Valvular heart disease and cardiomyopathies Flashcards
Pathophysiology of HF?
Where is BNP released?
What is the commonest cause of chronic HF?
Ischaemic DCM
What is DCM?
What ECG changes do you see with pericarditis?
Viral causes of pericarditis?
Coxsackie
Herpes
Adenoviruses
Autoimmune causes of pericarditis?
SLE
Rh arthritis
What is Dresslers syndrome?
Dressler syndrome, also known as post-myocardial infarction syndrome, is a condition in which sterile pericarditis develops shortly after myocardial injury.
Immune system response to damaged heart tissue.
How long is colchicine given for pericarditis?
3 months
What can be given for complex/recurrent cases of pericarditis?
What is constrictive pericarditis?
What’s kussmaul’s sign?
Elevated JVP on inspiration
What HS do you hear in constrictive pericarditis?
Pericardial knock
Treatment for constrictive pericarditis?
What are the ECHO findings in tamponade?
Diastolic collapse of RV or RA
Where do you insert a pericardial drain?