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Ischemic Heart Disease

Define Ischemic Heart Disease

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imbalance between myocardial oxygen supply and demand

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Ischemic Heart Disease

What does ischemic heart disease cause?

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results in myocardial hypoxia and accumulation of metabolic waste products

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Ischemic Heart Disease

What is the primary cause of ischemic heart disease?

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narrowing of coronary artery as a result of athersclerotic plaque

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Ischemic Heart Disease

What are “ischemic syndromes?”

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manifestations of ischemic heart disease

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Myocardial Oxygen Supply

What two things determine myocardial oxygen supply?

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  • O2 carrying capacity
  • Coronary blood flow
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Myocardial Oxygen Supply

What are the 2 factors effecting oxygen carrying capacity?

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  • blood oxygen saturation level (SaO2%)
  • hemoglobin (Hg) content
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Myocardial Oxygen Supply

What are considered normal levels of blood oxygen saturation level?

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usually 97 - 100%

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Myocardial Oxygen Supply

What are considered normal Hg content for men and women?

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Men: 12 -15.5 mg/dl
Women: 13.5 -17.5 mg/dl

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Myocardial Oxygen Supply

Key Point

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oxygen carrying capacity is usuallt constant unless anemia or obstructive lung disease is present

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Myocardial Oxygen Supply

What does coronary blood flow depend on?

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  • perfusion pressure
  • vascular resistance
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Myocardial Oxygen Supply

What is Darcy’s Law?

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Q = (P1 - P2) / R

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Myocardial Oxygen Supply

How is perfusion pressure (P) related flow?

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P is directly related to flow (Q)

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Myocardial Oxygen Supply

How is vascular resistance related to flow?

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R is inversely proportional to flow (Q)

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Myocardial Oxygen Supply

It is important to know that coronary blood flow occurs mainly during what portion of the heart cycle?

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diastole (left coronary)

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Myocardial Oxygen Supply

How can perfusion pressure (P) be estimated?

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by diastolic pressure in aorta

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Myocardial Oxygen Supply: Perfusion Pressure

The left main coronary blood flow is zero in early systole due to what?

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extravascular myocardial compression of small coronary microvessels

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Myocardial Oxygen Supply: Perfusion Pressure

Left coronary artery flow returns to diastolic level in systole but flow is maximum when?

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during diastole

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Myocardial Oxygen Supply: Perfusion Pressure

When does right coronary artery flow increases and why?

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  • during both systole and diastole
  • this is due to less compression in right ventricle during systole
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Myocardial Oxygen Supply: Perfusion Pressure

What is the typical aortic flow pressure? How is the accomplished?

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  • fairly constant flow between diastolic pressure of 60 - 150 mmHg
  • this is done by autoregulation
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Myocardial Oxygen Supply: Perfusion Pressure

Does P or R have greater contribution to flow alterations?

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R is the major factoer that controls changes in coronary flow

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Myocardial Oxygen Supply: Perfusion Pressure

Conditions that decrease aortic diastolic BP to less the 60 mmHg can cause what?

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reduced coronary artery perfusion in left and right coronary artery; this increases risk of ischemia
- common issue in elderly

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Myocardial Oxygen Supply

What is important to know about myocardial oxygen extraction?

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it is almost maximal (75%) at rest

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Myocardial Oxygen Supply

What is important to know about myocardium in regards to increased O2 requirement?

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the demand must be met primarily by increased coronary blood flow (CBF)

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Myocardial Oxygen Supply

What is the resting coronary blood flow and oxygen extraction?

