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1
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This is an inflammatory condition as a complication of group A strep.

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Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF)

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What is it in the strep that causes the autoimmune reaction against cardiac antigens?

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bacterial antigens

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How many of these major criteria must you have to serve the Dx of rheumatic fever?

Carditis
Polyarthritis
Syndenham chorea
Erythema marinatum
SubQ nodules
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If you only have 1 major criteria, how many of these MINOR criteria must you have to serve the Dx of rheumatic fever?

Migratory arthralgias
Fever
Increased acute phase reactants
Prolonged PR interval on EKG

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2

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What drugs do you give for the inflammation in rheumatic fever? infection?

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ASA for inflmammation

PCN for infection

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Which antibodies can u screen for to see if the pt has a strep infection, leading to rheumatic fever?

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Antistreptolysin 0 Ab’s

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Where can u swab to get a culture for Strep A?

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throat

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What should be given to pt’s who have had ARF before until early adulthood?

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low-dose PCN

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This is an area of focal fibrinoud necrosis surrounded by inflammatory cells that eventually form scar tissue in ARF,

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Aschoff body

buzz word!

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Rheumatic fever can cause what type of valvular problem, leading to a murmur?

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MS

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MS can lead to what problem in the lungs?

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pulmonary edema from increased back pressure

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What type of pulmonary HTN can form from back pressure?

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passive pulomnary HTN

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What type of pulmonary HTN can form from medial hypertrophy and intimal fibrosis of the pulmonary arterioles?

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reactive pulmonary HTN

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Reactive pulmonary HTN can cause hypertropy of which heart chamber?

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RV

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And reactive pulmonary HTN can cause pulomonary edema, and subsequently what 3 conditions?

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dyspnea, CHF, hemoptysis

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This is the stage of MS where you likely only have dyspnea on exertion.

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Mild MS

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This is the stage of MS where you have dyspnea at rest, increasing fatigue, and more severe signs of pulmonary congesting.

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More severe MS

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This is the stage of MS where you have signs of R-sided heart failure, including JVP, hepatomegaly, ascites, and peripheral edema.

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Advanced MS

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How do u treat the vascular congestion in MS?

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Diuretics

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How do u Tx Afib if it develops in MS? (3 drugs)

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B-blockers, CCB, or digoxin

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What theraphy is recommended to prevent clots if the pt has both MS and Afib?

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Chronic anticoagulation

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What surgical treatment can u do to treat MS?

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Percutanous baloon mitral valvuloplasty (PBMV)

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In MR, the volume leaks back into the LA, but then returns to the LV during diastole, causing what to the SV to compensate for ↓ CO?

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↑ SV

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What is the eqn for the regurtitant fraction?

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RF = (volume of MR)/(total LV SV)

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This is the type of MR where there is sudden rupture of the chordae tendineae, the LA is stiff, and there is rapid pulmonary congestion and edema.

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Acute MR

very bad

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This is the type of MR where there is rheumatic valve disease, the LA is dilated and compensatory, ↓ CO, and possible Afib.

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Chronic MR

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In acute MR, what can u give to treat the pulmonary edema?

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vasodilators (IV Na nitroprussides)

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28
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What is the best treatment for chronic MR?

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Mitral valve repair

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What causes the mid-systolic click in MVP?

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tensing of the mitral leaflet or chordae tendineae as the leaflet is forced back toward the LA

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30
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And then what causes the actual murmur in MVP?

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regurgitant flow through the incompetent valve

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31
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True or False: the clinical course of MVP is usually benign.

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True

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32
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What is the age-related change of the aortic valve, leading to AS?

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calcification

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33
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Which chamber can be hypertorphic in AS?

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LV

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If the LV becomes concentrically hypertrophied, what happens to the compliance?

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decreases

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And a decreased compliance of the LV can lead to hypertrophy in which chamber?

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LA

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36
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What are the 3 classic Sx of AS?

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Angina
Exertional syncope
CHF

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What is the 1 year survival rate for pts with severe AS?

38
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What is the only Tx for AS?

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Replacement.

39
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What are the 2 indications for AS surgery?

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  1. pt has AS and Sx

2. Progressive LV dysfxn in the absence of Sx

40
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What are the 2 causes of AR?

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diseases of the aortic leadlets of dilation of the aortic root.

41
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Why is there dilation of the LV in chronic AR?

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Because the LV has to pump both the volume from the LA + the regurgitant blood from the aorta.

42
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What happens to the pulse pressure in chronic AR?

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Widens (high systolic, low diastolic)

43
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Due to decreased aortic diastolic pressure and less perfusion to the coronary arteries, what is a classical Sx of AR?

44
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True or False: it is common for pts with chronic AR to be aymptomatic and have normal LV fxn.

45
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What 2 drugs can u give for pts with asymptomatic AR + preserved LV fxn + HTN?

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CCB’s and ACEI’s

46
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What 2 types of AR pt’s get surgery?

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  1. symptomatic pts

2. impaired LV fxn with an ejection fraction <0.50

47
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What is the most common cause of TR?

