Myocardial Injury Flashcards
Venous drainage of the heart occurs through
coronary sinus - RA btwn IVC and tricuspid valve
Major epicardial vessels
RCA
LCA - divides into the LAD and circumflex
LAD divides into the diagonal branches
Circumflex divides into the obtuse marginal arteries
Ischemia occurs when . . .
Supply/demand of oxygen to the heart is not balanced
Nerves from the heart
T1-T5
What % of atherosclerosis in CA causes pain
when 70% of vessel is occluded
Vulnerable plaques characteristics
- lipid cores with thin fibrous cap
- Have reduced smooth muscle cells
- increased macrophage activity
Chronic stable angina
Predictable chest pain
Lasts 2 or more hours
Unstable angina
At rest
New onset
Increasing severity or frequency
Etiology of CAD
endothelia damage with cholesterol deposition
LDL formation
Macrophage infiltration - Foam cells causing ROS, causing cellular damage
Revascularization
CABG when:
- Severe left main
- 3 vessel disease
- Diabetic with 2 or 3 vessel disease
ACS
Acute worsening or destabilizing angina
Usually from plaque break off
STEMI or NSTEMI
Atherosclerosis
Inflammatory disorder
Vulnerable plaques break off, collagen is exposed, then platelets aggregate over to the site
Thromboxane A2 causes vasoconstriction
GP2b3a on platelets is activated
Clotting cascade is activated to form fibrin to stabilize the clot
Vasoconstriction, spasm
Treatment of ACS
O2
Pain medication - morphine
sublingual NTG
Aspirin
Unfractionated heparin if pt going to PCI
BB unless the pt is hemodynamically unstable or has HB
Treatment for STEMI
Reperfusion therapy Thrombolytics w/in 30-60 min of hospital arrival/12 hrs of symptom onset PCI - door to balloon within 90 minutes IV heparin for 48 hrs after thrombolytic therapy BB to decrease infarct size ACEI Glycemic control Statins *no CCB bc decrease contractility
NSTEMI
Oxygen Pain medication BB CCB can be used NTG ASA Clopidogrel *No thrombolytic therapy bc risk of hemorrhage outweighs the benefit
Most common arrhythmia after MI
Ventricular
Other complications after MI
20% have afib/flutter
15% Pericarditis
Signs of pericarditis
Friction rub when pt sits up and leans forward
Pain is pleuritic
Dressler syndrome
Pericarditis that develops weeks to months after MI
Mitral valve regurg after MI
from ischemia to papillary muscles
most commonly after inferior MI
Results in pulmonary edema and cardiogenic shock
Cardiogenic shock
CO doesn’t maintain appropriate perfusion to organs
Inotropes and pressure support - If BP is appropriate NTG can be added to reduce preload and afterload
Reduce afterload
Improve CA perfusion
*IABP
Ventricular Septal Rupture
After anterior wall MI
Holosystolic murmur
Treat with surgery
Myocardial rupture
1% of pts
Death via tamponade