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WHY IS 2/3 OF HEART LEFT OF MIDLINE?
HEART IS ROTATED LEFT AND TILTED FORWARD
ATRIAL KICK
WHEN BOTH ATRIA CONTRACT AT THE END OF DIASTOLE
CORRELATES WITH THE S4 HEART SOUND IN A PATHOLOGIC HEART
ATRIAL KICK
WHEN DO SEMILUNAR VALVES OPEN AND CLOSE?
OPEN DURING SYSTOLE AND CLOSE DURING DIASTOLE
CLOSURE OF SEMILUNAR VALVES CORRESPONDS WITH WHAT HEART SOUND?
S2 HEART SOUND
WHEN DO THE A-V VALVES OPEN AND CLOSE?
OPEN DURING DIASTOLE AND CLOSE DURING SYSTOLE
CLOSURE OF A-V VALVES CORRESPONDS TO WHAT HEART SOUND?
S1 HEART SOUND
WHAT DO PAPILLARY MUSCLES DO AND WHEN?
PULLS THE LEAFLETS OF MV AND TV TOGETHER (TO KEEP CLOSED DURING SYSTOLE) AND DOWNWARD AT ONSET OF ISOVOLUMETRIC VENTRICULAR CONTRACTION
WHERE SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION ORIGINATES FROM?
THORACIC GANGLIA 1-5
WHERE DO SYM. BRANCHES MEET AND INNERVATE?
MEET AT THE CARDIAC PLEXUS NEAR THE ARCH OF THE AORTA AND INNERVATE B1 RECEPTORS IN HEART
PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION TO THE HEART IS TRANSMITTED VIA WHAT NERVE?
VAGUS NERVE
WHEN DO THE CORONARY ARTERIES FILL?
DURING DIASTOLE (LOW PRESSURE BACKWASH)
CORONARY ARTERY THAT FEEDS THE INFERIOR WALL OF THE LV, RA, RV, PART OF SEPTUM, SA NODE IN 70%, AV NODE, AND PDA IN 85%
RCA
CORONARY ARTERY THAT FEEDS PART OF THE SEPTUM AND BUNDLE BRANCHES, AS WELL AS MOST OF THE LEFT VENTRICLE
LAD
CORONARY ARTERY THAT FEEDS SA NODE IN 25%, LATERAL/PART OF POSTERIOR WALL OF LV, LA, PDA IN 10%
CIRCUMFLEX
CORONARY ARTERY THAT FEEDS PART OF SEPTUM
PDA
HOW DO YOU MEASURE CO IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENT?
WITH A SWAN-GANZ CATHETER USING THERMODILUTION TECHNIQUE
VOLUME OF BLOOD EXITING THE LEFT VENTRICLE INTO THE AORTA WITH EACH CONTRACTION
STROKE VOLUME
THE LOAD THAT STRETCHES THE HEART PRIOR TO CONTRACTION
PRELOAD
HOW IS PRELOAD MEASURED?
BY: VENTRICULAR END DIASTOLIC VOLUME; VENTRICULAR END DIASTOLIC PRESSURE
HOW DO WE DIRECTLY MEASURE PRELOAD?
LEFT HEART CATHETERIZATION
HOW DO WE ESTIMATED PRELOAD?
DURING RIGHT HEART CATHETERIZATION VIA PULMONARY CAPILLARY WEDGE PRESSURE
FOUR MAJOR COMPONENTS OF PRELOAD
TOTAL BLOOD VOLUME, DISTRIBUTION OF BLOOD VOLUME, ATRIAL CONTRACTION, COMPLIANCE
THE TENSION DEVELOPED IN THE WALL OF THE VENTRICLE DURING CONTRACTION
AFTERLOAD
2 FACTORS THAT DETERMINE AFTERLOAD
AORTIC PRESSURE (MEAN BP) AND THE VOLUME OF THE VENTRICULAR CAVITY AND TE THICKNESS OF THE VENTRICULAR WALL
THIS IS A USEFUL MEANS FOR ASSESSING PRIMARY CARDIAC FUNCTION
EJECTION FRACTION
FRACTION OF END DIASTOLIC VOLUME EJECTED FROM THE VENTRICLE DURING EACH SYSTOLIC CONTRACTION
EJECTION FRACTION
EF IS NOT MEASURED DIRECTLY, BUT RATHER ESTIMATED BY WHAT?
NUCLEAR VENTRICULOGRAPHY (MUGA), ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, OR THE GOLD STANDARD- CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION (INVASIVE)
WHAT IS MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTILITY?
FORCE OF CONTRACTION GENERATED BY THE VENTRICLES
THE LAW OF LAPLACE DEALS WITH WAT?
VENTRICULAR WALL TENSION IN TERMS OF COLUME OF TEH VENTRICULAR CAVITY AND THE THICKNESS OF THE VENTRICULAR WALL
STATE THE LAW OF LAPLACE
WALL TENSION= VENTRICULAR PRESSURE TIMES VENTRICULAR CHAMBER RADIUS/ 2 (VENTRICULAR WALL THICKNESS
NORAML EJECTION FRACTION
BETWEEN 55 AND 75%
FORMULA FOR STROKE VOLUME
SV= EDV- ESV
FORMULA FOR EF
SV/ EDV
WHAT PROCESS ALLOWS FOR BEAT TO BEAT COMPENSATION?
FRANK STARLING MECHANISM- ACUTELY, AN INCREASE IN THE LEFT VEDV PRODUCES AN INCREASE IN CONTRACTILITY BY INCREASING THE LENGTH AND STRETCH OF THE CARDIAC MUSCLE FIBERS
WHAT CAN CHRONIC SYMPATHETIC STIMULATION LEAD TO?
