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Lecture 8 Cardiac Arrhythmias Flashcards

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Tachycardia

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Fast Heart rate (>100 beats/min)

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What causes Tachycardia

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Increased body temperature stimulation of the heart by sympathetic nerves Toxic conditions of the heart

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How much does heart rate increase with body temperature

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Increases about 10 beats per degree F increases about 18 beats per degree C

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The heart may be stimulated by the sympathetic nerves for increase heart rate due to what

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loss of blood and/or decreased state of shock

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5
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During endogenously mediated tachycardia does stroke volume fall

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No

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What happens during endogenously mediated tachycardia (i.e. Exercise)

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Heart rate increases, Cardiac output increases, filling time is reduced but stroke-volume does not fall

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what happens during pathologically mediated tachycardia

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heart rate increases, cardiac output decreases

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Bradycardia

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HR less than 60 beats/min

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9
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What are some causes of Bradycardia

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Athletic heart Vagal Stimulation Extremely sensitive carotid baroreceptors in carotid sinus syndrome

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What are respiratory type of Sinus arrhythmia: Spillover signals

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form medullary respiratory center into vasomotor center during inspiratory and expiratory respiratory cycles - these signals alternately increase and decrease number of impulses transmitted through sympathetic and vagus nerves to the heart

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11
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What kind of block causes a sudden cessation of the P wave

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Sinoatrial block

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What are the characteristics of a sinoatrial block

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Sudden cessation of the P-waves Resultant standstill of atria Ventricles pick up a new rhythm, usually originating in the AV node Rate of QRS is slowed but not otherwise altered

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what are some conditions that cause an Atrioventricular block

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-Ischemia of AV node or AV bundle fibers through coronary insufficiency - Compression of AV bundle by scar tissue or calcified portions of the heart - Inflammation of the AV node or bundle - Extreme Stimulation of the heart by the vagus nerves

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Characteristics of a Incomplete First-Degree AV block

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The P-R interval is increased to greater than 0.20 seconds

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Characteristics of a incomplete second-degree AV block

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P-R interval is increased to 0.25 to 0.45 seconds Atrial P wave is present but QRS-T wave may be missing, resulting in dropped beats of the ventricle 2:1 rhythm or other variations may develop

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Characteristics of Complete AV block

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  • ventricles establish their own signal (usually AV node) - No relation between the rate of the P waves and the rate of the QRS-T complexes - Duration of the block is highly variable (seconds to weeks) - After AV conduction ceases, ventricles may not start beating on their own for 5 to 30 seconds - Resumption of the ventricular beat (=ventricular escape) may be due to parts of the Purkinje system acting as an ectopic pacemaker - after a complete block occurs, patients will often faint due to lack fo blood to the brain until the ventricles escape - These periodic fainting spells are referred to as Stokes-Adams syndrome
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17
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what is Ventricular escape

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Resumption of the ventricular beat

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what may lead to ventricular escape

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Parts of the Purkinje system acting as an ectopic pacemaker

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After AV conduction ceases, ventricles may not start beating on their own

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for 5-30 seconds

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20
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What is Stokes-Adam Syndrom

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Period fainting spells due to lack of blood to brain secondary to complete AV block

21
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What is a partial Intraventricular block normally referred to as

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Electrical Alternans

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what is a Electrical alternans

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Partial intraventricular block an alternation in the amplitude of P waves, QRS complexes, or T waves

23
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What are premature contractions

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Contractions that occur before they should

24
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What are the main causes of premature contractions

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Ectopic foci: - Local ischemic areas - Calcified Plaques - Irritation of the conduction system or nodes

25
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What is Paroxysmal Tachycardia, how long does it last, and how does it end?

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Heart becomes rapid in paroxysms paroxym begins suddenly and lasts for a few seconds, minutes, hours, or longer Paroxysm ends suddenly Pacemaker of the heart instantly shifts back to the sinus node

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Each block on the x-axis is how many seconds

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0.2 seconds, each smaller block is 0.04 seconds

27
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Each large block on the x-axis is how many mV

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0.5 mV, each smaller block is 0.1mV

28
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what is fibrillation

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twitching (usually slow) of individual muscle fibers in the atria or ventricles and also in recently denervated skeletal muscle fibers.

29
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Fibrillation occurs as a result of what

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circus movements

30
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What are the 3 different conditions that case the impulse to travel around the circle

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  • the pathway around the circle is too long - The length of the pathway remains constant but the velocity of the conduction slows down - The refractory period of the muscle might become greatly shortened
31
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What is the effect of the pathway around the circle (ventricles) being too long

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The impulse takes longer to get back to its starting point, and the muscle is no longer in its refractory period and can undergo another depolarization

32
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When causes the length of the pathway to remain normal, but the conduction velocity of the impulse is slowed down

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Usually occurs because of the blockage of the Purkinje system, ischemia, or high potassium levels

33
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What may cause the refractory period of the muscle to shorten

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may occur in response to drugs such as epinephrine may occur after repetitive electrical stimulation

34
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What are some causes of atrial fibrillation

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Enlargement of the atria ( due to valve lesions) -Inadequate emptying of the ventricles causing blood to back up into the atria

35
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Atrial muscle fibers are separated from the ventricular muscle fibers by the __________

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Cardiac fibrous skeleton

36
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Can ventricular and atrial fibrillation occur separate form one another

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Yes

37
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Bradycardia

38
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Sinoatrial block

39
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First degree A-V block

(Prolonged P-R interval)

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Second degree A-V block

(Prolonged P-R interval with Dropped beat)

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Complete A-V block

(no relation between the rate of the P waves and the rate of the QRS-T complexes)

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Partial intraventricular block (electrical alternans)

(Alternation in the amplitude of the Pwaves, QRS complexes, or T waves)

43
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Atrial premature beat

44
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A-V nodal premature contraction

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Atrial paroxysmal tachycardia

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Ventricular paroxysmal Tachycardia

47
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Atrial Fibrillation

48
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Ventricular fibrillation

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