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Lectures 13-15: Valvular Heart Disesae Flashcards

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Acute rheumatic fever is a consequence of…When are symptoms? Primary organs?

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Immune-mediated consequence of group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis; 2-3 weeks after pharyngitis; heart, skin and connective tissue

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Where is acute rheumatic fever prevalent?

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Highly prevalent in developing countries

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What is the mechanism of acute rheumatic fever (protein)?

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Autoimmune cross-reactivity b/t bacterial antigens and normal tissue (M protein)

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Signs/symptoms of acute rheumatic fever (3)

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Migratory polyarthralgias, Syndenham’s chorea, erythema marginatum

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Acute rheumatic fever: heart (2 main points)

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Pancarditis (can effect any layer) and mitral regurgitation from valvulitis

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Acute rheumatic fever: pathology

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Aschoff Body: granulomatous lesions w/ a fibroid center and perimeter of immune cells (acutely, eventually develops into fibrosis)

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JONES

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J = joints, O = heart (myocarditis), N = subcutaneous nodules, E = erythema marginatum, S = Sydenham chorea

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To get diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever, you must have…

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Evidence of strep and later manifestations

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Treat acute episode with…

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Antibiotics (penicillin) + anti-inflammatory therapy (aspirin)

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Secondary prevention…(tx)

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IV penicillin every 4 weeks for at least 5 years

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What is the LT heart consequence of rheumatic fever?

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Mitral stenosis = decades later, permanent deformity/impairment of valves

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What does a stenotic mitral valve do to the left atrium?

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Enlarge due to pressure/volume overload

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Describe the hemodynamic profile of mitral stenosis

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Left atrial pressure elevated and there is a pressure gradient b/t left atrium and left ventricle during diastole

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Consequences of enlarged L atrium (4)

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Pulmonary venous congestion –> heart failure; atrial fibrillation –> palpitations; atrial fibrillation –> cerebrovascular accident; impinged recurrent laryngeal –> Hoarseness (Ortner syndrome)

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Mitral stenosis: exam findings (2)

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Diastolic murmur and opening snap (OS)

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Internval between S2 and OS relates _______ to severity of MS

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Inversely

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Mitral stenosis: ECG findings (2)

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P Mitrale: extended, bihumped P wave in Lead II; Atrial fibrillation

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Mitral stenosis: medical treatment (2)

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  1. Anticoagulation (even if absence of a fib); 2. Rate control (beta-blockers or the like to increase time for ventricle filling)
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Does medical therapy of mitral stenosis slow progression?

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No, but helps with symptoms

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When would a patient qualify for percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty (PMBV)? What is the second option to PMBV?

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Symptomatic patients or those with a fib/pulmonary hypertension; mitral valve replacement

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SO: PMBV for ________ patients

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Symptomatic

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T/F: People with normal valves are at risk for infective endocarditis

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False: normal valves are resistant

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Risk factors for infective endocarditis (3)

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  1. Turbulent blood flow across abnormal, diseased valve; 2. Lesions provoked by electrodes/catheters; 3. Repeated IV injections of solid particles in IV drug users
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Pathology of infective endocarditis

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Vegetation: platelets, fibrin, microorganisms