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  • about 250 ml/min
  • 70 - 80% in the heart
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# Myocardial Oxygen Supply How does myocardial extraction differ from other parts of the body?
- it is much higher - compared to about 25% in skeletal muscle
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# Myocardial Oxygen Supply How is increased O2 consumption dealt with in the heart?
mainly be reducing vascular resistance
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# Myocardial Oxygen Supply: Vascular Resistance Describe Poiseulle's Law, Darcy's Law, and the equation for resistance.
look them up
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# Myocardial Oxygen Supply: Vascular Resistance What does it mean if: 1. flow (Q) through a tube is directly proportional to pressure gradient (delta P) and radius (r) of a vessel 2. Q is inversely proportional to resistance (R)
- R is indirectly proportional to r^4 - R is directly proportional to length (l) and viscosity of blood
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# Vascular Resistance and atherosclerotic 3 Key Points
- small resistance arterioles distal to plaque dilate (increase radius), which increases flow (Q) to tissue, in order to compensate for proximal stenosis and reduced flow
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Maximal CBF is compromised when lesion damage is what?
greater than 60 - 70%
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What effect does 60 - 70% lesion have on resting CBF?
no effect
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When does resting CBF become compromised?
when the lesion is greater than 90%
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# Myocardial Oxygen Supply: Vascular Resistance CBF is regulated by autoregulation of local vascular resistance via:
- Metabolic factors - Endothelial factors - Neural factors
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# Myocardial Oxygen Supply: Vascular Resistance Examples of metabolic factors and what they do?
adenosine: dilation hypoxia: dilation
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# Myocardial Oxygen Supply: Vascular Resistance Examples of endothelial factors and what they do?
- NO, prostacyclin, EDHF: dilation - Endothelin-1: constriction - Angiotensin II: constriction
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# Myocardial Oxygen Supply: Vascular Resistance Examples of neural factors and what they do?
**sympathetic nerve and circulation NE/Epi:** - alpha-1 adrenergic activation: constriction from sympathetics - beta-2 adrenergic activation: dilation from Epi
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# Myocardial Oxygen Demand What 3 physiological factors create myocardial oxygen demand?
- wall stress - heart rate - contractility
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# Myocardial Oxygen Demand Define Myocardial Oxygen Demand.
indicates metabolic rate or oxygen consumptoin of myocardium (MVO2)
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# Myocardial Oxygen Demand: Wall Stress Define wall stress
tangential force activation on the LV myocardial fibers tending to pull them apart **wall stress = (P * r) / h**
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# Myocardial Oxygen Demand: Wall Stress What happens to wall stress, if P or r increases?
it increases; examples: - hyoertension or aortic stenosis increase LV P and increases wall stress - conditions (aortic regurg; heart failure) that augment LV chamber size via excess LV filling will increase wall stress
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# Myocardial Oxygen Demand: Wall Stress What may happen to h when P increases to maintain wall stress?
it increases, example: - LV hypertrophies in response to chronic high BP to decrease wall stress
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# Myocardial Oxygen Demand: Heart Rate When does the number of contraction increase?
during exertion
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# Myocardial Oxygen Demand: Heart Rate What two things does increased contraction of the heart lead to?
- increase in ATP per minute consumed - increased MVO2
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# Myocardial Oxygen Demand: Heart Rate Conversely, a decrease in HR can be caused by what? What will become reduced?
- beta-blocker medication - MVO2
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# Myocardial Oxygen Demand: LV myocardial contractility What are three ways an increase in MVO2 can be caused?
- increase in circulating norepinephrine - direct sympathetic nerve stimulation on LV myocardium - positive iontropic drugs will increase MVO2
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# Myocardial Oxygen Demand: LV myocardial contractility What can cause a decrease in MVO2?
beta-blockers or Ca+2 channel blockers
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# Ischemic 'Syndromes' What are 5 types of ischemic syndromes?
1. angina pectoris 2. stable vs. unstable angina 3. variant angina 4. silent ischemia 5. myocardial infarction
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# Ischemic 'Syndromes': Angina Pectoris What can the pain of angina pectoris be described as?
strangling in the chest
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# Ischemic 'Syndromes': Angina Pectoris Where do people typically feel discomfort?
substernal chest area from ischemia
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# Ischemic 'Syndromes': Angina Pectoris What are nociceptors in myocardial tissue stimulated by?
ischemic metabolites send afferent signals to brain
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# Ischemic 'Syndromes': Angina Pectoris Where else can someone feel pain radiate in their body?
- left shoulder/arm - epigastric - neck/jaw - upper back (known as referred pain)
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# Ischemic 'Syndromes': Angina Pectoris What are precipitating causes?
physical exertion, emotional stress; relieved by rest
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# Ischemic 'Syndromes': Angina Pectoris Key Point
Angina results from imbalance between myocardial oxygen suppply and demand (MVO2)
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# Ischemic 'Syndromes': Angina Pectoris Quality of symptoms?
usually described as pressure, tightness, burning, squeezing - last 5-10 minutes
