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Cardiac Cycle Flashcards

1
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What is the cardiac cycle?

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Series of consecutive contractions and relaxations of the heart, to ensure a continuous flow of blood & circulation around the body.

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What is Ventricular diastole?

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Diastole: Ventricular relaxation during which the ventricles fill with blood. Preload attributed to isometric contractions and stretching of an intracellular network of the cardiomyocyte.

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How many phases are present during diastole?

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4 phases

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4
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How many phases are present during systole?

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3 phases

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5
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What is systole?

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Systole: Ventricle contraction generates pressure, ejecting blood into the arteries for both pulmonary and systemic circulation.

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6
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What is an isovolumetric contraction?

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Pressure builds up in ventricles, however ventricles do not expel blood until pressure overcomes afterload.

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7
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At what point does ventricular ejection proceed?

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Pressure generated during isovolumetric contractions exceeds afterload

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8
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What phases occur after isovolumetric contraction?

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Ventricular ejection and relaxation

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9
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What enables ventricular filling?

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Passive filling of blood through pressure gradient into ventricle from atria.
Atrial contraction (Systole)
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10
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What is End Diastolic volume (EDV)?

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Volume of ventricles prior to systole

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11
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What is End-systolic volume (ESV)?

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Volume in the ventricles after slow ejection (end stage of systole)

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12
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What is stroke volume?

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The volume of blood expelled from the left ventricle during ventricular systole
EDV-ESV

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13
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What is the ejection fraction (EF)?

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Proportion of the end diastolic volume that is ejected into systemic circulation during systole.

SV/EDV

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14
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What does EF illustrate?

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The contractility of the heart

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15
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What is the normal ejection fraction?

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52-72%

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16
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What is the typical EF for patients with heart failure?

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35%

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17
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How does blood passively fill the ventricles?

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Prior to atrial systole, the blood passively flows through the atrioventricular orifice through the mitral and tricuspid valve

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18
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What is the valve between the right atrium and right ventricle?

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Tricuspid Valve

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19
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What is the left atrioventricular valve?

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Mitral valve

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20
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What happens to the pressure during atrial filling (Atrial diastole)?

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Pressure of atrium increases

P of atrium > p ventricle

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21
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How is atrial contraction stimulated?

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Waves of excitation from the sinoatrial node

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22
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How is atrial systole depicted on the ECG?

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P wave

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23
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What is the abnormal heart sound due to valve incompetency?

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S4

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24
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What is S4?

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Turbulent blood flow through dysfunctional valve closure.

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25
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What causes s4?

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Pulmonary embolism,
Congestive heart failure
Tricuspid incompetennce

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26
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Which valves are closed during isovolumetric contraction?

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Atrioventricular and semi lunar valves are closed

pressure is accumulating

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27
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Describe the pressure gradient during an isovolumetric contraction?

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Ventricular pressure > atrial pressure

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28
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Describe the interval of the isovolumetric contraction?

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Interval between the AV valves closing, and the semi-lunar valves opening

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29
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What signifies ventricular excitation on an ECG?

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QRS complex

30
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What heart sound is heard during the atrioventricular valve closure?

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S1

31
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What is S1?

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The closure of the atrioventricular valves. (Lub)

32
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What phase proceeds isovolumetric contraction?

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Ventricular ejection phase

33
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What is the ventricular ejection phase?

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Period at which the ventricular pressure exceeds aortic and pulmonary pressure (afterload)
Semi lunar valves open

34
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What type of contraction is associated with the ventricular ejection phase?

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Isotonic contraction (Sarcomere shortening)

35
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What volume resides post-ventricular ejection?

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End-systolic volume

Residual volume in the ventricles

36
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What is the C wave?

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Atrial pressure caused by the right ventricular contraction *(Pushing tricuspid valve into atrium)

37
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What type of electrical activity is demarcated on the ECG during the ventricular ejection phase?

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None

No heart sounds, no valves are closing

38
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What phase succeeds ventricular ejection?

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Reduced ejection

39
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What is reduced ejection?

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END of ventricular systole.

