Module 1: Advanced Cardiac Anatomy And Echo Windows Flashcards
The heart is divided into two different Sulci what are they?
- Interventricular sulcus (groove)
- Atrioventricular sulcus (groove)
What is the interventricular sulcus?
Between the two ventricles (vertical)
What is the atrioventricular sulcus?
Between the atria + ventricles
How do we follow the IV sulcus ?
Follows the path of the interventricular septum
How do we follow the AV sulcus seen in ultrasound?
Follow the path between both ventricles and atria (Horizontal)
What is the crux?
Where the IV and AV sulcus meet. Crux = cross
What does the sulcus composed of?
Vessels and pericardial fat
What is found on the anterior of the IV sulcus?
- LAD (left anterior descending artery)
- Great cardiac vein
What arteries found on the posterior of the IV sulci? 2
- PDA (posterior descending artery)
- Middle cardiac vein
What does the AV sulcus contain? 2
Contains vessels and epicardial fat
What arteries are found on the anterior AV sulcus?
- Circumflex artery (CX wraps around left side)
- Right coronary artery (RCA wraps around right side)
What is found on the posterior of the AV sulcus? 2
- Coronary sinus
- PDA from RCA
What are the two main arteries of the coronary arteries?
- Left main coronary branches
- Right coronary artery
What is in the left main coronary artery branches?
- Left anterior descending artery (LAD)
- Circumflex artery (CX)
Where does the Right coronary artery (blue) travel?
Travels rightward along the AV sulcus towards the posterior heart
In 70-80% of people the PDA (posterior descending artery) comes from where? Where does it travel?
The RCA and travels in the posterior IV sulcus
How long is the Left main coronary artery?
From a few mm to about 1.5 cm in length
What Colour is the Left main coronary artery?
Yellow
What does the Left main coronary artery give rise to? 2
- Left descending artery
- Circumflex artery
What is the oxygen saturation in the coronary sinus?
About 50%
Deoxygenated blood in the venous system has how much O2 saturation?
Still around 75%
All cardiac veins drain into what?
The coronary sinus
What are the different types of cardiac veins? 3
- Great
- Middle
- Small cardiac veins
What are the 5 main right atrial structures?
- IVC
- SVC
- Coronary sinus
- Tricuspid valve
- Right atrial appendage (auricle)
What is the Right atrial appendage shaped like?
Snoopy ear
How is the right ventricle shaped?
- Crescent shaped
- Curves all the way around the LT heart
How thick is the Right ventricle wall?
<5mm
RV inflow is at what angle compared to RV outflow?
45 degree
What is the main right ventricle points? 4
- Tricuspid valve
- Pulmonary valve
- Moderator band
- Infundibulum
Where is the moderator band found?
Only in the RV
What is the infundibulum?
Smooth muscle ridge between RVOT and LVOT
What is the bifurcation in the main pulmonary muscle found?
Superiorly to the roof of the Left atrium