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Transient, often recurrent chest pain induced by myocardial ischemia insufficient to induce myocardial infarction

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Angina pectoris

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describe the pulmonary congestion of primary right sided heart failure

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minimal

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Vascular changes of the heart from aging

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  • coronary atherosclerosis

- stiffening of the aorta

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Half of all MI deaths occur within 1 hour of onset and are usually secondary to what?

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arrhythmia

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5
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what are 2 situations that can cause asymptomatic heart attacks?

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  • diabetics

- heart transplant patients can be denervated

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What can cause isolated right sided heart failure?

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anything that causes pulmonary hypertension

  • parenchymal lung diseases (emphysema)
  • primary pulmonary HTN
  • pulmonary vasoconstriction
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-episodic coronary ARTERY SPASM relieved by vasodilaters

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Prinzmetal variant angina

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Where does a ventricular aneurysm most frequently seen

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apex and pops out during systole

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Classic presentation of a myocardial infarction

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  • PROLONGED CHEST PAIN (>30 min)
  • -crushing, stabbing, squeezing, tightness
  • -radiating down left arm, or to left jaw
  • DIAPHORESIS
  • dyspnea
  • Nausea-vomiting
  • up to 25% are asymptomatic
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What will not help in determining if there was an MI after a car wreck?

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CK-Mb because of muscle damage

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Most common arteries that cause ischemia to heart?

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  • LAD
  • left circumflex
  • right coronary
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what are the risk factors for a myocardial rupture

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  • age
  • large transmural ANTERIOR MI
  • FIRST MI
  • absence of LV hypertrophy
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what is a complication of an MI due to the inflammatory process of neutrophils coming in

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fibrinous pericarditis

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  • Pain, increasing in frequency, duration, and severity, eventually at rest
  • usually RUPTURE of a plaque, with a partial thrombus
  • 50% may have evidence of myocardial necrosis
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Unstable (or “crescendo”) angina

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  • STENOTIC OCCLUSON of coronary artery
  • “squeezing” or burning sensation relieved by rest or vasodilators
  • symptoms come on with exercise or effort
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Stable angina

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in the setting of volume overload, describe the hypertrophy

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myocytes elongate and ventricular dilation is seen

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Morphology of MI 3-4 days

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neutrophils

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Morphology of MI 24 hours

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coagulative necrosis

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Morphology of MI 2 months

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dense collagen

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What is the best measure of hypertrophy?

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heart weight

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When does a myocarcial rupture occur

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2-4 days post MI when inflammation and necrosis have weakened the wall

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what is the most common cause of right sided heart failure?

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left sided heart failure

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Describe the venous system in primary right sided heart failure

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markedly congested:

  • lever congestion (nutmeg liver)
  • splenic congestion (splenomegaly)
  • effusions of peritoneal, pleural, and pericardial spaces (ascites)
  • renal congestion
  • edema, especially in dependent areas (ankles)
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left sided heart failure is most commonly a result of what 4 things?

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  • myocardial ischemia
  • HTN
  • left-sided valve disease
  • primary myocardial disease
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Concentric hypertrophy causes what dysfunction? Dilated?
diastolic systolic
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What morphological feature can be found in dead myocytes that are repurfused and why?
necrosis with contraction bands because dead myocytes are able to contract because of influx of calcium from repurfusion
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a myocardial rupture after an MI typically requires what?
transmural infarct
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What will stain normal cells red because they contain lactate dehydrogenase and will leave lysed or death cells pale or white?
triphenyltetrazolium chloride
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What occlusion more commonly causes an arrythmia after MI
RCA
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Left ventricular dysfunction can lead to left atrial dilation which can then lead to what?
- atrial fibrillation - stasis - thrombus
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causes of myocardial infarction
- nearly 90% to atheromatous plaque - embolus - vasospasm (cocaine) - ischemia secondary to vasculitis, shock, hematologic abnormality (sickly cell)
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left sided heart failure leading to Decreased ejection fraction may result in decreased glomerular perfusion which will cause what?
- stimulation of renin and increased volume | - Prerenal Azotemia
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how long does it take a zone of necrosis during an MI to become transmural
6-24 hours
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Pressure overload from systemic HTN gives what kind of hypertrophy
myocytes become thicker and the left ventricular wall thickness increases concentrically
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What are the clinical effects of left sided heart failure due to?
- congestion in pulmonary circulation | - decreased tissue perfusion
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What usually precipitates sudden cardiac death
coronary artery disease. could be subclinical
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morphology of MI 7-10 days
macrophages
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Valve changes with aging
- Aortic and mitral valve annular calcification - fibrous thickening - mitral valve leaflets buckling towards left atrium-> increased left atrium size - LAMBLE EXCRESCENCES
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Morphology of MI 10-14 days
early granulation tissue. some collagen
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when do troponins peak
24 hours
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myocardium and chamber changes of the heart with aging
- Decreased LV size - increased epicardial fat - Myocardial lipofuscin and basophilic degeneration - fewer myocytes and increased collagen in myocardium
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best lab test for MI
troponins I and T most specific for cardiac myocyte
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Leading cause of death in U.S.
ischemic heart disease
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what situations cause cardiac myocytes to become hypertrophic?
- sustained pressure or volume overload | - sustained trophic signals (B-adrenergic stimulation)

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