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Treatment of MI
What to give if ventricular tachycardia
Amiodarone
Morphine helps with pain and controlling ___
Pulmonary Edema
When is heparin indicated in setting of chest pain and MI?
-Unstable angina
-cardiac thrombus
-severe congestive heart failure
*** do not give if active bleed
Pericarditis
EKG shows
Which lab value classically elevated
Most common cause is
EKG diffuse ST-segment elevation
ESR
Coxsackievirus
Initial treatment of unstable angina
-Oxygen, aspirin, nitro
-beta-blocker, clopidogrel, heparin, and glycoprotein IIb/III1 inhibitor
-ACEi or ARB
Angina caused by pain at rest and ST elevation, normal cardiac enzymes is likely ____
cause
treatment
Prinzmetal
Coronary artery spasm
nitroglycerin and calcium channel blockers
Buzz words
Widened pulse pressure, LVH, LV dilation, S3
Aortic regurgitation
Slow pulse upstroke, S3/S4, ejection click, LVH, cardiomegaly, syncope
Aortic stenosis
Buzz word
Opening snap, loud S1, AF, LAE, PH
dyspnea, cough, hempotysis
Mitral Stenosis
Buzz words Soft S1, LAE, PH, LVH
Mitral regurgitation
Endocarditis prophylaxis with amoxicillin recommended in dental procedures if
prosthetic cardiac valve
previous infection endocarditis
congenital heart disease
transplant recipients who develop valvulopathy
Hyper coagulable states (5)
1. Factor V Leiden
2. AT III deficiency
3. Protein C
4. hyperhomocysteinemia
5.Antiphospholipid antibodies
T/F superficial thrombophlebitis is a risk factor for pulmonary embolism?
Recurrence is a sign of
False. pancreatic cancer
Partial thromboplastin time measures-
Prothrombin time measures-
PTT- intrinsic pathway, heparin (not LMW heparin)
PT- extrinsic pathway, warfarin
Reversal agents
Heparin/LMW heparin-
Warfarin
Aspirin
Heparin- Protamine
Warfarin FFP or vitamin K
Platelet transfusion
Factors involved in intrinsic pathway (PTT)
VIII, IX, XI, XII
Factors involved in extrinsic pathway (PT)
III, VII
Which disease associated with prolonged PT ONLY?
Liver disease- all factors but 8 are low (PTT normal)
Young woman (20-40) with for pulmonale and no other risk factors think of
idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
TX- prostacyclines (parental apoprostenol), antiendothelins (bosentant), phosphodiesterase inhibitors, CCB
Dilated cardiomyopathy most common type and causes include
Alcohol
Myocarditis
Doxorubicin
Drugs that worsen HOCM
Positive inotropes (digoxin)
diuretics
vasodilators
Treatment WPW syndrome
procainamide or quinidine
*avoid digoxin and verapamil
Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Murmur:
Keep open with
Close with
Associated with
machine-like in upper left sternal border
Open- prostaglandin E1
Close- Indomethacin or surgery
congenital rubella and high altitude
Ventricular septal defect *Most common
Murmur
Tx
associations
holosystolic next to sternum
usually resolve on own
watch for fetal alcohol, TORCH, Down syndrome
Atrial septal defect
Murmur
Tx
Fixed, split s2 and palpitations
asymptomatic until adult
usually do not require correction
Tetralogy of Fallot *Most common cyanotic defect
1. VSD
2. Overriding aorta
3. Pulmonary stenosis
4. RVH
Coarctation of aorta
murmur
signs
systolic heard over mid-upper back
rib notching
upper extremity hypertension
associated with Turner
R or L sided murmurs increase on expiration?
Left sided
Murmur S4 "TEN-nes-see" associated with
Restrictive cardiomyopathy or LVH from HTN
Patients present with bradycardia, lightheadedness, syncope with EKG burst of tachy-brady
Sick Sinus Syndrome from impaired SA node automaticity
Valve disorder resulting in LA dilation and a risk of AFib
Mitral Stenosis
Congestive heart failure with extra cardiac manifestations proteinuria and easy bruisibility point to
Amyloidosis
Heart condition with amyloidosis
restrictive cardiomyopathy
increased ventricular wall thickness w normal left cavity
Sarcoidosis causes what changes in the heart
Granulomatous infiltration of myocardium--> heart failure with both systolic and diastolic dysfunction
Late MI complication 5d--> 3mo with persistent ST segment elevation and deep Q waves in same leads
Ventricular Aneurysm
Ascending aortic aneurysm due to
Cystic medial necrosis (aging) or CT disorder Marfan Ehlers-Danlos
Descending Aortic Aneurysm (40% of cause) due to
Atherosclerosis
-risk HTN, hypercholesterolemia, smoking
EKG changes show increased voltage QRS, ST and T wave changes in left precordial leads
Left ventricular hypertrophy
Cases where left ventricular hypertrophy seen
Symptomatic hypertension
Coarctation of aorta
Wide complex tachycardia with 2 fusion beats diagnostic of
sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia
First line treatment for stable Vtach
IV Amiodarone
Or lidocaine or procainamide
Carotid massage is a useful maneuver in
Regular, narrow complex tachycardia
Venous overload, Kussmaul's sign (lack of inspiratory decline in CVP), pericardial knock and x and y descents on central venous tracing characteristic of
Constrictive pericarditis
-common cause in Africa, China tuberculosis
Elevated BNP and an audible S3 are signs of
increased cardiac filling pressures
Holosystolic murmur accentuated with inspiration
Tricuspid regurg
Decreased tolerance to glucose and hyperglycemia is a side effect of which diuretic
HCTZ
This diuretic can affect lipids by increasing LDL and triglycerides, as well as increasing uric acid retention
HCTZ
Electrolyte abnormalities with thiazides
Hyponatremia
Hypokalemia
Hypercalcemia