injury to prosthetic valves

32
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What are the other complications of infective endocarditis?

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Emboli (brain, kidney, spleen, lungs)

Glomerulonephritis (immune complex depositions)

33
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How is infective endocarditis treated?

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IV antibiotics (prolonged course), surgery sometimes; can give antibiotics prophylactically to those at high risk

34
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What diseases involve non-infected vegetations?

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  1. Acute rheumatic fever
  2. Endocarditis of systemic lupus erythematosus (Liebman-Sacks endocarditis)
  3. Nonbacterial thrombic endocarditis (marantic endocarditis)
35
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What is Rheumatic fever?

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A disease that occurs a few weeks after Group A streptococcal pharyngitis; it has acute systemic manifestations and can develop into chronic rheumatic heart valve disease

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What is the pathogenesis of acute rheumatic fever?

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Patients have an immune response to GAS which cross-react with host tissues; Ab directed against M proteins of strep cross-react with self-antigens in the heart. CD4+ T cells specific for strep peptides react with cardiac self proteins. This produces cytokines to activate macrophages.

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What are the major manifestations of acute rheumatic fever?

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  1. Migratory polyarthritis (large joints)
  2. Carditis
  3. Subcutaneous nodules
  4. Erythema marginatum of skin
  5. Sydenham chorea (involuntary purposeless, rapid movements - St. Vitus’ danse)
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What are the minor manifestations of acute rheumatic fever?

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Fever, arthralgia, elevated acute-phase reactants

39
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What are the Jones Criteria for acute rheumatic fever?

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Preceding GAS infection + 2 major manifestations or 1 major + 2 minor manifestations

40
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What is pancarditis?

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Inflammation of all three parts of the heart (pericarditis, myocarditis, endocarditis)

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Describe the vegetations of rheumatic fever endocarditis grossly and histologically.

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Gross: tiny little vegetations on the heart valves (typically mitral, L side)

Histology: Aschoff bodies (T cells, plasma cells, macrophages, multinucleated giant cells)

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What is the special name for macrophages in Aschoff bodies?

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Antischkow cells/caterpillar cells

43
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After the formation of Aschoff bodies, what happens next?

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Inflammatory injury to the valve, fibrosis during healing, deformation of the normal leaflet structure; this induces turbulence, which leads to further injury and additional fibrosis

44
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What can happen years after rheumatic fever?

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Chronic rheumatic valvular disease

45
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What are the hallmarks of chronic rheumatic valvular disease?

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Fibrosis of valve leaflets, fusion of leaflets (fish mouth stenosis), thickening of chordae tendinae

46
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Which valve is most commonly involved in chronic rheumatic valvular heart disease?

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Mitral valve (65-70%)

Aortic and mitral valves - 25%

Triscuspid/pulmonary - rare

47
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Describe the vegetations seen in Libman-Sacks endocarditis (SLE).

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Small, sterile, found on mitral and tricuspid valves and chords; caused by immune complex deposition, leads to valvulitis, fibrosis, deformity

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Describe the vegetations seen in non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (marantic endocarditis)

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Small, non-destructive, loosely attached, sterile thrombi

49
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What type of patients get marantic endocarditis?

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Patients who are very sick and wasting away; they are in a hypercoagulable state due to sepsis, cancer, burns, indwelling catheters

50
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What happens in marantic endocarditis?

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The vegetations have little effect on the valve itself, but can embolize and cause infarctions. They can also serve as a nidus for bacterial colonization, leading to infective endocarditis.

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___ occurs in people who are ill and hypercoagulable.

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Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis

52
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___ incidence increases with age.

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Calcific aortic stenosis

53
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___ is a result of post-inflammatory scarring.

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Chronic rheumatic valve disease

54
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___ develops earlier with bicuspid aortic valve.

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Calcific aortic stenosis

55
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Embolization is the most important complication of ___.

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Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis

56
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What is a myxoma?

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Most common primary benign tumor of the heart in adults

57
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The myxoma involves which part of the heart in 90% of cases?

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Atria (L&raquo_space; R)

58
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Describe a myxoma grossly and histologically.

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Gross: mucoid, gelatinous

Histology: mucopolysaccharide, various other types of cells

59
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How does myxoma present?

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Ball-valve obstruction can block the flow of blood, particularly in a position-dependent fashion; fever and malaise (IL-6), embolization

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