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Ischaemic Heart Disease Flashcards

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What is the definition of ischaemic heart disease?

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pathophysiological syndromes due to inadequate blood supply to the myocardium

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What are the 2 reasons why there may be inadequate blood supply to the myocardium in IHD?

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  1. reduced coronary blood flow due to atheroma +/- thrombus

2. myocardial hypertrophy due to systemic hypertension

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What are the 5 factors involved in preventing IHD?

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  1. stop smoking
  2. lose/manage weight
  3. lower blood pressure
  4. encourage exercise
  5. calculate risk and prescribe relevant treatment
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What is the main risk score calculation used in IHD?

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The Framingham risk score calculation

It estimates a patient’s 10 year risk of having a heart attack

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What are 2 other commonly used risk calculators?

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  1. SCORE

2. QRISK3

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What is involved in the pathogenesis of IHD?

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  1. acute and/or chronic ischaemia
  2. loss of autoregulation of coronary blood flow with >75% vessel occlusion
  3. low diastolic flow leading to subendocardial hypoperfusion
  4. myocyte dysfunction/death from ischaemia
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When is recovery possible from IHD?

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If there is rapid reperfusion within 15-20 minutes

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At what point does IHD become symptomatic?

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When there is >75% vessel occlusion

This is critical stenosis and gives angina-like symptoms

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What are the 4 IHD syndromes?

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  1. angina pectoris
  2. acute coronary syndrome
  3. sudden cardiac death
  4. chronic ischaemic heart disease
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What typically causes acute ischaemia?

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  1. atheroma + acute thrombosis/haemorrhange

Lipid rich plaques are most at risk

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What does acute ischaemia in the heart lead to?

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regional transmural myocardial infarction

this is different to a subendocardial MI

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If someone has an MI and dies within 24 hours, what morphology would be present?

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Morphology would be normal

e.g. in a sudden cardiac death

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What would the MI morphology look like after 1-2 days?

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it would be pale and oedematous

there would be neutrophils and myocyte necrosis

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What would the MI morphology look like after 3-4 days?

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it would be yellow with a haemorrhagic edge

there would be macrophages and myocyte necrosis

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What would the MI morphology look like after 1-3 weeks?

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it would be red-grey to grey-white

it becomes pale and thin

granulation tissue forms, followed by fibrosis

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What would the MI morphology look like after 3-6 weeks?

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there would be a dense fibrous scar

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What is a ‘STEMI’?

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ST-elevation myocardial infarction

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What causes a STEMI?

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blockage of one of the major coronary arteries

this is the most serious type of heart attack caused by COMPLETE OCCLUSION of a coronary artery

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What is an example of an NSTEMI?

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subendocardial MI

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What is an NSTEMI?

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non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction

an acute ischaemic event causing myocyte necrosis

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What is the perfusion of the subendocardial myocardium like under normal conditions?

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it is relatively poorly perfused under normal conditions

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What can lead to the subendocardial myocardium infarcting without any acute coronary occlusion?

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  1. stable atheromatous occlusion of the coronary circulation
  2. an acute hypotensive episode

this can lead to subendocardial MI

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What is the most common blood marker of cardiac myocyte damage?

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Troponins T and I

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Under what circumstances may troponins T and I be raised?

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  1. post-MI
  2. pulmonary embolism
  3. heart failure
  4. myocarditis
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When are troponins T and I detectable? When do they peak?
detectable after 2-3 hours peaks after 12 hours still detectable for up to 7 days
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When is creatine kinase MB detectable as a sign of cardiac myocyte damage?
detectable after 2-3 hours peaks at 10-24 hours detectable for up to 3 days
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What are 3 other cardiac enzymes that can show damage to the cardiac myocytes?
1. myoglobin 2. lactate dehydrogenase isoenzyme 1 3. aspartate transaminase
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What is the problem with using myoglobin as a marker of cardiac injury? When does it peak?
It peaks after 2 hours It is also released from damaged skeletal muscle
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When is lactate dehydrogenase isoenzyme 1 detectable? When does it peak?
Peaks after 3 days Detectable for up to 14 days
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Why is aspartate transaminase less useful as a marker of myocardial damage?
it is also present in the liver
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What % of MI patients experience sudden cardiac death?
20% They have 1-2 hour mortality
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What is the prognosis of MI patients who do not experience sudden cardiac death?
10-15% = early hospital mortality 7-10% - further 1 year mortality 3-4% mortality per year in subsequent years
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What % of MI patients experience complications?
80-90%
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What are the 4 main complications of MI?
1. arrhythmias, ventricular fibrillation & sudden death 2. left ventricular failure and shock 3. pericarditis 4. cardiac mural thrombus and emboli
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What are the 4 less common complications of MI?
1. DVT and pulmonary embolus 2. myocardial rupture 3. ventricular aneurysm 4. autoimmune pericarditis +/- pleurisy for 2 weeks-months post MI
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What tends to be involved in myocardial rupture?
tamponade, ventricular septal perforation and damage to papillary muscle
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What are the 3 stages involved in MI diagnosis?
1. taking a history and finding the symptoms 2. examination - pulse, breathing 3. investigations - ECG, cardiac enzymes
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What is the MONA of MI treatment?
M - morphine O - oxygen N - nitrates A - aspirin
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What reperfusion technique is used to treat MI?
PCI - percutaneous coronary intervention this is better than thrombolysis
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What are the further measures for treating MI?
managing the complications of MI and secondary prevention
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What drugs are given in the secondary prevention of MI?
1. ACEi, anti-platelets and anti-coagulants 2. anti-arrhythmics and beta-blockers 3. statins
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What causes chronic ischaemic heart disease?
decompensated myocardium or coronary artery atheroma produces relative myocardial ischaemia It may be a result of previous MIs or congestive heart failure
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What does the heart look like in congestive heart failure?
it is enlarged, hypertrophied and dilated
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What is the risk of chronic ischaemic heart disease?
risk of sudden cardiac death or MI
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What causes familial hypercholesterolaemia?
mutations in genes involved in cholesterol metabolism
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What are the most common mutations in familial hypercholesterolaemia?
1. low density lipoprotein receptor gene | 2. apolipoprotein B
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What is the most common symptom of someone who is heterozygous for familial hypercholesterolaemia?
development of xanthomas and early progressive atherosclerosis xanthomas develop in the tendons, periocular and corneal arcus
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What is the treatment for heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia?
early primary treatment with statins
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How does treatment for homozygous hypercholesterolaemia differ to heterozygous?
treatment is more complex and less effective

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