S2 L5.2: Valvular Heart Disease Flashcards
What is the normal mitral valve orifice area?
4-6 cm2
What is the value of the valv’es orifice when there is a significant obstruction in mitral stenosis?
< ~2 cm2
The following are true about the hemodynamic hallmarks for mitral stenosis, except:
A. MV opens during diastole; Blood can flow from the Left Atrium (LA) to the LV only if propelled by an abnormally
elevated left atrioventricular pressure gradient
B. If MV is tight, ↑ volume & pressure in LA
C. If there’s too much damming of blood in LA and it cannot accommodate it anymore, it will just push blood back to pulmonary arteries, then to pulmonary bed and the pt gets orthpnic or nocturnal dyspnea or really symptomatic
D. None of the above
C. If there’s too much damming of blood in LA and it cannot accommodate it anymore, it will just push blood back to pulmonary VEINS, then to pulmonary bed and the pt gets orthpnic or nocturnal dyspnea or really symptomatic
Measurement of the Mitral Orifice when there is severe MS
<1 cm2
Modified T/F: LA pressure of ~25 mmHg is required to maintain a normal cardiac output. LA has to push very hard to move blood to LV
TT
T/F: Atria are chambers of low pressure
True
Is the leading casua of mitral stenosis but it has many other causes
Mitral Stenosis
It is a manifestation of RHD and sequelae of RF and if a female pt in her 20s has this, think of RHD or RF
Mitral Stenosis
The following are less common etiologies of Mitral Stenosis, except:
A. Congenital mitral valve stenosis
B. Cor triatriatum
C. Mitral annular calcification with extension onto the leaflets
D. Systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis
E. None of the above
E
Select the items that are included in other less common etiologies of mitral valve:
A. Left atrial myxoma
B. Infective endocarditis with large vegetations
C. Pure or predominant MS occurs in approximately 40%
D. Occurs with other valvular problems like mitral regurgitation 60% (can also occur with mitral stenosis)
All are included
OTHER COMMON ETIOLOGIES OF MITRAL STENOSIS
Tumor trapped in mitral valve; No stenosis
Left atrial myxoma
Blood goes from LA → LV, tumor comes with the
blood and get stuck in the mitral valve =
obstruction
OTHER COMMON ETIOLOGIES OF MITRAL STENOSIS
What is being described?
Hearts gets infected coming from something else
Infective endocarditis with large vegetations
OTHER COMMON ETIOLOGIES OF MITRAL STENOSIS
What is being described?
Bacteria from the mouth, lungs, or bloodstream which leads to infections. Material growth from infections that
mechanically destroys the structures and
obstruct flow of blood.
Infective endocarditis with large vegetations
RHEUMATIC MITRAL STENOSIS
Valve leaflets are diffusely thickened by fibrous tissue and/or calcific deposits
Fish-mouth valve
RHEUMATIC MITRAL STENOSIS
Commissures fuse on the inner and outer side of the valve, causing more obstruction/narrowing of the
mitral valve
Fish-mouth valve
RHEUMATIC MITRAL STENOSIS
Chordae tendineae fuse and shorten, see growth, becoming fibrotic and stiff. They then become not pliable, contributing to the stiffening or stenosis of
the mitral valve
Fish-mouth valve
Select the items that are considered as true regarding immobilization of leaflets and narrowing of orifice in rheumatic mitral stenosis?
A.Because of deposition or growth, there’s calcification causing the leaflets to become immobile
B.As mitral stenosis becomes severe, so does the immobilization, until they no longer move
C.d/t stagnation of blood in the LA, platelets have more tendencies to bind to each other, causing thrombus/clot formation
D. Fragments of blood clots can still pass through the narrow orifice and travel to the brain causing stroke
A and B
C & D are related to thrombus formation and arterial embolization
In Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis, d/t stagnation of blood in the LA, platelets have more tendencies to bind to each other, causing what?
Thrombus formation and arterial embolization
This is from the calcific valve
Thrombus formation and arterial embolization
The following are true about thrombus formation and arterial emobilzation in rheumatic mitral stenosis, except:
A. Fragments of blood clots can still pass through the narrow orifice and travel to the brain causing stroke
B. Constricted LA, particularly the left atrial appendage (in
atrial fibrillation patients)
C. Pts with mitral stenosis c large LA and have formed thrombus, they’re also at a high risk of developing stroke (cardio embolic stroke)
D. If the LA becomes bigger, the conduction system becomes overstretched, resulting in arrhythmias or more commonly,
E. With pts c large
LA, atrial fibrillation (heart beats irregularly, higher tendency for the blood to clot inside heart chamber, particularly LA)
B. DILATED LA, particularly the left atrial appendage (in
atrial fibrillation patients)
STAGES OF MITRAL STENOSIS
> 2.5 MVA cm2
Minimal
STAGES OF MITRAL STENOSIS
<1.0
Reactive Pulmonary HTN and Severe
STAGES OF MITRAL STENOSIS
1.0-1.4
Moderate
STAGES OF MITRAL STENOSIS
1.4-2.5
Mild
STAGES OF MITRAL STENOSIS
Symptoms
None
Minimal
STAGES OF MITRAL STENOSIS
Symptoms
Minimal dyspnea c marked exertion
Mild
STAGES OF MITRAL STENOSIS
Symptoms
Dyspnea, orthopnea, PND,
pulmonary edema
Moderate
STAGES OF MITRAL STENOSIS
Symptoms
Resting dyspnea; NYHA IV,
disabled, bed chair (symple
movements causes
symptoms)
Severe
STAGES OF MITRAL STENOSIS
Symptoms
As in severe disease, plus fatigue, RV failure
Reactive Pulmonary HTN
Select the clinical manifestations of mitral stenosis:
A. The development of symptoms due to MS is generally about two decades
B. Most patients begin to experience disability in the fourth
decade of life
C. Death within 2–5 years after onset of symptoms
D. Dyspnea and cough
E. Atrial Fibrillation is generally associated with acceleration of the rate at which symptoms progress
F. Hemoptysis
G. Recurrent pulmonary emboli
Thrombus formation.
H. Pulmonary infections
I. Infective endocarditis
J. Expect cardiac output to be decreased
All are clinical manifestations
T/F: Metallic valves are longer lasting (10-20 yrs) while
bioprosthetic are less long acting
True
Result from an
abnormality or disease
process that affects any
one or more of the five
functional components of
the mitral valve apparatus
MITRAL REGURGITATION