Shit - Cardio UWorld Flashcards
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Epi vs. NE receptors
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Epi b > a
NE a1 > a2 > b1
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Beta blocker selectivity
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A-M olol = b1
N-Z olol = b1 and b2
ilol/alol = a and b
*nebivolol = b1 block and b3 stimulate (activate NOS)
*sotalol = K+ and b blocker
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Most common hear defect in turners
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Bicuspid aortic valve (early systolic high-pitched click)
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Effects of dobutamine:
Use:
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1) Inotropic (increased contractility is most useful effect)
2) slight chronotropy (increases O2 consumption with inotropic, so bad, can cause ischemia)
3) increases conduction velocity (bad; arrythmyas)
Used for heart failure with decreased contractility i.e. MI cardiogenic shock
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Front of heart =
Back of heart (against esophagus) =
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front = right ventricle
back = left atrium
6
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diastolic rumble with an opening snap
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Mitral stenosis
7
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Which vessel in the body has the lowest O2?
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Coronary sinus (heart extracts 80-90% of the O2)
8
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Rheumatic heart disease timeline post-strep throat
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1-8 months
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bounding pulses =
weak pulses =
(valve defects)
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bounding = AR = Corrigan’s/water-hammer
Weak = AS = pulsus parvus et tardus
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most important aspect of nitrates
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decreased preload
11
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MI collagen 1 w vs few months
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1w = type III
months = type I
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MCC NVBE and MV valve
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MVP, mitral valve
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Maintenance dose =
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Cp x CL x dosage interval
DI i.e. ever 6 hours = 60min/hr x 6hrs
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pulsus paradoxus: sign and mechanism and causes
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> 10mmHg fall in SBP upon inspiration.
Mechanism: increase in RVP during inspiration (VR and pulmonary retrigrade flow) causes RVP>LVP → IVS pushed into LV decreasing filling → decreased CO and thus SBP
Causes: cardiac tamponade, asthma, OSA, pericaditis, croup
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Hepatic Angiosarcoma
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Vinyl chloride, arsenic, thorotrast
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Daptomycin AE
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Rhabdo and myopathy
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Fates of embryonic veins:
Cardinal
Vitelline
Umbilical
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Cardinal = systemic venous system
Vitellin = portal venous system
Umbilical = degenerate
18
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highest oral bioavailable nitrate
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isosorbide mononitrate
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Biventricular pacemakers: path of LV lead
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SVC, RA, coronary sinus (in A-V groove in post heart), LV
20
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Blood supply to diaphragmatic part of the heart
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posterior interventricular branch (85% of people via RCA)
21
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AA creating NO
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Arginine
22
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Aortic arch baro-receptors to NTS via what nerve?
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X (vagus)
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carotid sinus baro-receptors to NTS via what nerve?
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IX (glossopharyngeal)
[actually branch called hering’s nerve]
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Sign of pulsus paradoxus
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Lose pulse sounds with BP cuff during inspiration
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Irreversible change associated with wide fixed splitting of S2
Pulmonary hypertension (via ASD)
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Stable angina vessel profile
AS plaque obstructing \>75% of lumen, no thombus
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Decrease platelet aggregation AND vasodilate arteries: drug names and condition they treat
Cilostazole and dipyridamole. Intermittent claudication (PVD), angina, prevent stroke/TIA
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CCB toxicity
flush, edema, AV block, constipation (verapamil)
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Orthopnea specific for:
LHF (dyspnia while supine relieved by sitting up)
Could also be mitral stenosis
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2 major regulators of coronary flow, and the vessel size they work best on
Adenosine = arterioles
NO = large arteries and pre-arteriolar
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Dilated coronary sinus indicates:
Increased RAP i.e. RHF or pulmonary hypertension
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Thiazide AE
Hyper GLUC (glycemia, lipidemia, uricemia, calcemia)
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Cardiac structures anterior and posterior to esophagus
anterior = LA
posterior = descending aorta
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phenoxybenzamine vs phentolamine
phenoxybenzamine = irreversible a-antag, for pheo
Phentolamine = reversible a-antag, for MAO pts with cheese reaction
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effects of increased vs decreased baro-R firing:
Increased (i.e. HTN, valsalva, carotid massage) = slowed AV node by increasing refractory perior
Decreased (i.e. low BP or BV) = increase HR, BP, contractility, vasocontriction
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Chronic pericarditis causes + key features
Causes: TB, radiation, cardiac surgery
Pericardial Knock: just after S2 (confused with MS opening snap), from chronic pericarditis
Sharp y-descent, depper/steeper with inspiration
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What does b2 vs glucagon do to alter myocardial contractility
BOTH INCREASE cAMP!
| (just have different receptors)
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cause of janeway lesions
Septic emboli to cutaneous vessels
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mutations in genetic DCM vs HCM
DCM = mitochondrial enzymes for ox phos and cardiac cytoskeletal element
HCM = beta myosin heavy chains
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holosystolic murmur =
MR
TR
VSD
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anti-hyperlipidemia drug causing flushing, warmth, and itching. What is drug and what mediates this AE?
