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Myocardium has ____ ATP content and _____ ATP demand

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Low, Very High

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What supplementary molecule may help the heart maintain ATP levels?

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Creatine Phosphate going btw mitochondria and contractile units

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Name of cardiac creatine phosphokinase

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CK-MB

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What do elevated CK-MB leves imply?

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Recent Acute Myocardial Infarction

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Biggest contributor of energy to the heart? 2nd place?

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Fatty Acids

Carbohydrates (Primarily Glucose)

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Using Pressure-Volume Loop, what is stroke work? stroke volume?

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Work = Area Enclosed by loop
Volume = Area between the two isovolumetric volume stages
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What are the four points on the pressure-volume loop. Assume A is the first heart sound.

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A = Mitral Valve Closure
B = Aortic Semilunar Valve Opens
C = Aortic Semilunar Valve Closes
D = Mitral Valve Opens
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Review Loop on P. 68

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Fuck this class. Fuck this school.

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What is laplace’s law used to estimate?

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Wall Tension and Stress

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Wall tension is proportional to….

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Vessel Pressure and Radius

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Ventricular wall tension required to open semilunar vales is a measure of….

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Afterload

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Equation for Wall stress

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S=Tension/Wall Thickness

(remember Tension = PressureXRadius

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Ways to reduce vessel wall stress?

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Decrease r, decrease P or increase thickness

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Effects of congestive heart failure on ventricles, EDV, EJF

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Dilation of ventricles
Increase in EDV
Decreased EJF

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Effect of Increased EDV and Decreased EJF on SV?

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Initially, nothing.
Eventually, requires hypertrophy and limits are reached
Can’t be maintained

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Relationship of Wall Stress, Pressure, and Volume

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S is proportional to P and proportional to the cube root of volume.

ex. 100% increase in volume increases stress by 26%
100% increase in pressure increases to 100%.

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Causes of Increased Pressure Work of the Heart?

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Elevated MAP (hypertension) or outflow resistance (stenosis)

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Causes of Increased Volume Work of the Heart?

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Elevated Preload (Exercise) or Aortic Insufficiency (regurgitation)

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Define Preload.

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The degree to which the ventricles are distended after diastolic filling

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What is Cardiac Efficiency? (concept)

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Fraction of myocardial metabolic energy used as work

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What is Cardiac Efficiancy? (equation)

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(Cardiac Work) / (Myocardial Oxygen Consumption)

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Which is more oxygen demanding, volume or pressure work?

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Pressure Work

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Four Major Determinants of CO?

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Preload
Afterload
HR
Myocardial Contractility

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The greater the stretch of the myocardium……

This is reflected by….

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the greater the force generated in systole + the SV