A

RV elargement

48
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Which bowel syndrome can cause TR?

A

carcinoid syndrome

49
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Which waves on JVD is prominent in TR?

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v wave

when the RV is contracting

50
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True or False: TR is louder during inspiration.

A

True!

it’s on the R side of the <3

51
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What makes mechanical valves great?

A

They’re durable.

52
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What is the big problem with mechanical valves?

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Thrombus formation and hemolysis

53
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So what must the pt’s with a mechanical valve be placed on for life?

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Anticoagulation

54
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Bioprosthetic valves have the advantage over mechanical ones in that they don’t cause what as easily?

55
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What is the problem with bioprosthetic valves?

A

structural failures

56
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What is the most common organism to cause native valve endocarditis (NVE)?

A

Oral strep and enterococci

57
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What is the most common organism to cause early prosthetic valve endocarditits (PVE)?

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Coagulase-neg staph

58
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What is the most common organism to cause late PVE?

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Oral strep and enterococci

59
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What is the most common organism to cause endocarditis in IV drug users (IVDU)?

A

Staph aureus

60
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What does HAECK stand for the caustive organisms for subacute endocarditis?

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Haemophilus
Actinobacillus
Cardiobacterium hominis
Eikenella corrodens
Kingella
61
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Haemophilus- characteristics

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pleomorphic, coccobacilli

62
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Actinobacillus- characteristics

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immotile, non-spore forming, oval to rod shape

63
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Cardiobacterium hominis- characteristics

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Catalase neg, oxidase +, indole producing

64
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Eikenella corrodens- characteristics

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faculative anaerobe, oxidase +, catalase 0, urease -, indole -

65
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Kingella- characteristics

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Aerobic coccobacilli, oxidase +, catalase -, B-hemolytic

66
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Endocardial surface injury, thrombus formation, bacterial entry form the circulation, and bacterial adherance to injured endocardial surface can all lead to what condition?

A

infective endocarditis

67
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What is the most common mechanism for endothelial injury?

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Turbulent blood flow from valvular disease

68
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What it is on injured endocardium that the bacteria adheres to?

A

fibrin-platelet deposits

69
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What may protect the bacteria from phagocytosis once they adhere?

70
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What are the Sx to acute infective endocarditis (IE)?

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explosive and rapidly progressive illness with high fever and shaking chills

71
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What are the Sx to aubacute IE?

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low-grade fever with nonspecific Sx like fatigue, anorexia, weakness myalgia and night sweats.

72
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R-sided valvular lesions (TR) is common in endocarditis associated with what?

A

IV drug use

73
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Where is the common place for embolism in a R-sided IE?

74
Q

Embolitic infarction of the vasa vasorum can lead to what condition of arteries?

75
Q

These are small longitudinal hemorrhages found beneath the nails, and are indicative of septic embolism or immune complex deposition.

A

Splinter hemorrhages

76
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These are painless, flat, irregular discolerations found on the palms and soles and are indicative of septic embolism or immune complex deposition.

A

Janeway lesions

77
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These are tender, pea-sized erythematous nodules on the fingers and toes and are indicative of septic embolism or immune complex deposition.

A

Osler nodes

78
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These are emboli to the retina that produces inroinfarctions, appear as white dots surrounded by hemorrhages, and are indicative of septic embolism or immune complex deposition.

A

Roth spots

79
Q

What is the most common mechanism to get PVE?

A

Dental work

80
Q

What is the bug to cause IE from GI surgery?

A

Enterococcus

81
Q

What is the bug to cause IE from colon cancer?

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S. bovis and S. equinus

82
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What is the bug to cause IE from pregnancy?

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S. agalactiae

83
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What is the most common congenital valve anomaly?

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Calcific stenosis of bicuspid aortic valve.

84
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Mitral calcification is common in waht types of people?

A

Women > 60

85
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In mitral calcification, what do the nodules provide a site for?

A

Thrombi formation (can lead a stroke)

86
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What are the main complications to MVP?

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Infective endocarditis, MR, stroke, systemic infarct, arrhythmias

87
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SLE can set up vavlvulitis of which valves?

A

Mitral and tricuspid

88
Q

Carcinoid heart disease usually affects which side of the heart?

89
Q

Which condition leads to small and warty nodules in a line along the closure?

Rheumatic Heart Disease
Nonbacterial Thrombotic endocarditis
Endocarditis of SLE
Infective endocarditis

90
Q

Which condition leads to Large and irrgular clumped nodules, and can extend to the chordae?

Rheumatic Heart Disease
Nonbacterial Thrombotic endocarditis
Endocarditis of SLE
Infective endocarditis

91
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Which condition leads to small and bland nodules, along the lines of the closure?

Rheumatic Heart Disease
Nonbacterial Thrombotic endocarditis
Endocarditis of SLE
Infective endocarditis

92
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Which condition leads to small to medium nodules, may be on either sides of the valve?

Rheumatic Heart Disease
Nonbacterial Thrombotic endocarditis
Endocarditis of SLE
Infective endocarditis

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