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Myocardial and Pericardial Disease Flashcards

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What is a common cause of secondary dilated cardiomyopathy?

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Post-infectious myocarditis

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What is the cause of primary dilated cardiomyopathy?

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Unknown

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How will a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy present?

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Signs and symptoms of HF which usually develop slowly (Consistent with L sided and R sided HF symptoms)

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What will you find on physical exam in a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy?

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Cardiomegaly (displaced PMI)
Pulsus alternans 
Low BP
Sxs of HF
S3 gallop, MR murmer
Hepatomegaly
HJR
TR murmur (louder with inspiration)
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What might you see on an echocardiography/doppler in a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy?

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LV/RV dilation, Global LV dysfunction with reduced EF

Maybe mitral regurgitation

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What would you expect on a CXR of a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy?

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Cardiomegaly
Pulmonary congestion
Pleural effusions

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Should you get a cardiac cath on a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy?

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No! only when necessary to exclude alternative diagnosis

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How do you treat dilated cardiomyopathy?

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Similar to heart failure
ACEI or ARB
Beta blockers
Spironolactone

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What are the only meds that will improve survival of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy?

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ACEI (or ARBs), B-blockers, and spironolactone

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What is the most common type of cardiomyopathy?

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Dilated

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How do you diagnose cardiac myopathy?

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Cardiac ultrasound with doppler (echocardiogram)

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How often is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy genetically transmitted?

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50% of the time - autosomal dominant with high penetrance

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Because hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is so easily inherited, what must you do when you have a patient with HCM?

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Perform echocardiography on all siblings and offspring of patient with HCM

Always refer for genetic counseling

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What is especially hypertrophic in patients with HCM?

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The IVS is massively hypertrophied and is easily seen on cardiac ultrsound

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What type of dysfunction is common in patients with HCM?

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Diasolic dysfunction

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What type of gene mutation causes spontaneous transmission of the hypertrophic cardiomyopathy gene?

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De novo gene mutations

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The LVOT obstruction in HCM is ______

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Dynamic

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What can change the obstruction of the LVOT in HCM?

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Activity/rest

LV volume

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What causes obstruction in HCM?

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MV moves abnormally toward IVS and obstructs the LVOT

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What is the definitive diagnosis of HCM?

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Cardiac ultrasound

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During childhood, most HCM patients are ____ but it may be detected in offspring of patients with known disease

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Asymptomatic

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What are the 3 most common symptoms of HCM?

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Dyspnea, chest pain, and syncope (sudden death can also be a symptom… but is it really a symptom if you’re dead? idk)

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What is one of the most common causes of sudden death in young athletes?

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Hypertrophic cardiac myopathy

Sudden death commonly occurs during strenuous activity

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What can lead to sudden decompensation and is a bad prognostic sign of hypertrophic cardiac myopathy?

