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What is the subendocardial region?

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  • Between the epicardium and endocardium
  • Least well supplied area for oxygen
  • First area to become ischaemic
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What are the 3 main coronary artery imaging techniques?

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  • Selective coronary angiography
  • CT
  • MR imaging
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Describe the basic pathology of coronary artery disease

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  • Fatty streak
  • Fibro-fatty plaque
  • Plaque disruption
    Plaque disrupture
    Plaque erosion
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What do macrophages become in the sub-endothelial layer when they uptake oxidised LDL?

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Foam cells

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What is the hallmark cell of a fatty streak?

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Foam cells

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What do foam cells release?

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Cytokines and growth factors that recruit smooth muscle cells which then produce collagen

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What is the cause of angina?

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Sub-endocardial ischaemia

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What does angina appear like on an ECG?

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ST depression

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What is angina due to

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When the coronary blood flow is not sufficient enough to meet the oxygen demands of myocardial tissue

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What is the basis of angina pectoris?

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Epicardial coronary artery stenoses. Atherosclerotic plaque limiting coronary blood flow.

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What are the two broad regulatory features of the coronary system?

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  • Autoregulation (myogenic control)

- Metabolic regulation

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How much does coronary blood flow increase to accomodate a 20 fold increase in total body O2 consumption?

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Can rise five fold (400 ml/min/100g)

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What molecule is an extremely powerful coronary vasodilator?

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Adenosine

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What is the coronary flow reserve?

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The maximum increase in blood flow through the coronary arteries above normal resting volume

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What is the effect of angina on the coronary flow reserve?

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Reduced

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What determines myocardial oxygen consumption?

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  • Tension development
  • Contractility
  • HR
  • Basal activity (10-20%)
  • Mass of tissue
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What causes the variancy in stable angina (why on some days does it occur frequently and others not)?

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The variable coronary flow reserve

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What tests are performed to test inducible ischaemia?

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  • Exercise stress test
  • Dobutamine stress echo
  • Myocardial perfusion imaging with either exercise or pharmacological stress
  • Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMR) (flow)
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When investigating chest pain what are you looking for?

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  • Anatomical assessment
  • Test of inducible ischaemia
  • Measuring coronary flow reserve
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What artery is often used in a CABG oprocedure to bypass an occluded portion of the LAD artery?

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The left internal mammary artery

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What are the two primary domains for treating angina?

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  • Reduction in myocardial oxygen consumption

- Reduction in the variability of coronary flow reserve

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What are the main causes of myocardial infarction?

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  1. Plaque rupture (~75%)
  2. Plaque erosion (~30%)
  3. Coronary embolism
  4. Coronary artery spasm (cocaine)
  5. Coronary anomaly
  6. Spontaneous coronary dissection
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What group of people are susceptible to spontaneous coronary dissection?

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Pregnant women

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Describe how a plaque causes an MI (pathology)?

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  • Cause coronary thrombosus
  • Plaque becomes exposed to blood
  • Platelets adhere to the plaque activating coagulation
  • This creates platelet rich thrombi which blocks the artery
  • Blocks artery creating a propogation thrombus down through the artery
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What are light bands through platelet rich thrombi called?
Bands of Zahn
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How is coagulation triggered inside arteries to create an MI at a molecular level?
Macrophages produce MMPs which digest the fibrous cap. Macrophages themselves produce tissue factor which triggers the activation of the extrinsic pathway of coagulation.
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What factors affect presentation of an AMI?
- Time of day (morning) - Inflammatory activity (rheumatoid artheritis) - Infection (respiratory) (pneumonia) - Elevation of bp - Catacholamines
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How can MIs be classified?
- Full thickness, transmural or sub enocardial (site) - STEMI or NSTEMI - Type 1 - 4 (Cause)
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What is the difference in affect of STEMIs and NSTEMIs?
- STEMI inplies transmural MI | - NSTEMI will include subendocardial infarction but does not exclude transmural infarction in regions remote from ECG.
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What is a type 1 MI?
- Spontaneous | - Related to ischaemia due to coronary event such as plaque erosion and/or rupture, tissuring or dissection
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What is a type 2 MI?
- MI secondary to ischaemia due to either increased oxygen demand or decreased supply
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What is a type 3 MI?
Sudden unexpected cardiac death often with symptoms suggestive of MI
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What is a type 4 MI?
MI associated with percutaneous coronary intervention or stent thrombosis
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What is a type 5 MI?
MI associated with cardiac surgery
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Are STEMIs or NSTEMIs more common amongst older people?
NSTEMIs peak incidence rate is 10 years older than STEMIs
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What are the serum markers of Myocardial damage?
- Troponin T or 1 - Creatine kinase MB isoform (CKMB) - Creatine Phosphokinase (CPK) - AST - Myoglobin
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What medications are usually administered with a STEMI?
- Aspirin + clopidogrel or other antiplatelet (P2Y12 inhibitor). Thrombolysis (streptokinase)
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What procedure is used to treat a STEMI?
Primary PCI for immediate vascularisation
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What medications are given after anti-platelets agnests and revascularisation?
- Statin drugs - Ace inhibitors - Beta blockers
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What are the immeadiate complications of a STEMI?
- Ventricular arrhythmia and death | - Acute left heart failure
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What are the early complications of a STEMI (day 2-7)
- Myocardial rupture - Mitral valve insufficiency - VSD - Mural thrombus and embolisation
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What are the late (beyond day 7) complications of a STEMI?
- LV dilation and HF - Arrhythmia - Recurrent MI
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What is an NSTEMI caused by?
- Threatned STEMI - Small branch occlusion Occlusion of well collateralised vessel - Lateral STEMI in territory not well seen by ECG - Implies sub-endocardial ischaemia
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How does the treatment differ between an NSTEMI and a STEMI?
Same except angiography and revascularisation can be delayed slightly in NSTEMI
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When would an NSTEMI be treated early?
- If symptoms continue - If roponin raised - Risk score (e.g GRACE)

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