Blood is ejected from the ventricles at a reducing rate as ventricular pressure decreased with volume reduction

40
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What happens after reduced ejection?

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Aortic and pulmonary pressure increases, exceeds ventricular pressure, and closes semi-lunar valves

41
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How is reduced ejection depicted on an ECG?

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T wave

42
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Why is a T wave shown during reduced ejection?

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Cardiac cells are undergoing repolarisation to resting potential

43
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What phase succeeds reduced ejection?

A

Isovolumetric relaxation

44
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What phase does isovolumetric ventricular relaxation belong to?

A

Diastole

45
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What happens during isovolumetric relaxation?

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Ventricular muscle relaxes, pressure on blood within the ventricles decrease.

46
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What sounds is produced during isovolumetric relaxation?

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Dicrotic notch

47
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What is the dicrotic notch?

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Caused by the rebound pressure against aortic valve as distended aortic wall relaxes./

48
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What happens to semi-lunar valves during isovolumetric relaxation?

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Semi-lunar valves (Aortic and pulmonary) close to prevent back flow to the ventricles
AV valves close

49
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Why does the ventricular volume remain unchanged during isovolumetric relaxation?

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The atrioventricular valves and semi-lunar valves are closed, thus there is no blood flow exchange between chambers

50
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What is the second heart sound attributed to?

A

Closure of semi-lunar valves

51
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What stage succeeds isovolumetric relaxation?

A

Rapid ventricular filling

52
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What occurs during rapid ventricular filling?

A

Atrial pressure increases (ventricular pressure decreases via relaxation)
Generates pressure gradient,
Enables blood flow through atrioventricular orifice into the ventricles
This increases ventricular volume, simultaneously decreases atrial pressure

53
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How does rapid ventricular filling occur?

A

Filling of ventricles is passive, not due to atrial systole.

54
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Why does abnormal S3 occur?

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Signifies turbulent ventricular filling, attributed to severe hypertension or mitral incompetence

55
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What is s3 referred as to?

A

Ventricular Galloop

56
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How is rapid ventricular filling depicted on an ECG?

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Isoelectric ECG between cardiac cycles

57
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What cardiac phase succeeds rapid ventricular filling?

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Reduced passive filling

58
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What are the changes to the ECG during reduced passive filling?

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There are no changes to the ECG.

Atrial contraction is redundant

59
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What occurs during passive ventricular filling?

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Slow filling of ventricles (Diastasis), ventricular volume increases slowly (Reduction in pressure gradient)

60
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How do the patterns of pulmonary circulation pressures compare on either side of the heart?

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The patterns are identical, however quantitatively, the pressure in the right < left

61
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Quantitatively, how does the volume ejected by the ventricles compare?

A

Identical ejection volumes between left and right ventricles

62
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How can pressure changes in the pulmonary artery be detected?

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Insertion of catheter with ballooon into the pulmonary artery, inflation of balloon prevents blood flow

Distal, pressure system of left atrium measured

63
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What is pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PAWP)?

A

Possible to measure the preload on the left side

PAWP is elevated when there is left atrium or mitral valve dysfunction

64
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What happens at Point A of the pressure-volume loop?

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Mitral valve closure (increase in ventricular pressure) Isovolumetric contraction (Preload)

65
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What occurs between A-B within pressure-volume loops?

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Ventricular systole isovolumetric contractions:

Increase in left ventricular pressure, volume remains same

66
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What occurs at stage B within pressure-volume loops?

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Diastolic blood pressure

67
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What occurs between B and C within the pressure-volume loops?

A

Ejection of blood during isotonic ventricular contraction

Ventricular systole.

68
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How is pulse pressure measured on the pressure-volume loops?

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Systolic blood pressure - Diastolic blood pressure

69
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How is systolic blood pressure measured on a pressure-volume loop?

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Peak of the loop

70
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What occurs during point C on a pressure-volume loop?

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Aortic valve closes (Dub)

71
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When does the aortic valve open?

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Point B

72
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What happens between C and D on a pressure-volume loop?

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Isovolumetric relaxation; Left ventricular pressure decreases for the same ventricular volume.
AV and semi-lunar valves closed.

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