Valve Disorder Manifestation (Chart)

Question 1

Learning Point of Valve Disorder Manifestation (Remember: If it cannot go forward, it must go back)

Answer 1

When trying to understand the manifestations associated with the various types of valvular disorders, keep the blood flow through the heart in mind.

Question 2

The valve involved will impact the blood flow at the valve’s location. Which are the valves?

Answer 2

mitral, aortic, tricuspid, or pulmonary

Question 3

The nature of the alteration is?

Answer 3

Stenosis regurgitation (will determine the nature of that impact)

Question 4

Valvular disorders in the left side of the heart?

Answer 4

mitral and aortic

Question 5

Valvular disorders on the right side of the heart?

Answer 5

tricuspid and pulmonary

Question 6

With valvular disorder, what side of the heart will impact cardiac output more?

Answer 6

Left-side of the heart

Question 7

Left-side valvular disorders will result in?

Answer 7

blood backing up into the lungs

Question 8

Blood backing up in the lungs?

Answer 8

Can eventually cause right-side valve disorders and blood back up into the right side of the heart

Question 9

The manifestations of left-side valvular disorders start with symptoms of?

Answer 9

decreased cardiac output

Question 10

What are the symptoms of decreased cardiac output?

Answer 10

angina fatigue activity intolerance tachycardia cyanosis syncope

Question 11

As the blood backs up in the lungs and impacts the right side of the heart (during left-sided), the manifestations progress to what type of symptoms?

Answer 11

Respiratory symptoms

Question 12

When the right side of the heart is impacted as the blood backs up in the lungs (what symptoms will you see when the right side of the heart is impacted?

Answer 12

dyspnea paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea orthopnea

Question 13

Right-side valvular disorders cause blood to back up into?

Answer 13

systemic circulation

Question 14

The Manifestations reflect Right side back up as (systemic circulation)?

Answer 14

• pressures rise in the systemic circulation - increasing pressure cause fluid to shift out of the vascular space

Question 15

Right side backup signs and symptoms?

Answer 15

edema weight gain jugular vein distention ascites splenomegaly hepatomegaly

Question 16

The degree to which the backup of blood occurs with any valvular disorder reflects the severity of ?

Answer 16

stenosis and regurgitation

Question 17

With both alterations (stenosis and regurgitation), what happens to the chamber that is pumping blood through the valve in an attempt to compensate?

Answer 17

That chamber: Hypertrophies