Ischemic Heart Disease Flashcards
(93 cards)
What are the risk factors for ischemic heart disease?
30% surgical pts
Angina pectoris, acute MI, and sudden death
Dysrhythmias
The two most important risk factors for the development of atherosclerosis involving the coronary arteries are _____ and increasing ______
male gender; increasing age
Angina pectoris is caused by ____
Imbalance between coronary blood flow (supply) and myocardial oxygen consumption (demand)
Stable angina typically develops in the setting of _____ occlusion or significant (>70%) chronic narrowing of a segment of coronary artery.
partial
_______ is the most common cause of impaired coronary blood flow resulting in angina pectoris, but it may also occur in the _____ of coronary obstruction as a result of myocardial hypertrophy, severe aortic stenosis, or aortic regurgitation
atherosclerosis ; absence
What can induce angina?
Physical exertion, emotional tension, and cold weather may induce angina
Which statement best describes chronic stable angina?
Chronic stable angina refers to chest pain or discomfort that does not change appreciably in frequency or severity over 2 months or longer.
chronic angina pectoris that becomes more frequent and more easily provoked
Describe unstable angina
angina at rest (typically lasting >10 minutes unless interrupted by antianginal medication),
Do patients with typical ECG evidence of AMI need an echo?
no
Troponin levels remain elevated for bumps in ___ hours, elevated for up to 2 weeks
3-4 hours
Cardiac labs
Troponin levels remain elevated for: bumps in 3-4 hours, elevated for 7-10 days
Greater the level of troponin the larger the MI
The greater the degree of _________ , the greater the likelihood of significant coronary artery disease.
ST-segment depression
Look at Picture
:) you can do it
What results in sudden cardiac death
overdose, cardiomyopathy, atherosclerosis
What results in coronary bloodflow being decrease?
reduction in lumen size, MI, hypotension
- we cause hypotension
What are signs you’ll see during anesthesia that they are having low coronary blood flow?
EKG changes
Stable angina is chest pain that ____ _____ with rest
goes away
When you have angina you’ll see slow ___ _____ and _____ cardiac contractility
What causes these changes?
AV conduction; decrease
Adenosine and bradykinin release
There are weird presentations of cardiac pain in ___ and _____
diabetics and women
How to differentiate cardiac from other pain?
touch it, give GI cocktail, if its pericarditis they will feel better with sitting up
- could be PE and you will see it on a blood gas. They could be confused and air hungry
- AAA: tearing pain in the back and chest
Unstable angina
Chest pain increasing in frequency and/or severity without increase in cardiac biomarkers
- no increase in CKP
-chronic angina pectoris that becomes more frequent and more easily provoked
- new-onset angina that is severe, prolonged, or disabling
chronic stable chest pain can be caused by
- distal occlusions
After a EKG and labs are done for a chest pain patient, what else would you do?
Stress test
- ____ stress test is more accurate because it provides nuclear imaging
- The greater the size of perfusion abnormality = ??????
- What does a nuclear stress test show us?
- Chemical
- Size of perfusion abnormality = significance of CAD detected
- Assesses coronary perfusion
Tracer activity in perfused vs ischemic areas
Size of perfusion abnormality = significance of CAD detected
Estimates LV systolic size and function
Differentiates new perfusion abnormality vs. “old” MI
what abnormality can you see on an ultrasound with chest pain?
- valve function
- wall motion abnormalities