RE CH23 Flashcards
Pressure in the pericardial cavity may increase how much before symptoms of cardiac to tamponade occurs?
10-fold
The space between the visceral pericardium and parietal pericardium is known as the _______ cavity and contains how much fluid?
Pericardial cavity contains 10-25 mL of fluid
Where does the right atrium receive blood from?
Superior vena cava, inferior vena cava, & coronary sinus
The atrial kick that the LV receives from the LA is increases LVEDV by how much?
20-30%
Why does the left ventricle have more muscle mass compared to the right?
It must overcome SVR or Afterload to maintain cardiac output
Why are the three layers of the myocardium?
- Epicardium (mesothelium, connective tissue, fat)
- Myocardium (muscle)
- Endocardium (endothelium and connective tissue)
What is the normal tricuspid valve area? What area size is associated with symptomatic tricuspid stenosis
Normal: 7 cm²
Symptomatic TS: 1.5 cm²
What is the normal mitral valve size? What size is associated with symptomatic mitral stenosis?
Normal: 4-6 cm²
Symptomatic MS: area is decreased by 1/2 (2-3 cm²)
What is the normal aortic valve area? What size is associated with symptomatic AS?
Normal: 2.5 - 3.5 cm²
Symptomatic AS: reduction by 1/3 to 1/2
What does the left main coronary artery branch into?
LAD and circumflex
What does the LAD perfuse?
- Anterior 2/3 of the interventricular septum
- right and left bundle branches
- anterior & posterior MV papillary muscles
- anterior lateral & apical walls of LV
What does the circumflex perfuse?
- left atrium
- posterior and lateral LV
- Anterolateral papillary muscle
- AV node in 10% of population
- SA node in 45% of population
What does the right coronary artery perfuse?
- SA and AV nodes
- RA and RV
- posterior 1/3 of the interventricular septum
- left bundle branch
- interatrial septum
What is coronary artery dominance?
Which coronary artery provides blood flow to the PDA
What percent of the population is:
- right coronary artery dominant
- left coronary artery dominant
- mixed dominance
- Right coronary artery dominant: 50%
- Left coronary artery dominant: 10-15%
- Mixed: 35-40%
What percent of blood does the coronary sinus collect from the LV?
85%
Bachman’s bundle (Anterior intermodal tract) sends impulses from the SA node to where
LA and then travels down the atrial septum to the AV node
The wenckebach tract (middle internodal tract) sends impulses from the SA node to where?
Curves behind the SVC before descending to the AV node.
The Thorel tract (posterior internodal tract) sends impulses from the SA node to where?
Along the terminal crest to the atrial septum and then to the AV node.
What inhibits interaction of actin and myosin in the myocardium?
Troponin-tropomyosin complex
What occurs during phase 0 of the myocardial action potential?
Rapid depolarization of cardiac muscle due to opening of fast sodium channels and inward Na+ movement
What occurs during phase 1 of the myocardial action potential?
Early repolarization due to transient potassium permeability and outward potassium movement
What occurs during phase 2 of the myocardial action potential?
Prolonged (plateau) depolarization. Due to delayed opening of slow (L-type) Ca++ channels and inward calcium movement. Membrane permeability of potassium is greatly reduced
What occurs during phase 3 of the myocardium action potentials got
Depolarization. The slow calcium channels close near the end of the action potential and potassium permeability is restored and toward potassium current restores the resting potential.
What is threshold potential?
Where the action potential can fire. Between -70 and -65 MV
What is the absolute refractory period?
- The time during which a connected action potential may not be evoked.
- Occurs from phase 0 until middle of phase 3, when the membrane drops below -60 mV
What is the relative refractory period?
- The time during the action potential when a second stimulus can result only with an action potential with decreased amplitude, upstroke velocity, and conduction velocity.
- occurs during middle of phase 3 to beginning of phase 4, when the membrane potential ranges from -60 to -90 mV
What is the resting potential of the myocardium?
-90 mV
What is the resting potential of the SA node action potential?
-55 to -60 mV (closer to threshold potential)
Why is the resting membrane potential of the SA node higher than the myocardium?
The SA node membrane is more permeable to sodium.
What phases occur in the SA node action potential
Phase 4, phase 0, and phase 3
What is the intrinsic firing rate of the AV node and ventricular cells?
AV node: 40-60 beats/min
Ventricular cells: 15-30 beats/min
At rest how much of the cardiac output passes through the coronary vasculature? This equates to ______ mL/min
4-5% of the cardiac output
225 mL/min