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Pericardial disease Flashcards

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Pericardium consists of:

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  • 2 serous surfaces
  • One potential space
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What are the two serous surfaces of the pericardium?

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  • Visceral pericardium
  • Parietal pericardium
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How much fluid does the pericardial space normally contain?

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< 50 mL

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What are the roles of the pericardium?

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  • Maintaining heart w/in place in thorax
  • Lubricates heart to avoid friction w/surrounding organs
  • Protects heart from spreading infection
  • Prevents acute dilation of chambers
  • May also prevent hypertrophy under conditions of strenuous exercise
  • Ventricular interdependence
  • Responsible for drop in intrapericardial pressure during ventricular systole
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Pericarditis

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Symptomatic inflammation of the pericardium

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Pericarditis can be acute, chronic, or

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recurrent pericarditis

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What is the most common manifestation of pericardial disease

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acute pericarditis

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Myopericarditis

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Implies associated inflammation, often with coinciding tissue necrosis of the myocardium

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Causes of pericarditis

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  • Infectious
  • Autoimmune
  • Reactive
  • Metabolic
  • Traumatic
  • Neoplastic
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What are most cases of pericarditis in Western Europe and North America pressumed to be

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Viral etiology (aka idiopathic)

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Pericardial irritation can also be due to:

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  • Cardiothoracic surgery
  • Percutaenous device implantation
  • Endocardial and epicardial catheter based ablation procedures
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To be clinically diagnosed with acute pericarditis you need to have two of the four symptoms:

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  • Pericarditic chest pain
  • Pericardial friction rub
  • ECG features
  • New or worsening PE
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Pericarditis can be confused w/more fatal etiologies:

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  • Acute coronary syndrome
  • Pulmonary thromboembolic events
  • Aortic dissection
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Pericardial rub

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A rubbing sound due to the friction of visceral and parietal pericardial layers

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Pericardial thickening

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Increased echogenicity and thickness of pericardial reflector (thicker than 5mm)

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Symptoms of pericarditis

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  • Chest pain is the most common
  • May be sudden or gradual
  • Sharp and similar to pleurisy
  • Radiates to the trapezius ridge
  • Aggravated by lying down
  • Fells better when sitting and leaning forward
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Treatment for pericarditis

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  • Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
  • NSAIDs and colchicine together
  • Aspirin
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Pericardial effusions are usually:

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  • Diffuse
  • Symmetric
  • Clear space between parietal and visceral pericardium
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M-mode w/small effusions:

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  • Flat posterior pericardial echo reflection
  • Moving epicardial echo
  • Seperation between the above echoes in systole and diastole
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Fibrous strands

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Strands w/in the fluid on the epicardial surface of the heart
- Common in pts w/recurrent or long-standing pericardial disease

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Causes of pericardial disease

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  • Infections
  • Malignant
  • Inflammatory
  • Intracardiac - pericardial communications
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Metastatic disease can help differentiate from fibrin strands by looking for:

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  • Nodular appearance
  • Evidence of extensions into myocardium
  • Other clinical signs
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Pericardial seperation: Echolucent space < 10mm seen only in systole =

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Trivial PE

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Pericardial seperation: Echolucent space < 10mm seen in systole and diastole =

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Small PE

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Pericardial seperation: Echolucent space 10-20mm =

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Moderate PE

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Pericardial seperation: Echolucent space > 20mm =

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Large PE

27
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Loculated effusion is more common in patients with

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recurrent pericardial disease or post op

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Loculated effusion is localized by

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adhesions to one or several small areas in the pericardial space

Hemodynamic compromise can happen w/small fluid pocket if it is in a sensitive spot

29
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Difference between PE and pleural effusion

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  • PE anterior to desc Ao - pleural posterior to it
  • PE gradually tapers at atrioventricular groove - pleural normally behind LA & LV
  • PE doesnt change w/respirations - pleural effusion may change
30
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Tamponade:

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Abnormal accumulation of fluid and/or blood in the pericardial space

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Tamponade increases the pressure in the ____ and compresses the cardiac chambers

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pericardium

32
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Development and severity of tamponade depends on:

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  • Volume and rate of fluid accumulation (ranging from slow to very fast)
  • Pericardial compliance/elasticity
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Acute tamponade is

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  • Rapid accumulation of as little as 150mL of fluid
  • Abrupt bleeding into stiff pericardial space
  • Results in rapidly rising intrapericardial pressure, chamber compression, and hypotension leading to cardiogenic shock
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Causes of acute tamponade:

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  • Penetrating chest wound
  • Iatrogenic chamber perforation
  • LV free wall rupture
  • Proximal aortic dissection rupture
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Subacute tamponade is

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  • PE develops gradually
  • Pericardium stretches and can allow for large amounts of fluid (>1000mL) w/o increase in intrapericardial pressure
  • Eventually filling will be compromised and tamponade will result
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Causes of subacute tamponade:

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Seen mostly with:
- Neoplasms
- Uremia
- Idiopathic situations

37
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Compression w/tamponade is seen more when chamber pressures are at their ____
____ for atria
____ for ventricles

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Lowest
- Systole
- Diastole

38
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W/tamponade filling pressures increase to maintain ___

