Mitral Steosis Flashcards
What is mitral stenosis?
Incomplete opening of the MV during diastole with thickened mitral leaflets
What is the progression of mitral stenosis?
- Increased LA pressure
- Increased PV pressure
- Increased Lung pressure
- Increased PA pressure
- Increased RV pressure
- Increased RA pressure
- Increased TV annular dilation
- Tricuspid regurgitation
MS reduces the size of what?
The opening between the LV and LA
LA driving pressure must rise in order to do what?
Maintain adequate blood flow
Increase in Right heart pressure leads to what?
Increase venous pressure symptoms
What are some symptoms of Mitral stenosis?
- Dyspnea (SOB)
- Chest pain
- Fatigue
- Exacerbating factors (increasing HR and CO)
What are some complications of Mitral stenosis?
- Left atrial enlargement
- A-fib
- Atypical flow patterns
Why would the Left atrium increases with m/s?
LA will enlarge due to increased pressure
MS accompanied with A fib leads to what?
Combined with A Fib leads to stagnant blood flow in the LA and Blood clots
Atypical flow patterns due to ms lead to what disorders?
- Thromboembolism
- Infective endocarditis
What is important to measure with M/S?
RVSP
Why is it important to measure RVSP with M/S?
Flow pattern
1. MS causes pressure back up
2. Increased pulmonary venous pressure
3. Pulmonary arterial hypertension
With pulmonary arterial hyper tension, is it reversible?
At first
Long standing PAH causes irreversibly increased what?
PVR Pulmonary vascular resistance
This is why surgery timing is also depends on LV/LA/RV
What are signs of MS?
Pressure and heart sounds
1. Depends on the severity of MS
2. LV/LA pressures do not equalize during Diastasis
3. Auscultation
How do we assess MS in echo?
- Assess the MV in 2D
- Determine the etiology of the lesion
- Assess for LAE
- Estimate RVSP or other pulmonary pressures
- Estimate severity of regurgitation
When we assess the MV in 2D what do we do?
- Assess for MS etiology
- Comment on valve anatomy, mobility, and calcification from 2D
- Image: MV area by 2D or 3D
- Measure: thickness of leaflet tips
- SweepL Assess the chordal structures
What specific structures do we look at during a 2D assessment?
- MV leaflets
- LA size
When doing a 2D assessment what can be the most accurate method to quantify MS?
Planimetry
What is planimetry in terms of the 2D assessment?
- Traced from zoom PSAX MV vie w
- Trace around the blood tissue interface
Accuracy of planimetry depends on what?
- Visualization
- Correct position
- Gain settings
- Operator skill
In terms of planimetry, we must transect how/what?
Must transect exactly perpendicular to the MV orifice at the leaflet tips
What does this demonstrate?
How we will complete planimetry, also B and C will overestimate the MVA
When we do a M mode assessment of the MS what do we see?
Reduced MV leaflet excursion
What are some rheumatic MV M-mode characteristics?
- Increased echogenicity of leaflets
- Decreased excursion
- Decreased E-F slope
- Anterior motion PMVL
Where does Rheumatic disease start at?
Leaflet tips
Where does degenerative (MAC) start at?
Basal annulus (usually posterior)
Where does Congenital disease usually start at?
Subvalvular apparatus
What are some MV stenosis etiology?
- Rheumatic
- Degenerative MAC
- Congenital
- Masses
How do we measure the rheumatic MV leaflet thickness?
- Zoom on the MV
- Scroll until the valve is at maximal opening and the leaflets are well seen
- Measure thickness of both leaflets
Note any focal calcification
In terms of rheumatic MV leaflet thickness, the valves will no longer have what?
Classic double bump movement during diastole
If there is Rheumatic MV disease, the MV leaflets will present how?
Reduced leaflet exercising in diastole
Hockey stick” appearance or “doming”
What does this image demonstrate?
Normal and MS in PLAX
What are some Rheumatic MS 2D characteristics?
- Commissural fusion
- Restricted motion
What does commissural fusion look like? In terms of the AMVL and the PMVL
- Doming of the AMVL
- Restricted mobility of PMVL