Week 1

Question 1

what are the classifications of aortic dissection?

Answer 1

Stanford:
Type A: ascending aorta
Type B: descending aorta

Debakey:
Type I: ascending aorta to aortic arch
Type II: confined to ascending aorta
Type III: distal to subclavian artery in descending aorta

Question 2

What are the branches of the left main coronary artery (AKA left coronary artery)?

Answer 2

Left anterior descending and left circumflex

Question 3

What does the left anterior descending artery branch into?

Answer 3

Septal branches –> anterior 2/3 of inter ventricular septum and bundle of His
Diagonal branches –> anterolateral papillary muscle and anterior and lateral left ventricle
Left circumflex

Question 4

What does the left circumflex artery branch into?

Answer 4

left marginal artery and posterior left ventricular artery –> posterolateral

Question 5

Right coronary artery branches

Answer 5

conus artery –> infundibulum and branch of SA node
right marginal artery –> right ventricle
posterior inter ventricular artery (posterior descending) and right posterolateral artery

Question 6

anastomosis of the heart

Answer 6

left anterior descending and posterior descending artery
right coronary artery and left circumflex at coronary sulcus
septal branches of RCA and LCA at inter ventricular septum

Question 7

What medications are prescribed to a CABG patient postoperatively

Answer 7

• Aspirin
• Clopidogrel or oral anticoagulant
• Beta blocker
• Statin
• ACE or ARB
• CT @ CAMC does 5 mg norcoq6h for 3 d

Question 8

What antiarrhythmic are patients who had a sternotomy given?

Answer 8

Amiodarone (for afib prevention)