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Streptocuccus Bovis endocarditis
Associated with colon cancer. Causes subacute bacterial endocarditis. Occurs in patient with NO preexisting valvular abnormality.
Holosystolic murmur at the apex that radiates to the axilla. What is the best indicator of severity of the problem?
Presence of S3: indicates high volume of regurgitant flow (mitral regurgitation)
pt dies in motor accident n biopsy shows heavy calcification of the ortic valve. What most likely preceded this?
Cell necrosis
Stages of Dystrophic calcificaiton
Initiation: within the mitochondria of dying cells and Propagation: can perforate the membrane.
Pt with tetralogy of Fallot squats to relieve cyanosis. The posture helps to?
Increase systemic vascular resistance
A drug dilates arterioles and veins and promotes diuresis. What is its endogenous analog?
Brain natriuretic peptide/atrial natriuretic peptide
A drug that dilates arterioles and veins and promotes diuresis
Nesiritide.
MOA of Atrial natriuretic peptide
activate guanylate cyclase which increases intracellular cyclic GMP causing vasodilation and diuresis.
In systolic heart failure which is increased blood volume within the heart causing stretch of atria and ventricles, which hormones are released?
Atrial natriuretic peptide and brain (ventricular) natriuretic peptide
Risk factor for infective endocarditis
Prosthetic heart valves, prior valvular inflammation and scarring
Pathogenesis of vegetations caused by S.Aureus
S.aureus can bind to normal valves due to expression of multiple surface adhesins. Then tissue factor expression results in platelet and fibrin deposition and formation of vegetation. It can then embolize and cause sepsis.
S.Aureus vegetations in endocarditis have?
Fibrin and platelets deposition.
Mitras stenosis Murmur
opening snap early in diastole due to tensing of the leaflets after they have already opened.
Stable angina
chest pain with exertion, relieved by rest or nitroglycerin
Stable angina pathophysiology
Fixed atheromatous obstruction of coronary occluding at least 75% of the luminal cross sectional area.
Unstable angina pathophysiology
Ulcerated atherosclerotic plaque with a partially obstructive thrombus.
Drug that can cause Prinzmetal’s angina
Ergonovine
MOA of ergonovine
ergot alkaloid that constricts vascular smooth muscle by stimulating both alpha-adrenergic and serotonergic receptors. Can induce coronary spams
Pathophys of Prinzmetal’s angina (variant)
Caused by coronary artery vasospam that may occur near sites of atherosclerosis and can result in transient transmural ischemia with ST-segment Elevation
Prinzmetal’s angina
episodic angina that occurs at REST due to coronary vasospasm.
Mitral regurgitation
Blowing, holosystolic murmur heard best over the apex with radiation to the axilla.
Valve most affected by rheumatic heart disease
MITRAL, acute: regurgitaiton and chronic:stenosis
Congenital malformation that is normal in some adults
Foramen ovale: abnormalities increasing the right atrial pressure can produce a right to left shunt across the patent foramen ovale.
Rheumatic fever criteria
JONES, Joint, O is heart, Nodules, Erythema marginatum, Sydenham chorea