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Cardiac Dysfunction Flashcards

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Define Atresia.

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Congenital absence or pathological closure

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Define stenosis.

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anatomic narrowing

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What are the four most important parts of the normal cardiac anatomy?

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  • chambers
  • major vessels
  • valves
  • flow
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Which direction do arteries pump the blood?

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away from the heart

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Which side of the heart is the high pressure side?

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left

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Which heart disease is present at birth?

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congenital heart disease

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Which heart disease occurs after birth?

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acquired heart disease

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What can heart diseases be a result of?

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  • infection
  • autoimmune responses
  • environmental factors
  • familial tendencies
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What can a cardiac cath be useful for?

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  • diagnostic
  • interventional
  • electrophysiology
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What is electrophysiology be useful for?

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to identify, locate, and destroy electro dysrhythmias

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What is the amount of blood being shunted dependent upon?

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size of the defect

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Describe a right to left shunt.

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change in pressure so that the blood is shunted from the right side of the heart to the left

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Describe a left to right shunt.

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If there is a defect, such as a hole between the ventricles, then blood from the left would flow into the right because there is lower pressure on the right side of the heart

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What are the four hemodynamic characteristics that affect the way blood flows within the heart?

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  • increased pulmonary blood flow
  • decreased pulmonary blood flow
  • obstruction to blood flow out of the heart
  • mixed blood flow
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What does increased pulmonary blood flow cause?

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  • left to right shunting of blood
  • increased blood volume on the right side of the heart
  • increased pulmonary blood flow
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What are the three common heart defects associated with INCREASED pulmonary blood flow?

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  • atrial septal defect
  • ventricular septal defect
  • patent ductus arteriosus
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What are two important cardiac things that a baby gets from mom?

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oxygen and prostaglandin

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18
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What do high levels of prostaglandin cause?

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The patent ductus arteriosus not to close

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What medication can be prescribed to a newborn or a premie to help close a patent ductus arteriosus?

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Indomethacin (indocin)-prostaglandin inhibitor

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What congenital heart defects are associated with decreased pulmonary blood flow?

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  • tetralogy of fallot

- tricuspid atresia

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What are hypercyanotic spells caused by?

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Infundibular spasm

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What do hypercyanotic spells cause an increased risk for?

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Emboli, seizures, loss of consciousness, or sudden death

23
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What does the knee to chest position do?

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Reduces systemic venous return which lowers pressure on the right side of the heart
Increases systemic vascular resistance which increases pressure to the lungs for oxygenation
(balancing act)

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What do obstructive defects cause?

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  • Coartication of the aorta
  • Aortic stenosis
  • Pulmonic stenosis
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What is the hallmark sign of aortic stenosis?
Heart murmur
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What must be given to keep open the patent ductus arteriosus in HLHS?
Prostaglandin infusion
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What are the normal 02 ranges for a patient with HLHS?
75-85%
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What are two clinical consequences of congenital heart defects?
• Congestive heart failure -heart can’t pump enough blood to meet the body’s demand for energy • Hypoxemia -cyanosis
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What is a common issue in children with CHF?
Right and left sided heart failure
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When should you hold digoxin in an infant? An older child?
Infant-heart rate less than 90-110 bpm | Older child-heart rate less than 70
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What should you monitor when giving diuretics?
* I&O * S/S of dehydration * Serum electrolytes * S/S of adverse reactions * Potassium losing?-encourage patient to eat foods high in potassium
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What should you monitor when your patient is on a fluid restriction?
Document fluid intake and output
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What should you monitor when your patient is on a sodium restriction?
Educate parents, check tray every meal
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What are two results of chronic hypoxemia?
Polycythemica and clubbing
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Who is at the highest risk for infective endocarditis?
* Valvular abnormalities * Prosthetic valves * Conduits (shunts)
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What are a few major and minor manifestations of rheumatic fever?
* Polyarthritis * Erythema marginatum * Chorea * Arthraligia
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What is the hallmark sign of Kawasaki disease?
Very irritable
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What type of blood flow are congential heart defects associated with?
decreased pulmonary blood flow
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How is decreased pulmonary blood flow manifested?
obstruction of pulmonary blood flow with ASD or VSD
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What are the two main clinical manifestations associated with decreased pulmonary blood flow?
hypoxemia and cyanosis
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What are the two main heart defects associated with decreased pulmonary blood flow?
- tetralogy of fallot | - tricupsid atresia
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What four defects are in tetralogy of fallot?
- VSD - pulmonary stenosis - overriding aorta - right ventricular hypertrophy
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What happens with obstructive heart defects?
blood exiting heart meets area of anatomic narrowing (stenosis) causing obstruction to blood flow
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What three defects are associated with obstructive defects?
- coarctication of the aorta - aortic stenosis - pulmonic stenosis
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Define aortic stenosis.
narrowing of the aortic valve
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What four things does aortic stenosis cause?
- left ventricular enlargement - decreased cardiac output - left ventricular hypertrophy - increased atrial pressure
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Define pulmonic stenosis
narrowing of pulmonary valve or artery
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What two things does pulmonic stenosis cause?
- decreased pulmonary blood flow | - right ventricular hypertrophy
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What is characterized as complex cardiac anomalies in which survival in postnatal period depends on mixing of blood from pulmonary and systemic circulations within heart chambers?
Mixed defects
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Which heart defect is associated with mixed defects?
hypoplastic left heart syndrome
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Define hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
underdevelopment of the left side of the heart
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What is the oxygenation in HLHS depenant on?
ASD or patent foramen ovale
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What is systemic blood flow in HLHS dependent on?
patent ductus arteriosus
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