Nordgren: Heart Pump Flashcards
What are the phases of the cardiac cycle?
- diastole
- Systole:
- Isovolumetric contraction
- Ejection phase
- Isovolumetric relaxation
What is the first step in diastole and what causes it?
- Opening of the AV valves- occurs when LV pressure falls below LA P. Ventricular filling begins.
What is the second step of diastole?
- Open AV
2. Blood from RA empties rapidly into LV
What is the third step of diastole?
- Open AV
- Blood empties from RA
- P in RA/AV rise as champers passively fill as blood returns through veins
What causes the P wave?
Depolarization of the RA causes RA P to rise forcing blood into the ventricle.
When is the P wave important?
KImportant when increased HR because passive fillig time is shortened
What maintains atrial pressure during diastole?
AP is maintained by elastic recoil of the walls of the aorta and other large arteries.
What is the lowest aortic pressure?
Aortic pressure gradually falls during diastole as the aortic blood supplies the vascular bed. The lowest aortic pressure is the DIASTOLIC pressure reached at the end of diastole.
What are the 3 things that proper filling of the ventricles depends on?
- Filling pressure of blood returning to heart and atria
- Ability of AV valves to open fully (not stenotic)
- Ability of ventricular wall to expand passively with little resistance (high compliance)
What is the QRS wave? Why is it important?
AP passes through the AV node to the ventricle. Causing contraction in the LV and intraventricular pressure to rise about that in the RA.
This is the first step of systole!
What closes the AV valve?
Increased pressure
What happens during the isovolumetric contraction phase and when is it?
The chamber is CLOSED and has a FIXED volume as the heart contracts.
(period when mitral valve and AV valve are closed)
When does ventricular ejection begin?
When LV P exceeds that in the aorta cause the AV to open.
What is the pressure difference between the LV and the aorta?
VERY small. The aortic valve orifice is large and presents very little resistance to flow.
What is the peak systolic pressure?
When left ventricular and aortic pressures reach a maximum
What does the T wave represent?
Ventricular relaxation and repolarization
Why does aortic pressure fall during the ejection phase?
Blood is leaving the aorta and large arteries faster than it’s entering from the left ventricle.
What causes the AV valve to close?
LV pressure falls below aortic pressure
What is the incisura in AP?
When a small amt of blood backflow to ventricle as aortic leaflets close> temporary rise in aortic P
What happens to the intraventricular pressure (following the T wave) as ventricular muscles relax?
IV P falls rapidly
What occurs during the isovolumetric relaxation phase?
Relaxation! A period between aortic valve closure and mitral valve opening, that causes the IV pressure to fall below AP.
What is the arterial pulse pressure?
PP= Diastolic - systolic
What is stroke volume?
The amt of blood ejected from the ventricle during a single beat.
SV= EDV-ESV
What is the main difference between the cardiac cycle for the right and left pump?
- Magnitude of the peak systolic pressure is LOWER in the RGIHT because less resistance to flow from lungs vs. systemic organs (sys=24, dia- 8)
What is the jugular venous pulse?
Pressure pulsations in the RA that are transmitted to large veins near the heart
What is the A wave?
atrial contraction
What is the C wave?
bulging of tricuspid valve into the RA d/t ventricular contraction