Midterm Flashcards
What are the four mechansms of fluid accumulation in cavitary spaces?
increased hydrostatic pressure
decreased oncotic pressure
inflammation
lymphatic blockage
What type of myocardial hypertrophy is in response to increased pressure on myofibers?
concentric hypertrophy (increased afterload)
What type myocardial hypertrophy is in response to increased volume load?
eccentric hypertrophy (dilitation)
What does increased preload lead to in heart myofibers?
volume overload –> eccentric hypertrophy
What sided heart failure causes systemic congestion?
Right sided
What sided heart failure causes pulmonary congestion?
left sided
What is seen in chronic right sided heart failure?
nutmeg liver, cavitary edema
Where will the edema be in right sided heart failure in cattle, horses, dogs, and cats?
Horses, cattle - subq edema
dogs - ascites
cats - hydrothorax
What are the lesions associated with chronic left sided heart failure?
Pulmonary edema, congested alveolar walls, heart failure cells, fibrosis
What is the lesion seen with acute heart failure? (either right or left)
just congestion of systemic circulation
What are normal post-mortem changes in the heart?
hemoglobin imbibition (looks like hemorrhage) intracardiac injection barbituate solutions - crystal precipitation
What is the sequelae of cardiac tamponade?
impedes venous return to the heart by compression of veins and the RS of heart
What are the causes of fibrinous pericarditis in cow, horse, cat, and pig?
cow - blackleg, mannheimia haemolytica
horse - strep equi
cat - FIP
pig - polyserositis things, edema disease, mulberry heart dz
What are the possible clinical outcomes of traumatic reticulopericarditis in cows?
chronic - fibrous tissue and adhesions –> contrictive pericarditis
acute - septicemia
What is the difference between cardiomyopathy and myocardial hypertrophy?
cardiomyopathy - primary and idiopathic
hypertrophy - secondary
What are the 3 possible outcomes of feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
stress –> sudden death
thromoembolism
congestive heart failure
How is feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy diagnosed in cats post mortem?
gross - measure cross section of ventricles
microscopy - myofiber disarray
What species get dilated cardiomyopathy? Which one gets it most common?
dogs - most common
cats
cattle
What is the cause of dilated cardiomyopathy?
cats - taurine deficiency
dogs - heritable, large breeds
How can dilated cardiomyopathy be diagnosed?
grossly - globoid shape, double apex of heart
no microscopic lesions
What are the 9 categories of causes of myocardial necrosis? What specific ones do we need to know?
nutritional deficiences - vit E/selenium toxic drugs - ionophores, doxorubicin nutritional toxicities - vit D Plant toxicity other toxins - gossypol, bilster beetles Uremia CNS lesions (brain-heart syndrome) shock/hypoxia atherosclerosis viruses - canine parvo
What are the infectious causes of myocarditis?
3 viruses) (2 bacteria) (2 parasites
Canine parvo porcine encephalomyocarditis virus west nile virus clostridium chauveoi histophilus somni toxoplasma gondii neospora caninum
What is the term for myxomatous degeneration of the heart valve?
endocardiosis (only dogs)
What species are affected by endocarditis?
cows and pigs (less dogs)
What are the 4 sequelae of endocarditis?
valvular insufficiency –> congestive HF
right side emboli –> pulmonary abscess
left sided emboli - infarction
stenosis of the valve
What predisposes an animal to endocarditis?
heart diseases, turbulent blood flow
uremia in dogs - mineral deposits
strongylus vulgaris migration in horses
What is the most common congenital cardiac defect in dog? cattle?
dog - pulmonic stenosis
cattle - ventricular septal defects
What are the possible secondary changes observed when the heart has congenital valvular stenosis?
- poststenotic dilation
2. concentric ventricular hypertrophy
What are the 2ndary changes to ventricular septaldefects in cattle?
blood flows from left to right –>dilated right venticle and eccentric hypertrophy
concentric hypertrophy on left side
also dilated left ventricle and eccentric hypertrophy
How are VSDs in dogs different from cattle?
small, high defect, right sided changes arent seen –> left sided ventricular dilation and eccentric hypertrophy
What is the blood flow like in ASD in dogs? sequelae?
left atrium shunts to right ventricle, volume overload –> dilation and eccentric hypertrophy for both sides, but more in the RA for dogs
What is the syndrome caused by chronic heart defects switching back blood from right to left?
eisenmengers syndrome, not common in animals
What are the 3 general mechanisms of thrombosis?
endothelial injury
alterations in blood flow
hypercoagulability
What are the 2 possible presesntations of HW dz in dogs and what is the MOA?
right heart failure - hypertrophy of pulmonary vessels
vena caval syndrome - obstructs venous return to heart and valves
What are 2 possible lesions associated with HW dz in dogs in the pulmonary arteries and kidney?
pulmonary artery endarteritis membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (ag-ab complexes)
Where does Strongylus vulgaris larvae migrate in the horse?
into the intima of cranial mesenteric artery
How does Strongylus vulgaris lead to ischemia/infarcts in the GI tract?
endothelial damage, weakening of vessel wall –> aneurysms
What are the 2 infectious causes of vasculitis in a horse?
EAV, strongylus vulgaris
What are the 2 infectious causes of vasculitis in a cow?
malignant catarrhal fever, histophilus somni
What are the 4 infectious causes of vasculitus in a pig?
circovirus, erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, CSF, Strep suis
What are the 3 infectious causes of vasculitis in a dog?
herpes, ICH, heartworm
What is the infectious cause of vasculitis in a cat?
FIP
Term for age related change in which the arterial wall has fibrosed and thickened by smooth muscle.
arteriosclerosis