Niacin (B3)
Prostaglandins (reduce with asprin)
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Fenoldopam MOA
selective D1-agonist, causes arteriolar dilation and naturesis
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Leads II, III and AvF
Specific s/s
RCA (inferior heart; inf wal of LV)
Bradycardia (RCA supplies SA and AV nodes)
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Familial hyperchylomicronemia (type I hyperlipoproteinemia):
- Dx
- complications
LPLase deficiency, milky plasma on standing via chylomicrons
Hypertriglyceridemia, recurrent acute pancreatitis, lipidema retinalis, erruptive xanthomas
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Nitroprusside action
VS BOTH arterioles and veins, so decreases preload AND afterload, maintaining SV
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Diastolic HF: LVP, LVV, LVEF
LVP increased
LVV normal (increase pressure ot achieve normal volume)
LVEF normal
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polymorphic QRS complexes (varying amplitude and cycle length) with prolonged QT =
causes =
torsades des pointes V tach
causes = class Ia + III (not amiodarone) antiarythmics + TCAs
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substitute for asprin allergy in angina + MOA
Clopidogrel; irreversibly blocks platelet ADP-Rs
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SCD: cause and predisposing factors
Cause = ventricular arrythmia
Predispose = CAD (70%), cardiomyopathies, channelopathies
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Adenosine MOA
K+ efflux from nodal tissues (prolongs phase 4), as well as Ca++ influx (phase 0)
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Small ventricular space, sigmoid shaped septum, brown pigments =
normal aging
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Distance from A2 to OS: disease and what it tells you
Mitral stenosis Severity: decreased time = worse. Tighter stenosis = higher LAP needed to overcome it = LAP \> LVP sooner (during LV isovolumetric relaxation) = valve opens sooner thus closer to aortic valve shutting
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Calcific aortic stenosis via:
dystrophic calcification: abnormal organ calcification via damage (i.e. longterm hemodynamic stress os AS), with NORMOcalcemia
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Hibernating myocardium
Ischemia so that myocardium doesn't work, but they make enough ATP to survive. If oxygen is returned with CABG or angioplasty, the hibernating myocardium wakes up and s/s improve (overs hrs-months)
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Myocardial stunning
Less severe version of hibernation. Ischemia
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Anti-arythmic specific for rapidly depolarizing and repolarized myocytes (i.e. ischemic cells in v. tach)
Lidocaine
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Best beta blocker for decreasing M/M in CHF; and its function
Carvedilol. B1, B2, A1 antagonist
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Sotalol Special properties
Only class III (K+ blocker, prolong Q-T) with beta-antagonist effects (so will also cause bradycardia)
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what part of the wave do beta blockers alter and how
Increased PR interval by slowing down AV node conduction
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Drugs producing dilated cardiomyopathy
Anthracyclines = doxorubicin and daunorubucin. Prevent with dexrazoxane
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Nesiritide
BNP analog
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SVT DOC
Adenosine (especially paroxysmal SVT)
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Adenosine AE
Flushing, burning chest pain, sense of impending doom, bronchospasm, hypotension
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Drug for chemical stress test
Adenosine
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HOCM heart changes (gross)
Asymmetrical septal hypertrophy, leading to systolic anterior motion (SAM) of anterior mitral valve leaflet
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Class III antiarythmics
Amiodarone, Ibutilide, dofetilide, sotalol
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how do vegetations form in bacterial endocarditis
Bug binds —\> expresses tissue factor (thomboplastin/Factor III, extrinsic coagulation pathway)—\> activates platelets and fibrin deposition —\> vegetation
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Osler-Weber-Rendu
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangectasias. AD. spider nevi with bleeds i.e. epistasis
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Sturge-Weber
Facial, leptomeningeal, seizures, hemiplegia, skull tram track opacities
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Conduction speed
Purkinje \> atria \> ventricles \> AV
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a fib ECG:
Lose P-waves, narrow QRS and irregularly spaced, variable RR
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Hypercoaguable paraeoplastic: name, cause, s/s
Trousseau’s syndrome. Pancreatic, colon, lung adenocarcinomas. Make thromboplastin-like substance that causes migratory thrombophlebitis (and non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis)
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Aortic isthmus
tethered by ligamentum arteriosum, so injured during accel-deccel injuries
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young woman with RVH
Cor pulmonale from primary pulmonary hypertension
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What sets ventricle pace in 3rd degree block?
AV node = 45-55bpm
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Coronary steal
giving adenosine or dipyridamole (coronary vasodilators) when there is a blocked vessel exacerbates it
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Who has more compliant LA, chronic or acute MR?
