Pathology of the Heart I Flashcards
25% individuals
foramen ovale doesn’t fuse
-probe patent - not congenital defect
problem if RA pressure higher than LA
paradoxical embolism
with hole in heart
-embolism from venous to arterial systemic circulation
MI in septum
arrhythmia
intercalated cells
in myocardium
-adhesion plus gap junctions
myocardial cells branch
sigmoid septum
aging heart
- reduced ventricular size
- bulging of basal ventricular septum
don’t perfuse coronary aa as well
aging heart
sigmoid septum
aortic and mitral valve calcific
coronary arteries tortuous
brown atrophy (lipofuscin
predominant cause of death in US
heart disease
cancer is close behind
more in males and AAs
increased deaths
congenital heart disease (better Dx)
hypertensive heart disease
decreased deaths
ischemic heart disease
valve disease
myocardial disease
cardiac reserve
at rest - CO only 10-20% of max capacity
symptomatic patient
with loss of 70-80% of cardiac function
six causes of cardiac dysfunction
1 pump fail 2 obstruction through heart 3 regurgitant flow 4 shunted flow 5 conduction disorders 6 circulatory system disruption
myocardium
hypertrophy - no hyperplasia
cardiac hypertrophy
incrase in ventricular thickness or weight
cardiomegaly
increase in heart size
hypertrophy OR dilation
normal heart weight
male 300-350g
female 250-300g
600-1000g heart
aortic regurg
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
400-800g heart
systemic HTN, aortic stenosis, mitral regurg, dialted cardiomyopathy
350-600g heart
pulmonary HTN, IHD
concentric hypertrophy
pressure overload
thick myocytes
eccentric hypertrophy
volume overload
stretched myocytes
chamber dilation as well