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MHD: Ischemic Heart Disease Flashcards

1
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What is the leading cause of death/disability in the US?

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Heart disease

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2
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What is heart failure?

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A progressive condition where the heart is unable to pump blood sufficiently to meed the demand of tissues

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What is the difference between systolic and diastolic heart failure?

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In systolic heart failure, the heart is unable to properly contract to eject blood out. Diastolic failure has to do with stiffened ventricles that are unable to properly relax.

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Which side of the hear is most often involved with heart failure: left, right or both?

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Both. Usually left sided heart failure leads to right sided heart failure causing biventricular failure.

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5
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How is aortic stenosis related to diastolic heart failure?

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Stenosis causes LV hypertrophy, which makes the LV stiffer leading to diastolic failure due to decreased filling

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Where does blood “back up” into in right sided heart failure?

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Portal venous circulation leading to peripheral edema, ascites, portal hypertension

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Where does blood “back up” into in left sided heart failure?

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Pulmonary circulation

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What is the main cause of right heart failure?

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Left heart failure

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9
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What is cor pulmonale?

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Right heart failure without left heart failure, usually caused by lung disease, pulmonary hypertension

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What condition has the same risk factors as ischemic heart disease?

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Atherosclerosis

-hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, smoking, increased age, male gender

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11
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What are the 4 clinical presentations of ischemic heart disease?

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Angina pectoris
Acute myocardial infarction
Chronic ischemic heart disease/heart failure
Sudden cardiac death

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What are the 3 types of angina pectoris?

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Stable, unstable, and Prinzmetal variant

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Describe stable angina pectoris

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Stenosis (>75% reduction) due to coronary artherosclerosis prevents adequate O2 supply during increased cardiac demand.
Presents as chest pressure on exertion that goes away with rest

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Describe unstable angina pectoris

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Caused by atherosclerotic plaque disruption (fissure/ulceration of fibrotic cap) that triggers platelet activation, aggregation and vasospasm
Partially occluding thrombus causes chest pain, even at rest.

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Describe the composition of vulnerable plaques

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Lipid rich with thin fibrous caps

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16
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True or false: stable and unstable angina can cause myocardial infarction

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False. Both stable and unstable angina cause ischemia, not infarction.

17
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What is prinzmetal variant angina?

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Caused by coronary artery spasm that is unrelated to physical activity, heart rate, blood pressure.
Responds to vasodilators

18
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Describe the pathogenesis of myocardial infarction

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Plaque disruption leads to platelet adhesion, aggregation, activation, vasospasm and coagulation.
An occlusive thrombus forms leads to a true infarct

19
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How quickly after occlusion does myocardial infarction become irreversible?

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After 30 minutes, damage is irreversible, coagulative necrosis begins

20
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What is a transmural infarction

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An infarction involving the full thickness of the myocardial wall

21
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Describe the location of a non-transmural infarct

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Usually subendocardial infarction

The endocardium is most susceptible to ischemic damage due to distance from coronary arterial O2 supply

22
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Describe the gross/microscopic changes associated with MI after 1/2-4 hours

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No gross or microscopic changes

23
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Describe the gross/microscopic changes associated with MI after 4-12 hours

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Coagulation necrosis begins, is visible histologically as eosinophilic cytoplasm, pyknotic nuclei.
No gross changes visible.

24
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Describe the gross/microscopic changes associated with MI after 12-24 hours

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Gross changes visible: dark mottling due to hemorrhage into infarcted tissues
Ongoing coagulation necrosis, pyknosis of nuclei

25
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Describe the gross/microscopic changes associated with MI after 1-3 days

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Gross: mottled tissue
Histology: loss of nuclei and myocytes, neutorphils infiltrating

26
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Describe the gross/microscopic changes associated with MI after 3-7 days

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Gross: yellow appearing tissue
Histology: myocytes disintegrated via phagocytosis

27
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Describe the gross/microscopic changes associated with MI after 7-10 days

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Histology: granulation tissue begins to form

28
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Describe the gross/microscopic changes associated with MI after 10-14 days

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Histology: granulation tissue formed (mature collagen visible on trichrome stain)

29
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Describe the gross/microscopic changes associated with MI after 2-8 weeks

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Scar formation visible on trichrome stain (blue-stained collagen) and gross specimen (white scarring)

30
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Describe the clinical presentation of myocardial infarction

A

Crushing substernal chest pain, dyspnea, diaphoresis
Tachycardia, pulmonary congestion, edema
Silent in 10-15% of patients

31
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What laboratory tests are used to detect recent MI?

A

Creatinine kinase and troponin

32
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What is the classical EKG finding of MI?

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ST segment elevation

33
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List the treatments of MI

A 
Aspirin and other antiplatelet drugs
Heparin 
Thrombolytic therapy
Beta blockers
ACE inhibitors
Nitrates
Oxygen

“A BATH, NO?”

34
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What mechanisms are responsible for reperfusion injury?

A

Free radical production
Myocyte hypercontracture, increased Ca
Leukocyte aggregation
Mitochondrial dysfunction

35
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What is cardiogenic shock?

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A major complication of MI in which the heart is no longer able to supply enough blood to the rest of the body

36
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What is an arrhythmia?

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A disturbance of electrical conduction that can be caused by MI

37
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Describe the vulnerable state of the heart following an MI that leads to myocardial rupture

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3-7 days following infarction, the myocytes are dead and neutrophils have invaded. Neither provide any support, which makes the wall very weak

38
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What is sudden cardiac death?

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Fatal arrhythmia due to structural heart disease. Almost always related to sever atherosclerotic heart disease, not acute infarction

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