Valvular Disease Flashcards
Mitral Stenosis 1st line Treatment.
1.- Ballon Valvuloplasty (angioplasty) cause rheumatic and not calcium
Mitral Stenosis 2nd line Treatment.
Valve Replacement (via sternotomy)
Aortic Insufficiency treatment
Valve Replacement
Aortic Stenosis Treatent
Replace!
Pathophysiology of Mitral Sten Aortic Insuff Aortic Sten Mitral Insuf
Mitral Sten: Rheumatic
Aortic Sten: Atherosclerosis=Calcium Depost
Mitral Insuf: Infection, infarction
Aortic Insuff: Infección, aortic disection
Mitral Insufficiency
Replacement
So in summarize, u mean all the treatments are…
replacement, except for mitral stenosis, duh
What else should u do at OR for an Aortic valvulopathy
CABG, cuz both have risk of loosing the ostia and then loosing coronary flow!!
Valsalva make your murmurs
better= less strong
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy pathophysiology
Sarcomere mutations. Young athletes.
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy VS Aortic Stenosis Feature
HCM: young athlete. Valsalva is bad, squads good= more blood. opposite to AS
AS:old man
both have systolic murmur
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Tx
Avoid Dehydration
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Avoid exertion!
Mitral valve prolapse murmur
is another “more blood in tha heart” benefit by.
Has a systolic murmur just like Mitral regurgitation
Mitral valve prolapse Pathogenesis
congenital. young woman.
Mitral valve prolapse Treatment
Avoid Dehydration
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