Starling’s Law of the Heart

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Different ways of expressing preload...
Length of ventricular muscle fibers at systole onset End Diastolic Volume Central Venous/Atrial Pressure
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Preload alters ______, NOT _________ Why not the second blank?
Force of Contraction, Myocardial Contractility MC relates to force at a given muscle fiber length
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Two ways of manipulating preload.
``` Blood Volume (diuretics and fluid infusion) Venous Capacity (altered by drugs) ```
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How will a missed beat influence preload?
Extra Time -- Bonus Preload -- More pumped out on next beat
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What allows average CO to be maintained despite individual HR variances?
Starling Law
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Relationship between Central Venous Pressure and CO
Inverse
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What is mean filling pressure?
Pressure within the cardiovascular system after the heart is removed and the flow ceases.
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If a heart is restarted, why will arterial pressure change faster?
Veins are more compliant.
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In a cardiac output curve, CO is plotted against...
Central Venous Pressure (Preload)
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Increasing Central Venous Pressure will do what to CO
Increase It
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Increasing CO will do what to Central Venous Pressure
Decrease It
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Why give a shit about cardiac/vascular fxn curves?
The point at which they overlap is a state the heart must stay balanced in.
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Describe what would happen if you dropped CO (in the context of the Cardio/Venous Pressure Curves)
Initial Rise in Venous Pressure (Preload) Rise in CO (Starling) Drop in Venous Pressure/CO back to operating point
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Best definition of afterload
Myocardial wall tension during systole
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Three ways to increase ventricular afterload
Inc. Mean Aortic Pressure Inc. Total Peripheral Resistance Inc. Aortic/Pulmonary Valve Resistance
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Primary cause of HR variance in an individual?
Symp. and PS input at SA node
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What is myocardial contractility/cardiac inotropic state?
The ability of the myocardium to develop contractile force for a given muscle fiber length
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How to distinguish between myocardial contractility changes and Starling Law Effect?
Starling Law is all about increases in fiber length | Myo. cont. is about the ability to generate force at a given length
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Maximum change in pressure over time can be determined from intraventricular pressure curves at what stage?
Isovolumetric Contraction
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What is strain rate?
Shortening Velocity per Fiber Length
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How are myocardial contractility and end systolic volume related?
More MyoCont means that ESV is decreased | If EDV remains the same the increase in stroke volume will reflect the new ESV
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Ways to influence myocardial contractility via Ca
``` More extracellular Ca Increased HR Pos Inotrophic Agents (Cate. and Digitalis) Neg Inotropic Agents Myocardial Ischemia ```
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Influence of Heart Failure on SV, Contractility, and Preload
Decreased contractility Elevated Preload Decreased SV
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Two major NTs of autonomic system
Acetylcholine | Norepinephrine
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Most sympathetic postganglionic neurons are....
Adrenergic
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Most parasympathetic postganglionic neurons are...
Cholinergic
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Neurosecretory cells of the adrenal medulla? What do they release?
Chromaffin cells 80% Epinephrine 20% Norepinephrine
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Enzyme that breaks down norepinephrine.
Monamine Oxidase
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Acetylcholine binds what two receptor types
Nicotinic Receptors | Muscarinic Receptors
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Where are muscarinic receptors found?
Membranes of cells that receive innervation form postganglionic neurons of the PS division
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Norepinephrine and epinephrine both can bind what two receptors.
alpha and beta adrenergic recepters
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Where are alpha receptors found? | What do they do?
BV walls Alpha-1 --> Vasoconstriction Alpha-2 --> Inhibition of Norepinephrine Release from Symp.
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Where are beta adrenergic receptors found? | What do they do?
Pacemaker Cells/Myocardium Beta-1 --> increase HR and Contraction Force Beta-2 --> In certain blood vessels to help with dilation
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Which nucleus gets the info from the pressure/chemical sensors?
Solitary Nucleus
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Main control center for autonomics?
Hypothalamus
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Stimulating certain parts of thalamus can produce....
Tachycardia
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Specifically -- What part of the heart gets PS input --
The SA and AV nodes
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Stimulation of beta-1 adrenergic receptors in the heart causes...
Increased Contractility Accelerated Pacemaker Firing Accelerated AV conduction Increased Myocardial relaxation in diastole
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What does chronotropic mean?
Affecting the rate
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What does dromotropic mean?
Relating to Conductivity of a fiber
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What does lusitropy relate to?
Relaxation of the heart
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How do you inhibit sympathetic response?
beta-blockers (propranolol) | They block Beta-1 and Beta-2 adrenergic receptors
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Describe molecular process following norepinephrine release
``` Binding to beta-1 adren. on the heart Activate G-stim Activates Ad Cyc cAMP generated ---> PKA Phos. L-type voltage gated calcium channels, ryanodine, and phospholamban ```
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Describe the molecular process following muscarinic receptor activation.
Activate G-inhib | Decrease in cAMP
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Major effect of PS release of acetylcholine?
Slow the Heart and Reduce AV conduction rate
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How do you inhibit parasympathetics on the heart?
Atropine
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Arteries, Arterioles, Muscular Venules, and Veins get main innervation from....
Sympathetics
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Generally speaking...what will symp. stim at vessels do?
Activate alpha-adrenergic vasoconstriction
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T or F. Sympathetic nerves are only active in fight or flight.
F. There is continuous vasoconstriction of all innervated blood vessels.
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Overall sympathetic effect on heart.
Increased HR, Contractility, Lusitropy, Dromotropy | beta-adrenergic receptors
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Sympathetic effects on non-heart CV system.
Vasoconstriction (alpha-adrenergics) | Renin Release
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How does hemorrhage turn on sympathetic support?
Baroreceptor Reflex
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Sympathetic responses to hemorrhage?
Inc. myocardial contractility Inc HR + pos. lusitropic effect Vasoconstriction
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benefit of systemic vasoconstriction in hemorrhage?
Increased preload, leading to increased CO
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Three places on heart innervated by vagus
SA AV Atrial Myocardium
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Molecular effect of PS stim.
Altered properties of K channels
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Equation for compliance
(Change in V) / (Change in P)
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Equation for Elastance
1/Compliance

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