CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF CARDIAC DISEASE Flashcards
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What are signs of Heart Failure
Weakness and Exercise intolerance
Syncope
Cough and orther respiratory signs
Why Cardiac patients have Exercise intolerance
Cardiac disease —-> Decreased CO —–> Decreased Lung and muscle perfusion—-> Decreases O2 delivered to the muscles —–> decreased tendency to do exercise.
What do you mean by Syncope
Transient unconsciousness associated with loss of postural tone (collapse) from insufficient oxygen or glucose delivery to the brain.
What is the major DDx for Syncope
Seizures
How to DDx syncope from seizures
Syncope is associated with Exertion and Excitement
Tonic/clonic motions absent in Syncope
Defecation is absent in Syncope
Neurological deficits will be absent in syncope
Postictal phase is not present in Syncope
What kind of Syncopes are difficult to DDx from Seizures
Convulsive Syncope
How convulsive Sycope originates
Convulsive Syncope
Sometimes profound hypotension or asystole casues hypoxia —> convulsive suncope with seizure-like activity or twitching, generally preceeded by loss of muscle tone.
What is a presyncope
where reduced brain perfusion or substate delivery is not severe enough to cause unconsiousness, may appear as transient Wobbliness or weakness, especialy in rear limbs.
How to perform diagnostics on Syncope
ECG
CBC
Biochem with electrolytes
Neurological exams
what are Cardiovascular causes of Syncope according to pathophysiology
HINT; HR, Ventricular outflow, oxygenated blood and others
HR RELATED
Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrythmias
HOW WELL OUTFLOW OF BLOOD IS
Congenital ventricular outflow obstruction
Acquired ventricular outflow obstruction
HOW WELL OXYGENATED BLOOD IS SEPRATED FROM DEOXYGENATED ONE
Cyanotic heart disease
MISC.
Impaired forward cardiac output
Impaired cardiac filling
Cardiovascular drugs
Neurocargiogenic reflex
What are Pulmonary causes of Syncope
Disease causing hypoxia
Pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary Thromboembolism
What are Metabolic causes of Syncope
Hypoglycemia
Hypoadrenocorticism
Electrolyte imbalance ( K and Ca especially)
What are Hematological causes of Syncope
Anemia
Hemorrhage
What are Neurological causes of Syncope
Cerebovascular accident
Brain tumor ( seizures)
What are other causes of Syncope
Narcolepsy ( loss of sleep control )
Cataplexy ( loss of muscle tone)
Why a cardiac patient gets cough ?
due to congestive heart failure of left side ( moist)
enlargement of artium ( dry and hacking)
what should be on your checklist for cardiovascualr examination
( HINT; PPFARMJ)
Observation of respiratory pattern
Mucous membranes
Jugular vein
Arterial pulse
Pericordium
Evaluation for fluid accumulation
Auscultation
What to look in respiratory pattern
Prolonged Laboured Inspiration ( obstruction in URT)
Prolonged Laboured Expiration ( lower pulmonary infilrative Dz, edema)
Open mouth breathing in cats
Orthopnea ( unable to lie in lateral or dorsal position)
Abdducted elbows
What to look for Mucous membranes
CRT
Color
What does CRT tell
Tells about CO
reasons for slow CRT
Dehydration
Decreased CO
High peripheral Sympathetic tone
Vasoconstriction
What is differential cynosis
When Caudal mm are cynotic in comparision to cranial mm
In which Dz process you will see Differential cynosis
PDA
Reasons for icteric mm
Hemolysis
Hepatobiliary Dz
Biliary obstruction