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CO
- Eventually all 4 chambers are equally elevated from pericardial pressure on the entire heart

39
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Tamponade clinical symptoms

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  • Low CO symptoms
  • Hypotension
  • Tachycardia
  • Elevated JVP
  • Pulsus paradoxus on exam (inspiratory decline >10mmHg in systemic BP)
40
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What are the three medical signs (Beck’s triad) associated with acute cardiac tamponade:

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  • Low arterial BP
  • Distended neck veins
  • Distant muffled heart sounds
41
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Echo approach to tamponade

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  • Intrapericardial pressure exceeds RA pressure
  • Ra free wall inversion or collapse occurs
  • Longer RA inversion relative to cycle length, the greater teh chance of tamponade
  • Inversoin > 1/3 systole is 94% sensitive and 100% specific for tamponade
  • RV collapse when intracardial pressure exceeds RV diastolic pressure
  • RV free wall collapse is not as sensitive or specific as RA collapse
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Respiratory variation w/tamponade

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  • Inspirations increases RV volume
  • Septum shifts toward LV in diastole and RV during systole
  • During expiration septal flow normalizes
  • This motion is responsible for physical finding of pulsus paradoxus
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Pulsus Paradoxus

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The exaggerated drop in systemic blood pressure during inspiration

44
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Reciprocal respiratory variation resaon for changes:

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  • Total pericardial volume (chambers + pericardial fluid) is fixed in tamponade
  • As intrathoracic pressure is more negative w/inspiration, increaseed RV filling limits LV filling
  • The opposite occurs during expiration
  • > ## 25% variation is considered marked
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Diastolic fillining - Inspiration:

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  • Augmented RV filling
  • LV filling diminishes
  • PA flow velocity integral increases
  • Aortic flow velocity integral decreases
46
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Dilated IVC (≥2.1cm) with <50% inspiratory reduction in diameter reflects

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elevated intrapericardial pressure transmitted to the Rt heart

47
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Surgical treatments for tamponade:

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  • Pericardiocentesis
  • Pericardial window
  • Total/limited pericardectomy
48
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Constrictive pericarditis

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Visceral and parietal pericardium are adherent, thickened, and fibrotic, resulting in impairment of diastolic ventricular filling

49
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constrictive pericarditis can occur after:

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  • Repeated episodes of pericarditis
  • Cardiac surgery
  • Radiation therapy
  • Variety of other causes
50
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Symptoms of constrictive pericarditis are nonspecific:

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  • Fatigue and malaise from low CO
  • Subtle increase in jugular venous pressure
  • Distant heart sounds
  • Ascites and peripheral edema in late disease course
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Constrictive pericarditis is characterized by:

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  • Impaired diastolic filling
  • Rapid early diastoli filling
  • Abrupt cessation of ventricular fillin
52
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Echo appearance of constrictive pericarditis:

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  • Normal values (LV wall thickness, chamber size, systolic function)
  • LAE
  • Pericardial thickening
53
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Constrictive pericarditis Doppler:
-Hepatic flow
-Pulmonary vein flow
-RV and LV diastolic filling
-Short DT
-Small A wave

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Hepatic flow:
- prominent A wave
- deep Y descent
P vein flow:
- prominent A wave
- prominent Y descent
- blunting of systolic phase atrial filling
RV and LV diastolic filling:
- high E velocity
Shot DT:
- abrupt filling cessation
Small A wave:
- little late diastolic filling

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Constrictive pericarditis respiratory variation: Inspiration

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  • Augmented RV filling
  • Lv filling velocities decrease w/inspiration and increase w/expiration (look for > 25% respiratory variation using 25 mm/s sweep speed)
  • IVRT increases by approximately 20% w/inspiration
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Differential diagnosis for constrictive pericarditis:

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  • Difference between tamponade and pericardial constriction is presence of PE
  • It is more difficult to differentiate bettween restrictive cardiomyopathy and constrictive pericarditis
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Constrictive pericarditis M-mode

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  • Multiple dense echoes (posterior to LV epicardium, moves parallel w/eachother, are visible even at low gain settings)
  • Abrupt posterior motion of IVS in early diastole
  • Flat IVS motion in mid diastole
  • Abrupt anterior motion of IVS after atrial contraction
  • LV posterior wall endocardium shows little posterior motion during diastole (< 2 mm)
  • IVC and hepatic veins are dilated
57
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Pts w/restrictive cardiomyopathy usually have moderate to severe ____
Pts w/constrictive pericarditis usually have only mild elevation in ____ pressures

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  • Pulmonary HTN
  • Pulmonary
58
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What is the treatment for constrictive pericarditis?

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Pericardectomy

59
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What is the most uncommon of the pericadialconstraint syndromes?

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Effusive constrictive pericarditis

60
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McConnell’s sign is a

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distinct echo feature of acute massive pulmonary embolism

61
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What are the three distinct features of McConnell’s sign?

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  • A regional pattern of Rt ventricular dysfunction
  • Akinesia of the mid free wall
  • Normokinesia or hyperkinesia of the apical segment
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60/60 sign of pulmonary embolism

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  • RV ejection Acceleration Time < 60 msec
  • TR jet < 60 mmHg
  • Mid systolic notching can also be an indication

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