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Afib

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Common physical exam findings of HCM
Bisferiens carotid pulse Double or triple apical impulse S4 and S3 gallops Loud harsh **aortic outflow murmur** (crescendo-decrescendo)
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Where is the cescendo-decrescendo murmur best heard?
Left sternal border
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What increases the murmur of HCM?
Standing and valsalva Hypovolemia, tachycardia, increase in cardiac contractility
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What decreases the murmur of HCM?
Squatting
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The murmur of HCM is the _______ of how aortic stenosis acts
OPPOSITE!! Very important!!
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What is essential in management of HCM?
Minimize strenuous activity
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What are the medications to manage HCM?
Beta blockers CCBs This is the only time you can add verapamil to beta blocker!!
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What type of CCB should you NOT use with HCM?
DHP -- can worsen symptoms
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What are some interventional therapies for HCM?
Surgery or procedures to reduce septal muscle (myomectomy) Dual chamber pacemaker ICD in high risk patients
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What is the hallmark of restrictive and infiltrative cardiomyopathies?
Abnormal diastolic function
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What is the pathophysiology of restrictive and infiltrative cardiomyopathies?
Ventricular walls excessively rigid and impede diastolic filling; systolic function may be normal or reduced
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What are the etiologies of restrictive and infiltrative cardiomyopathies?
``` Amyloidosis Hemochromotosis Fairy disease Gaucher disease Endomyocardial Fibrosis Loeffler endocarditis Hypereosinophilia disease ```
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Findings of restrictive cardiomyopathy
``` JVD S3 and/or S4 Inspiratory increase in venous pressure (Kussmaul's sign) Rt heart failure (edema, hepatomegaly) Dyspnea, exercise intolerance, fatigue ```
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Random... What do you not want to use with HCM?
DHP CCB
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What are the echo-doppler findings going to be for a patient with restrictive cardiomyopathy?
LV wall thickening; decreased diastolic relaxation
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What types of regurgitation are common with restrictive cardiomyopathy?
Tricuspid and mitral
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What is the treatment for restrictive cardiomyopathy?
There is no specific treatment; Calcium channel antagonists may improve diastolic function in selected individuals
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Most common cause of myocarditis?
Viral
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Most common viruses that causes myocarditis?
Coxsackievirus (B moreso than A) | HIV
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Prodromal viral syndrome followed by chest pain, dyspnea, palpitations that progress to HF
Myocarditis
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Treatment for myocarditis?
Supportive | AVOID NSAIDS
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Syndrome due to inflammation of the pericardium characterized by chest pain, a pericardial friction rub, and serial ECG abnormalities
Acute pericarditis
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Most common cause of pericarditis?
Viral! Cocksackie B most common Uremia Post MI Neoplastic disease
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Pain is intense and is aggravated by lying supine, with inspiration, coughing, swallowing, laughing Improved with sitting up, leaning forward, and shallow inspiration
Acute pericarditis
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The pain from acute pericarditis may be similar to that of ____
Myocardial infarction
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What is pathognomonic for pericarditis?
Pericardial friction rub - scratching, grating, high pitched sound due to friction between pericardium and epicardium
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What two components do you usually hear when auscultating for pericarditis?
Ventricular systole and early diastole
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Where is the pericardial friction rub best heard for pericarditis?
Left lower sternal border Best heard with patient sitting, leaning forward, in full expiration
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What EKG changes will you see in a patient with acute pericarditis?
Initially diffuse ST segment elevation in all leads except **aVR and V1**
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What will you find on echo-doppler in a patient with pericarditis?
Normal LV size and function -- this will rule out myocarditis!! Could see a small pericardial effusion
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How do you treat acute pericarditis?
Bed rest until pain and fever resolved - 2-4 weeks Hospitalize only if suspect MI
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What do patents rapidly respond to with pericarditis?
NSAIDs Don't use if there is evidence of myocarditis!
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What should be AVOIDED in patients with pericarditis?
Anticoagulants
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Can occur with all forms of pericarditis - symptoms include chest pressure, dyspnea, hiccups, nausea, and. fullness, and cough
Pericardial effusion without cardiac compression
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What will you see on CXR in a patient with a pericardial effusion (without cardiac compression)?
Cardiomegaly if more than 250cc fluid
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What will you see on ECG in a patient with pericardial effusion without cardiac compression?
NSST-T changes; DECREASED QRS VOLTAGE
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What is the best technique to diagnose pericardial effusion?
Echocardiogram
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What can an echocardiogram determine the presence of in a pericardial effusion?
Tamponade
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What is a pericardial effusion WITH compression called?
Cardiac tamponade
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Increasing pericardial fluid raises intrapericardial pressure resulting in compression of the heart
Cardiac tamponade
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What does a cardiac tamponade limit? What does this lead to?
Ventricular diastolic filling Leads to reduction of stroke volume and cardiac output!
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What happens with cardiac tamponade pressures?
LV and RV diastolic pressures will equilibrate LA and RA pressures will elevate
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What is seen on echocardiogram when assessing a patient for cardiac tamponade?
RA and RV collapse
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What is becks triad and what is it a sign of?
Decline in arterial pressure Elevation of systemic venous pressure Quiet heart Cardiac tamopnade?
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What is pulsus paradoxus?
When inspiration leads to a marked decrease in LV volume resulting in a systolic BP drop of greater than 10mm
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What is diagnostic of a cardiac tamponade?
Echocardiogram
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How do you treat a cardiac tamponade?
Pericardiocentesis Pericardectomy or pericardotomy are necessary in 25% of recurrent tamponade cases

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