Transplant/lvad Flashcards
Rejection scales
1r interstitial or pervasculqr infiltrate with one focus of myocyte damage
2r two or more infiltrates with myocyte damage
3r diffuse infiltrate with multifocal damage
Name 5 drugs that increase prograf levels?
Diltiazem Erythromycin Ketoconazole Cimetidine Greatfruit juice
Half life of a transplanted patient
Mean age of donors
Most common indication for transplant
10 years
30yo
Myopathy
How often get angiography
Annually for 3 to 5 years
Follow up six months after pci
Risk factors for early transplant failure
Recipient age/bmi Donor age Center volume Ischemic time Billi, creatinine, pvr
Indications for transplant
Absolute: cardiogenic shock, inotrope dependent, vo2 < 10, arrhythmia
Relative:NYHA IV with vo2 < 14, severe Angina, fluid/renal despite maximal therapy and good compliance.
What is anaerobic threshold
When rer >1
What are predictors of bad outcomes on cpet
Vo2< 11
Ve/VCo2 >35
< predicted vo2 < 5x vo2 + 3L/min
What to do if submax vo2
Use ve/vco2 slope>35
In obese can adjust to lean body mass lean vo2< 19 cc/kg/min
Hfss in ambiguous situations.
Worst outcomes on rhc
No reduction in pvr worse than pvr reduced but bp dropped
Pvr cutoff
4-6 woods unit
320-480 dynes
Absolute contraindications for txp
Life expectancy less than 2 years Malignancy within 5 Aids with frequent oi Lupus sarcoid amyloid if axtiv Irreversible other organ dysfunction Severe copd
Dig effect on transplanted heart
No effect on hr
What are the class I mhc
Exogenous ( all nuclearwd cells)
a,b cw
Recognized by cd8 cytotoxic cells
Class ii mhcq
Exogenous antigen presenting cells b cells.
How dp, dq, dr
Recognized by cd 4 cells
How are T cells activated after transplant
By Recognizong donor apc or recipient apc (indirect) with donor antigens.
This Triggers compliment usually thru classical pathway
Two types of antibody identification
Cell based. Allow for quantification. Need donor cells Solid phase(elisa or antigen based) Can use stores sera
How does cross matching work? How to assess severity?
Mix donor lymphocytes with recipient serum. 20-50 weakly pos
>50% positive
>80 strongly postive
Recs for donor/recipient crossmatch
Screen pra. Need further eval if > 10%
Need solid phase
Do compliment fixation
What does CDC stand for
compliment dependent cytotoxicity
Risk of rejection in first year
30%
Rf for rejection (5)
Young, female, allosensitized, black, female into male
Two noninvasive ways to detect rejection
Evoked potentials and allomap
Rematch
Class iv, ef <12 or inotropes
Heart mate 2 dt trial
No changes in quality of life or functional capacity in comparison to pulsatile.
Hm2 btt trial
Outcomes transplant or alive for 180 days
Hm2 dt trial
Compare xve to hm2
Lvef <25
Vo2 less than 14
Class 3b iv inotropes 14 days or iabp x7 days
Outcome: survival, free from stroke or reoperation
Plasma free Hgb of concern
if greater than 40
Ldh greater than 1000
Significant rvswi?
4 other factors that predict rv dysfunction post op
>300 Vasopressors Ast billi Creat Cvp/wedge