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# Ischemic 'Syndromes': Angina Pectoris What could a time frame of longer than 10 minutes signify?
may be the start of myocardial infarction
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# Ischemic 'Syndromes': Angina Pectoris What are NOT symptom qualities?
sharp and stabbing pain - change of pain with inspiration/expiration - change of pain with palpating chest wall
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# Ischemic 'Syndromes': Angina Pectoris What are common associated symptoms?
sympathetic response - tachycardia, diaphoresis, dyspnea, fatigue, nausea
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# Ischemic 'Syndromes': Stable vs Unstable Angina Define stable angina.
**chronic pattern of angina has 3 features:** - exacerbated during physical exertion or emotion - relieved with rest within 3-5 minutes or with sublingual nitroglycerin - ST segment depression or T wave inversion on ECG
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# Ischemic 'Syndromes': Stable vs Unstable Angina Define unstable angina
- pattern of increased "frequency or duration of anginal episodes" or "anginal symptoms at rest - indicates progression of disease and likely from partial thrombosis - high risk for progressing to myocardial infarction
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# Ischemic 'Syndromes': Variant angina What other name is this known as?
prinzmetal's angina
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# Ischemic 'Syndromes': Variant angina How is the pain caused?
anginal discomfort comes from coronary vasospasm
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# Ischemic 'Syndromes': Variant angina What is the result of a coronary vasospasm?
decreased myocardial oxygens supply because of constriction (rather than increased MVO2)
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# Ischemic 'Syndromes': Variant angina When can this occur?
at rest or due to physical exertion
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# Ischemic 'Syndromes': Variant angina What groups of people experience this more commonly?
females and smokers
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# Ischemic 'Syndromes': Variant angina What is the estimated mechanism?
a result in part from impaired nitric oxide release or other dilators from endothelium, but cause is unknown
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# Myocardial Ischemia on ECG Subendocardial ischemias can be determined by what two things on an ECG?
- T wave inversion - ST segment depression
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# Myocardial Ischemia on ECG Describe a subendocardial ischemia T wave inversion.
- usually appears within seconds of onset of ischemia - due to delat in repolarization
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# Myocardial Ischemia on ECG Describe a subendocardial ischemia ST segment depression.
- usually from severe subendocardial ischemia - leads to delayed repolarization in subendocardium - sometimes associated with inverted T wavs (but not always)
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# Myocardial Ischemia on ECG Define an ST segment depression.
depression of ST segment in mm below PQ segment (baseline) - 0.08 msec (two small boxes) after the J point
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# Myocardial Ischemia on ECG 3 Key ST segment characteristics used for determination.
1. magnitude: in mm (severity of ischemia) 2. distribution: # of leads 3. slope of ST depression is significant
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# Myocardial Ischemia on ECG Describe what differing ST segment slopes mean.
- downsloping = severe ischemia - horizontal = moderate ischemia - upsloping = non-diagnostic of ischemia
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# Ischemic 'Syndromes': Silent Ischemia Define Silent ischemia.
myocardial ischemia without symptoms of angina
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# Ischemic 'Syndromes': Silent Ischemia How does it present on an ECG?
- may show up as ST segment depression or T wave inversion on ECG - difficult to diagnose without ECG
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# Ischemic 'Syndromes': Silent Ischemia What is the cause?
unknown
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# Ischemic 'Syndromes': Silent Ischemia Who experiences this more commonly?
- patients with diabetes because of impaired pain sensation from peripheral neuropathy - women or has an unusual presentation then typical chest discomfort
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# Pharmacological Treatment of Angina What is the goal?
to prevent symptoms
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# Ischemic 'Syndromes': Myocardial Infarctions MI
discussed in next leture
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# Pharmacological Treatment of Angina What do nitrates do?
vaso and venodilator - decrease MVO2 demand - increase MVO2 supply
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# Pharmacological Treatment of Angina How do nitrates decrease MVO2 demand?
reduce preload via venodilation: - decrease venous return back to heart - decrease LV flling (decrease wall stress)
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# Pharmacological Treatment of Angina How do nitrates increase MVO2 supply?
- increase coronary blood flow via vasodilation - decrease coronary vasospasm
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# Pharmacological Treatment of Angina What do beta-blockers do?
block cardiac beta-1 adrenergic receptors - decrease MVO2 demand
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# Pharmacological Treatment of Angina How do beta-blockers decrease MVO2 demand?
decrease HR and contractility (decrease wall stress)
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# Pharmacological Treatment of Angina What do calcium channel blockers do?
blocks cardiac and VSMC L-type Ca2+ channels - decrease MVO2 demand - increase MVO2 supply
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# Pharmacological Treatment of Angina How do calcium channels blockers decrease MVO2 demand?
- decrease preload, contractility, HR
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# Pharmacological Treatment of Angina How do calcium channel blockers increase MVO2 supply?
- increase coronary blood flow via vasodilation - decrease coronary vasospasm

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