Myocarditis and Pericarditis Flashcards
Two categories myocardial disease
Cardiomyopathy
Specific heart muscle disease
How do you diagnose myocarditis?
Endomyocardial biopsy
Clinical associations with dilated cardiomyopathy
Gradual development of CF
4 chamber hypertrophy with dilation
Causes of Dilated cardiomyopathy
Familial Causes
Alcohol
Previous Myocarditis
Pregnancy associated with nutritional deficiency
Clinical picture of a dilated cardiomyopathy patient
Slowly developing CHF, progressive and unremitting
May have precipitous decompensation
50% die in 2 years – needs transplant
Morphology of dilated cardiomyopathy
2-3X normal size hearts, all chambers
Mural Thrombi Common
Patchy Subendocardial Scars
Functional Mitral Regurg
Histology of dilated cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophied myofibers, stretched
Interstitial and endocardial fibrosis
Clinical associations of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Muscular hyper-contracting heart
HF from decreased chamber size, poor compliance, and lower SV
Causes of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
100% genetic – Sarcomere proteins or mitochondrial energy defects
Problems seen in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients
Atril fibrillation w/ mural thrombus formation
Infective endocarditis on MV
Intractable CF
Sudden Death
What is IHSS
Idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis
Histology of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Extensive myocyte hypertrophy (diameter over 40um)
Myofiber disarray, interstitial and replacement fibrosis
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy. Clinical associations
Inability of myocardium to expand, contractile fxn normal
Causes of Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
Infiltrative diseases like
AMYLOIDOSIS, HEMACHROMATOSIS, LEUKEMIA, STORAGE DISEASES, RADIATION, CONSTRICTIVE PERI
Three kinds or restrictive cardiomyopathy
Endocardial fibrosis
Loeffler’s endomyocarditis
Endocardial fibroelastosis