Chronic; allows for room for blood to prevent acute pulmonary edema (seen in acute)
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beck triad: what and when
What: severe hypotension, muffled heart sounds, distended neck veins. Via pericardial tamponade
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Rx for AS with a fib
Cardioversion: they need the atrial kick to get blood into hypertrophied LV, and ot prevent acute pulmonary edema
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Distance from A2 to OS: disease and what it tells you
Mitral stenosis
Severity: decreased time = worse. Tighter stenosis = higher LAP needed to overcome it = LAP \> LVP sooner (during LV isovolumetric relaxation) = valve opens sooner thus closer to aortic valve shutting
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Calcific aortic stenosis via:
dystrophic calcification: abnormal organ calcification via damage (i.e. longterm hemodynamic stress os AS), with NORMOcalcemia
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Hibernating myocardium
Ischemia so that myocardium doesn't work, but they make enough ATP to survive. If oxygen is returned with CABG or angioplasty, the hibernating myocardium wakes up and s/s improve (overs hrs-months)
83
Myocardial stunning
Less severe version of hibernation. Ischemia
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Anti-arythmic specific for rapidly depolarizing and repolarized myocytes (i.e. ischemic cells in v. tach)
Lidocaine
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Best beta blocker for decreasing M/M in CHF; and its function
Carvedilol. B1, B2, A1 antagonist
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Sotalol Special properties
Only class III (K+ blocker, prolong Q-T) with beta-antagonist effects (so will also cause bradycardia)
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what part of the wave do beta blockers alter and how
Increased PR interval by slowing down AV node conduction
88
Drugs producing dilated cardiomyopathy
Anthracyclines = doxorubicin and daunorubucin. Prevent with dexrazoxane
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Nesiritide
BNP analog
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SVT DOC
Adenosine (especially paroxysmal SVT)
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Adenosine AE
Flushing, burning chest pain, sense of impending doom, bronchospasm, hypotension
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Drug for chemical stress test
Adenosine
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HOCM heart changes (gross)
Asymmetrical septal hypertrophy, leading to systolic anterior motion (SAM) of anterior mitral valve leaflet
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Class III antiarythmics
Amiodarone, Ibutilide, dofetilide, sotalol
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how do vegetations form in bacterial endocarditis
Bug binds —\> expresses tissue factor (thomboplastin/Factor III, extrinsic coagulation pathway)—\> activates platelets and fibrin deposition —\> vegetation
96
Osler-Weber-Rendu
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangectasias. AD. spider nevi with bleeds i.e. epistasis
97
Sturge-Weber
Facial, leptomeningeal, seizures, hemiplegia, skull tram track opacities
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Conduction speed
Purkinje \> atria \> ventricles \> AV
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a fib ECG:
Lose P-waves, narrow QRS and irregularly spaced, variable RR
100
Hypercoaguable paraeoplastic: name, cause, s/s
Trousseau’s syndrome. Pancreatic, colon, lung adenocarcinomas. Make thromboplastin-like substance that causes migratory thrombophlebitis (and non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis)
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Aortic isthmus
tethered by ligamentum arteriosum, so injured during accel-deccel injuries
102
young woman with RVH
Cor pulmonale from primary pulmonary hypertension
103
What sets ventricle pace in 3rd degree block?
AV node = 45-55bpm
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Coronary steal
giving adenosine or dipyridamole (coronary vasodilators) when there is a blocked vessel exacerbates it
105
Who has more compliant LA, chronic or acute MR?
Chronic; allows for room for blood to prevent acute pulmonary edema (seen in acute)
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beck triad: what and when
What: severe hypotension, muffled heart sounds, distended neck veins. Via pericardial tamponade
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Rx for AS with a fib
Cardioversion: they need the atrial kick to get blood into hypertrophied LV, and ot prevent acute pulmonary edema
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Functions of ANP
Kidney: dilates afferent arteriole, prevents Na+ resorption, inhibits renin secretion
Adrenal: restricts aldosterone secretion
Blood vessels: vasodilation and increases capillary permeability to decrease circulating BV
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Pressures in the heart
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Maneuvers for murmurs
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Best way to hear S3
Lateral decubitus and exhaled to decrease lung volume and bring heart closest to chest
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Resistance =
nL/r4
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When is AS murmur the loudest?
When Aorta-LV pressure gradient is the largest, so mid-systole (hence the crescendo-decrescendo)
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Response to arteriole vasodilators (minoxidil and hydralazine)
Decreased arterial BP causes baro-R firing causes increased SNS:
Reflex tachycardia/FOC
RAS causing fluid retention cuasing edema and Na+ retention
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Congenital heart diseae causing toe cyanosis and clubbing
PDA
(deO2 blood from PA into descending aorta (past the 3 branches)
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Signal for migration (and the proliferation) of smooth muscle cells into tunica intima
PDGF
From pletelets, endothelium, macrophages
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Aortic aneurism vs aortic dissectoin major RF
aneurism = AS
dissection = HTN
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effects of 5HT of the heart:
endocardial fibrosis