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Most common micro-organism to cause infective endocarditis. Second most common? How do you differentiate?
Staph; strep; staph = catalase positive; staph aureus = coagulase positive
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Catalase positive, coagulase positive?
Staph aureus
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Catalase positive, coagulase negative?
Another staph, likely staph epidermidis
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IV drug use, most common micro-organism
Staph aureus
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Prosthetic valve endocarditis, most common micro-organism
Staph epidermidis
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Underlying colon malignancy, most common micro-organism
Strep bovis
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Subacute bacterial endocarditis following dental work, most common micro-organism
Viridan sreptococci
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Culture negative, most common micro-organisms (mnemonic = 5 + one)
HACEK (Hemophilus, Actinobacillus, Cardiobacterium, Eikenella, Kingella); Coxiella (Q fever)
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Duke criteria is used to diagnose
Endocarditis
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Clinical manifestations of endocarditis: 2 sets of phenomenom
Vascular/embolic phenomenon: pieces of vegetation break off and travel; Immunologic phenomenon: deposition of circulating immune complexes
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Is infective endocarditis associated with heart murmurs?
Yes: you can get a new or worsened heart murmur
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What is a splinter hemorrhage? What phenomenon is it related to?
Black hemorrhage under nail --> skin finding of infective endocarditis; embolic phenomenon
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Eye finding of infective endocarditis. What phenomenon is it related to?
Roth Spot; embolic phenomenon
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Oslar nodes: What phenomenon is it related to?
Immunologic phenomenon
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Role of ECHO in endocarditis
Diagnostic: to find vegetation
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Infective endocarditis: treatment
Extended course of antibiotics (4+ weeks), consider methicillin-resistant if staph is suspected (vancomycin)
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If someone is not getting better, you do ________ for their endocarditis. Why else? (2)
Surgery; immune involvement, very large vegetation
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Etiology of aortic stenosis (three most common causes in order of prevalence)
1. Calcification of normal valve (7th, 8th decade); 2. Calcification of bicuspid valve (6th decade); 3. Rheumatic disease
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Pathogenesis of aortic stenosis
Risk factors (bicuspid valve, smoking, dyslipidemia) --> aortic sclerosis (inflammation) --> aortic stenosis (calcification)
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Bicuspid arotic valve (%, 2 most common sequalaes and 2 associations )
Common --> 1 - 2 % of people; aortic stenosis is most common sequalae followed by aortic regurgitation; associated w/ other abnormalities: coarctation of aorta and thoracic aortic aneurysm
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What kills patients with BAV?
Thoracic aortic aneurysm
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Pathophysiology of aortic stenosis
Gradient b/t LV and aorta during systole --> murmur
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Three symptoms of aortic stenosis and impact on median survival
1. Angina (5 years); 2. Syncope (3 years); 3. HF (2 years)
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Why does HF occur in aortic stenosis?
Contractile dysfunction develops because of insurmountably high afterload
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What is the murmur in aortic stenosis?
Coarse crescendo-decrescendo (diamond shaped) late-peaking systolic murmur
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Describe pulses in aortic stenosis
Weakened (parvus) and delayed (tardus) upstroke of the carotid artery
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A valve area of less than...is what?
1.0 cm2 = severe aortic stenosis
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Treatment for aortic stenosis..
No proven medical therapy
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What is the preferred treatment for symptomatic severe aortic stenosis?
Surgical aortic valve replacement
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Indication for aortic valve replacement
SYMPTOMS
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Define aortic regurgitation
Incomplete closure of the aortic valve in diastole resulting in retrograde flow from the aorta back into the LV (in diastole)
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Mechanisms of aortic regurgitation (6, 2 categories)
Abnormalities of valve leaflets: Bicuspid valve, infective endocarditis, rhematic heart disease; Dilation of aortic root: age/hypertension-related, aortic aneurysm (CT disease), aortic dissection
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Describe problem found in Marfan syndrome
Medial necrosis of aorta --> dilation of proximal ascending aorta --> aortic dissection AND mitral valve prolapse from dilation of mitral valve
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What gene is defective in Marfan?
Fibrillin
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Hemodynamic profile of aortic regurgiation
Aortic pressure falls rapidly during diastole with a wide pulse pressure (difference b/t systolic and diastolic blood pressure)
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Heart sound in aortic regurgitation
Blowing murmur in early diastole: low-frequency, mid-diastolic rumble, decrescendo
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Findings in chronic aortic regurgitation vs acute aortic regurgitation
Chronic: enlarged LV that has decreased pressure to LA; Acute: sudden shock of elevated pressure to LA --> pulmonary congestion
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Symptoms (3) and signs (3) of aortic regurgitation
Symptoms: exertional dyspnea, fatigue, uncomfortable sensation of forceful heart beat; Signs: widened pulse pressure, blowing murmur, Austin-Flint murmur
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Austin-Flint Murmur: describe and what does this cause?
Downward displacement (closure) of the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve during diastole by the regurgitant stream of aortic regurgitation; functional cause of mitral stenosis
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Physical findings in aortic regurgitation (3, but don't memorize this stuff)
1. Bisferiens pulse (double systolic impulse in carotid or brachial artery); 2. Quincke sign (capillary pulsations visible at proximal nail bed); 3. Bounding carotides
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Dicrotic notch is normal/abnormal. What is it?
Normal; rebound effect from arterial elasticity after systolic filling
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Who gets aortic regurgitation treatment? What is the treatment?
Medical therapy does not slow progression, but symptomatic patients may benefit from valve replacement
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Mitral regurgiation has two large categories. What are these?
Primary cause: structural defect of valve component; Secondary cause: valve is structurally normal but regurgitation results from LV enlargement
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Mitral regurgitation and acuity
If it's acute, you have dilated high pressure LA --> pulmonary edema; chronically, LA is accommodating and it has dilated
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Hemodynamic profile of mitral regurgitation
Tall v wave (atrial filling) due to back-flow from ventricle
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What is the most common cause of mitral regurgiation
Myxomatous degeneration: extra mitral valve tissue
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What are the typical symptoms of mitral regurgitation? Why?
Dyspnea, orthopnea, PND = pulmonary edema
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Murmur of mitral regugitation
Apical holosystolic murmur that often radiates to axilla
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What does holosystolic mean?
All of systole = starts at S1 and extends to S2
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Define mitral valve prolapse. What is it frequently accompanied by?
Abnormal billowing of a portion of one or both mitral leaflets into the left atrium during ventricular systole; mitral regurgitation
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Does mitral valve prolapse always affect patients?
Nope: often regurge is minimal and it doesn't cause symptoms
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Causes of mitral valve prolapse?
Familian, or accompanyting CT diseases (Marfan)
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What is the classic exam finding of mitral valve prolapse?
Midsystolic click (tensing chordae tendinae as leaflet billows into LA)
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Mitral regurgitation treatment (acute, chronic primary, chronic secondary)
Acute MR: surgery; Chronic primary MR: surgery for symptomatic patients = mitral valve repair (not replacement); Chronic secondary MR: medical therapy
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What is the medical therapy for acute MR?
Afterload reduction
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Two types of valves and key points
Mechanical: requires LT consistent anticoagulation; Bioprosthetic: less durable --> 50% failure in 15 years

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