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The Left Ventricle Flashcards

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Define: Pump Performance

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The ability of the ventricle to deliver a stroke volume

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Define: Ventricular Function

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LV performance relative to the end diastolic fiber length at end diastole

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Define: Myocardial Contractility

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Property of the myocardial tissue in its active state / its ability to contract

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Define: Contractile Function

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Ventricular performance affected by load, fiber length, inotropic state

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What are the indirect M-mode markers for LV function?

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  • AO root motion
  • Mitral Valve D to E excursion
  • Septal and Posterior Wall motion
  • B bump
  • LAE
  • Dilated LV
  • Pulmonary Hypertension
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What does decreased AO root motion affect?

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The propagation of stroke volume

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What does a decreased mitral valve excursion mean?

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There is a poor stroke volume.

Decreased flow = Decreased pressure = Decreased valve excursion

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What does a B bump in a mitral valve M-mode mean?

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It indicates an increased LVEDP (LV End Diastolic Pressure).

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What is a B bump?

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A notch in between the A point and C point on a mitral Valve M-mode

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How is pulmonary hypertension indicated on an M-mode?

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On a Pulmonic Valve M-mode, the valve closes mid-systole due to abnormal pressures causing a “Flying W”

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Myocardial Fibers contract _______ and _______ .

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circumfrentially and longitudinally

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Systolic ventricular function depends on:

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  • LV function
  • Compliance of the myocardium
  • Preload and Afterload
  • LV shape and size
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LV contractility is caused by the ________ fibers _______ and _________ .

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Myocardial
Elongating
Shortening

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LV contractility is affected by:

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  • MI
  • Loading conditions
  • pressures
  • Heart rate
  • blood pressure
  • blood viscosity
  • stress
  • metabolic disorders
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Define: Preload

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What is let tin the ventricle at end diastole

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What lesions affect preload?

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Aortic insufficiency

Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

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Define: Afterload

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Systemic vascular resistance / What the LV has to pump against

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LV volumes consist of:

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LVED

LVES

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What is the equation for Stroke Volume?

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SV = LVED - LVES

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What is the equation for Cardiac Output?

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CO = SV x HR

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What are the imaging views for the LV?

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  • Apical 4,5,2,3
  • LV apex from Apical 4
  • Short axis at LV
  • Modified Apical 4
  • Subcostal
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What are the parameters for LV Systolic Evaluation?

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  1. LV Volumes (LVED, LVES)
  2. Simpsons Method, Biplane EF%, Single 4 chamber EF%
  3. LV Mass
  4. Relative Wall Thickness
  5. LV Wall Stress
  6. dp / dt
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What is the equation for LV mass?

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LV MASS (ASE) = 1.04 [ (LVED) + IVSD + LVP)^3 - (LVED)^3 x .8 + .6 grams

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What are the normal limits for LV MASS for women, men & both?

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Women: 66 - 150 g
Men: 96 - 200 g
Both: 50 - 70 g

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What is the equation for Relative Wall Thickness?
2 x PWT ------------- LVIT
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What are the parameters for LV wall stress?
1. Longitudinal 2. Meridial 3. Circumfrential 4. Radial
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What are the causes of LV remodeling?
- Changes in pressure | - increased stress in the LV
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What are the consequences of LV remodeling?
1. increased systolic wall tension & stress 2. increased MVO2 3. Reduced myocyte shortening (contractility) 4. reduced subendocardial perfusion 5. dysynchronous depolarization / contraction 6. conduction delay / dyskinetic myocardium 7. mitral regurge 8. ventricular arrhythmias (VFIB)
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What does dp / dt measure?
the rate of change in LV pressure at systole / LV systolic performance
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What does a longer dp / dt mean?
poor LV function, low pressures, low EF%
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What are the normal, borderline and abnormal limits for dp / dt?
Normal: > 1200 mmHG/sec or < 27 msec Borderline: 1,000 - 1,200 mmHG/sec Abnormal: < 1,000 mmHG/sec or > 32 msec
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What is VTI?
Velocity Time Integral
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Define: Velocity Time Integral
The distance that a volume of blood travels at systole / the stroke index for 1 beat.
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What is the equation for VTI based on?
The volume of a cylinder: base x height
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What is the equation for VTI?
VTI = Velocity x Time
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What are the units for VTI?
cm
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What are the normal limits for RWT for men and women?
Men: .22 - .42 Women: .24 - .4
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What are the factors that affect wall stress?
1. LV dilation 2. LV Hypertorphy 3. Increase in overall pressure 4. Lesions: AS, MS, etc…
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What effect does LV dilation have on LV wall stress?
the myocardium stretches and wall stress increases
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What effect does LV hypertrophy have on LV wall stress?
the myocardium thickens and wall stress increases
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Can wall stress be measured?
No
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LV wall stress can affect a ______ or the _______ LV wall
portion | entire
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How do you measure the LVOT diameter (cross sectional area)?
1. Measure the LVOT just at the AO valve (@ systole) in PLAX view 2. Put that measurement in the CSA equation CSA = .785 x d^2
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What are the two things you need to do a doppler exam of the LV systolic function?
1. CSA of the LVOT | 2. VTI
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What are 4 things a good SV calculation depends on?
1. Accurate caliper placement 2. Valve must be open 3. Where you place the sample volume / Caliper must be 1 cm away from the valve in center of flow 3. Good window / clean up TGCs
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How do you measure dp / dt?
1. adjust sweep speed to 100 mm/sec 2. place caliper at MR jet to obtain a doppler reading 3. measure the point at which the velocity jet reaches 1 m/sec and another caliper at 3 m/sec (this represents the time it takes for the pressure change of 32 mmHG to occur) 4. plug that number into the dp/dt formula: dp/dt = 32000 ---------- time
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What are the criteria for using Simpson's rule / The disk method?
1. Ventricle is symmetrically contracting 2. apical 4 or 2 chamber 3. transducer must be at the true apex 4. the beam must go through the center of the left ventricle
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What will happen if the criteria for the Disk Method aren't met?
There is an underestimation of LV volume
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How do you calculate LAP?
LAP = E (doppler of MV) / E' (tissue doppler of MV annulus) x 1.25 + 1.9
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What factors do you need in order to calculate LAP?
1. Tissue doppler 2. E/A Ratio 3. MV flow pattern and decel. time
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In the LAP equation, what does E represent
doppler of the Mitral Valve
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In the LAP equation, what does E' represent
tissue doppler of the Mitral Valve annulus

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