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*Valvular heart disease Flashcards

1
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What type of symptoms are characteristic of valvular heart disease?

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Exertional symptoms (patients with even severe valve disease don’t tend to experience symptoms at rest)

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What 4 features of breathlessness suggest cardiac breathlessness?

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Related to activity (usually)
Often associated with ankle swelling
Orthopnoea
Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea

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What is a classification system used to assess the extent of heart failure’s affect on a patients functional status?

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New York Heart Association Functional classification

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Classes of New York Heart Association Functional classification?

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Class I = no limitation
Class II = Slight limitation of ordinary activity
Class III = marked limitation of less than ordinary activity
Class IV = severe limitation of minimal activity or at rest

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Signs of right heart failure? (3)

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Raised JVP
Pitting oedema (ankles and sacrum (more severe heart failure if in sacrum also))
Hepatic congestion

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6
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Does right heart failure have a peripheral or central effect?

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Peripheral

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7
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Tapping apex beat?

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Mitral stenosis (thrusting displaced palpable (but more so than normal) apex beat

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8
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Apex beat in left ventricular dilation?

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Displaced and diffuse (volume overload)

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9
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Apex beat in left ventricular hypertrophy?

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Displaced and heaving (pressure overload)

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What causes a parasternal heave over the left parasternal edge?

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Right ventricular hypertrophy (due to right ventricular overload e.g. cor pulmonale/ pulmonary hypertension)

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11
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What is a cardiac murmur?

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Audible turbulence of blood flow (can be innocent or pathological)

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How to describe murmurs? (6)

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Timing? - systolic or diastolic
Type of murmur? - ejection systolic or pan systolic/ early or mid diastolic
Where is it loudest?
Where does it radiate to?
What grade of murmur?
Does respiration influence it?
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13
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What murmur radiates to the carotid?

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Aortic stenosis

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14
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What murmur radiates to the axilla?

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Mitral regurgitation

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15
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What causes the first heart sound?

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Mitral and tricuspid valve closing (start of systole)

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What causes the second heart sound?

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Aortic and pulmonary valves closing (start of diastole)

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17
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Pansystolic murmur?

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Mitral regurgitation

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18
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Ejection systolic murmur?

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Aortic stenosis

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19
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Early diastolic murmur?

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Aortic regurgitation

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Mid diastolic murmur?

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Mitral stenosis

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21
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Grading of murmurs?

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I - very quiet (dispute of whether it is there or not)
II - quiet - easy to hear
III - loud
IV - loud with a thrill
V - very loud with a thrill
VI - loud - audible without a stethoscope

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22
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Are right or left sided murmurs louder with inspiration?

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Right-sided murmurs

23
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What are the 12 common murmurs?

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2nd sound splitting
Third sound
Fourth sound
Systolic clicks
*Innocent murmur
*Mitral regurgitation
*Aortic stenosis
*Aortic regurgitation
*Mitral stenosis
Continuous murmur
Tricuspid regurgitation
Pericardial rub
24
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What is the most common cause of a continuous heart murmur?

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Septal defect

25
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What is another name for an innocent murmur?

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Functional murmur

26
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What are 2 features of an innocent murmur?

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Soft (less than 3/6 severity)

Position dependent

27
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Are innocent murmurs systolic or diastolic?

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Always systolic (diastolic murmurs are always pathological)

28
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What are the 3 types of valvular heart disease and what causes each?

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Valve stenosis - valves which do not open properly
Valve regurgitation - valves which do not close properly
Mixed valve disease - valves which neither open properly nor close properly

29
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What type of symptoms will left heart failure cause?

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Pulmonary symptoms and signs

30
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What is the most common valve lesion?

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Aortic stenosis

31
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Causes of aortic stenosis?

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Degenerative (age related - most commonly (calcification of the aortic valve))
Congenital (e.g. bicuspid valve)
Rheumatic

32
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Symptoms of aortic stenosis? (3)

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Breathlessness
Chest pain
Dizziness/ syncope

33
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Signs of aortic stenosis? (4)

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Low volume pulse
forceful displaced apex
ejection systolic murmur that can radiate to the carotids
Slow rising pulse

34
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What change can aortic stenosis eventually lead to on an ECG?

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Large QRS complexes due to left ventricular hypertrophy

35
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Treatment of aortic stenosis?

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Only treated if symptomatic

Treated with a valve replacement (3 different options)

36
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Types of valve replacements possible for aortic stenosis?

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Conventional valve replacement
Trans catheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) - used if patients have co-morbidities
Balloon aortic valvotomy (BAV) - used for patients who are very frail

37
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2 types of prosthetic heart valves?

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Mechanical

Bio-prostehtic

38
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Advantage and disadvantage of a mechanical heart valve?

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Advantage = longevity
Disadvantage = require warfare to prevent valvular thrombosis
(tends to be given to younger patients)

39
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Advantage and disadvantage of bio-prosthetic heart valve?

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No warfarin

Tends to cause problems after about 10 yeas and require replacement

40
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Comparison of aortic valve replacement and TAVI?

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AVR = preferred, can do CABG at the same time and has long term better outcomes
TAVI = preferred if the patient has co-orbidities that would make a general anaesthetic difficult
41
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Causes of mitral regurgitation?

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Leaflet problem (e.g. prolapse, rheumatic, myxomatous (weakening), endocarditis)
Chordae rupture (degenerative) - prolapse/ frail leaflet
Papillary muscles rupture (ischaemic)
Annular dilation (functional)
(the mitral valve is very complex meaning there are lots of reasons for mitral regurgitation)

42
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Symptoms of mitral regurgitation?

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If severe, symptoms of left heart failure
Breathlessness
Oedema
Fatigue

43
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Signs of mitral regurgitation?

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Displaced apex

Pansystolic murmur radiating to the axilla

44
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Treatment of mitral regurgitation?

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Depends on the cause:
Medication = diuretics and drug treatment for heart failure if present
Surgical = repair for prolapse, replace for degenerative

45
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What causes mitral stenosis?

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Rheumatic is the main cause

Rarely congenital

46
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Symptoms of mitral stenosis?

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Breathlessness
Fatigue
Palpitations (AF - as the left atrium tried to force blood through the aurifice, the right atrium get bigger and therefore there is a higher chance of AF)

47
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Signs of mitral stenosis?

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Malar flush
Tapping apex beat
Mid diastolic rumbling localised to the apex

48
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Treatment of mitral stenosis?

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Medication = diuretics and treat AF
Surgery = valve replacement
Ballon valvuloplasty = fragile patients

49
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Causes of aortic regurgitation?

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Leaflets (endocarditis, connective tissue diseases, rheumatic)
Annulus (marfans, aortic dissection)

50
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Symptoms of aortic regurgitation?

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Breathlessness

51
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Signs of aortic regurgitation? (3)

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Collapsing pulse
Displaced apex
Early diastolic murmur left sternal edge

52
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What is another name for a collapsing pulse?

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Water hammer pulse (blood gets forcefully pushed through and then sucked back slightly)

53
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What causes cardiomegaly in aortic regurgitation?

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Large volume of blood in the left ventricle

54
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Treatment of aortic regurgitation?:

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Medication = ACEI
Surgery = valve replacement when symptoms and LV dilation

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