DOWN REGULATION OF ADRENERGIC RECEPTORS (A GIVEN STIMULATION RESULTS IN LESS THAN USUALL EFFECT)
DESCRIBE VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY AS A COMPENSATION MECHANISM.
CHRONIC; CHRONIC CONTRACTION AGAINST HIGH AFTERLOAD; MUSCLE WALL THICKENS OVER TIME---LONNG TERM DISADVANTAGES BECAUSE IT DECREASES COMPLIANCE AND INCREASES MYOCARDIAL OXYGEN DEMAND
DESCRIBE VENTRICULAR DILATION AS A COMPENSATION MECHANISM.
CHRONIC; RESPONSE TO PROLONGED INCREASE IN LEFT EDV/EDP (DUE TO HIGH PRELOAD AS OPOSED TO INCREASED AFTERLOAD); THIN WALL ENLARGED VENTRICLE THAT INITIALLY INCREASES CO BUT EVENTUALLY DECREASES CO; INCREASED WALL STRESS AND MYOCARDIAL OXYGEN DEMAND ARE DISADVANTAGES
CHRONIC PROCESS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH AFTERLOAD
VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY
CHRONIC PROCESS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH PRELOAD
VENTRICULAR DILATATION
TWO ACUTE COMPENSATORY MECHANISMS
FRANK STARLING AND SYMPATHETIC STIMULATION
TWO CHRONIC COMPENSATORY MECHANISMS
VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY AND DILITATION
WHERE DOES THE RIGHT VENTRICLE LAY?
UNDER THE STERNUM
IF YOU HAVE A DISPLACED PMI?
DILATED LEFT VENTRICLE
IF THERE IS A DILATED LEFT ATRIUM, WHAT SYMPTOM MIGHT THE PATIENT HAVE?
PROBLEMS SWALLOWING
THIS MURMUR RADIATES TO THE MIDAXILLARY/BACK
MITRAL REGURGITATION
THIS MURMUR RADIATES TO THE NECK
MITRAL STENOSIS
WHAT DOES AN XRAY TELL YOU ABOUT THE HEART?
SIZE (BUT NOT WHETHER HYPERTROPHIC OR DILATATION) AND WHETHER THE PATIENT IS IN HF
IF THERE IS DECREASED INTRATHORACIC PRESSURE, WHAT HAPPENS TO FILLING OF THE RIGHT VENTRICLE?
THERE IS MORE FILLING
WHAT HEART SOUND DO YOU HEAR WITH ALL ISCHEMIC PATIENTS?
S4
JUGULAR VENOUS DISTENTION REPRESENTS PRESSURE IN WHAT PART OF THE HEART? WHAT TYPES OF CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE THIS?
RIGHT ATRIUM; PULMONARY HTN, ACUTE PE, AND COPD
WHAT COMMONLY CAUSES MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION?
AN MI IN WHICH THE PAPILLARY MUSCLES BECOME ISCHEMIC AND CANNOT CONTRACT ADEQUATELY
WHY IS THE RIGHT ATRIUM MOST AFFECTED BY FLUID AROUND THE HEART?
B/CIT HAS THE LOWEST NORMAL PRESSURE
WHAT IS SOMETIMES THE FIRST SIGN OF PERICARDIAL EFFUSION?
RIGHT ATRIAL COLLAPSE- JVD
WHAT PART OF THE HEART CYCLE- DIASTOLE OR SYSTOLE- ALLOWS FOR PERFUSION OF CORONARY ARTERIES?
DIASTOLE---SO IF LOW DIASTOLIC PRESSURE---ISCHEMIA
WALL TENSION IS ESSENTIALLY?
AFTERLOAD
WHICH HAS A GREATER EFFECT ON THE FUNCTION OF THE HEART---VENTRICULAR WALL THICKNESS OR VENTRICULAR CHAMBER RADIUS?
VENTRICULAR WALL THICKNESS
IF AFTERLOAD IS INCREASED, WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT STROKE VOLUME?
IT IS DECREASED
IF PRELOAD AND CONTRACTILITY INCREASE, WHAT HAPPENS TO STROKE VOLUME?
IT INCREASES
IF YOU DEPLETE THE TOTAL BLOOD VOLUME, WHAT HAPPENS TO PRELOAD?
IT DECREASED
IF YOU GIVE SALINE, WHAT HAPPENS TO PRELOAD?
IT INCREASES
IN A FIB, THE ATRIA STOP CONTRACTING...WHAT HAPPENS TO PRELOAD?
IT DECREASES
LESS COMPLIANCE IN VENTRICLES CAN BE CAUSED BY WHAT CONDITIONS?
TAMPONADE, LVH, PERICARDIAL EFFUSION, PREVIOUS MI
WHAT IS A NONINVASIVE METHOD TO ESTIMATE EF?
ECHOCARDIOGRAM
TO INCREASE EJECTION FRACTION, WHAT MUST INCREASE?
CONTRACTILITY AND PUMPING
IF THERE IS MORE VOLUME IN LV, WHAT HAPPENS TO CONTRACTILITY?
THE LEFT VENTRICLE SQUEEZES MORE FORCEFULLY AND CONTRACTILITY IS INCREASED
IF THE HEART IS HAVING A PUMPING ISSUE THAT LEADS TO POOR CARDIAC OUTPUT, WHAT IS THE CAUSE?
DILATION
IF THE HEART IS HAVING A FILLING ISSUE THAT LEADS TO POOR CARDIAC OUTPUT, WHAT IS THE CAUSE?
HYPERTROPHY