JUGULAR VENOUS PRESSURE Indirectly measures pressure in RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE: RIGHT ATRIUM ↑= JVP ↑ CAUSES - HEART FAILURE FALUID OVERLOAD CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDIUM CARDIAC TAMPONADE
ABNORMALTIES OF JVP WAVEFORM ABSENT A WAVE: AF (ATRIA IS NOT CONTRACRING) LARGE A WAVES: ATRIA CONTTRACTING AGAINT GREAT FORCE/RESISTANCE. EG: RVH, PAH, PS, TS LARGE V WAVE: TR
LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE CURVE ALL VALVES ARE CLOSED
VENTRICULAR PRESSURE AT LOWER SIDE
VENTRICLE CONTRACT AS CLOSED CHAMBERS PRODUCING SHARP RISE IN PRESSURE
AORTIC VALVE OPENS
RAPID EJECTION OF BLOOD PRESSURE KEEP RISNING AND REACH A MAXIMUM LEVEL MAXIUM PRESSURE LEFT VENTRICLE achieve IS 120MMHG
THEN EJECTION FALLS DOWN AND PRSSURE KEEP DECREASING
THEN AORTIC VALVE CLOSES
DIASTOLE BEGAINS DURING DIASTOLE PRESSURE FIRST FALL AND GRADUALLY START RISING AND NEXT CYCLE BEGAINS
AORTIC PRESSURE CURVE At begging of ventricular systole pressure in Aorta is about 80mmHg. At end of IVC aortic valve open
Ventricle push blood in AORTA
With continued ejection of blood in Aorta pressure keep on increasing more than LV pressures
Even at Ao . Pr. >> LV Pr. , Aortic valve is not closing because of inertia of blood flow Ventricular pumping has imparted considerable kinetic energy to blood and this forward moving blood doesn’t allow valves to close for a while
Eventually ejection get slower pr and volume in LV get ↓
Aortic pr >> LV pr BF from Aor. LV
Leading to closure of Aortic valve
Again blood flows in forward direction causing Dicrotic notch
In diastole blood continuously flow in forward direction causing decreasing in pressure up to 80mmHg. Even diastolic pr. Is high in aorta because of elastic recoil of aortic wall. This is helpful to keep moving blood flowing forward in diastole
PRESSURE CURVE IN PULMONARY ARTERY Similar to aortic pressure curve but value of pressure is low Min. 7mmHg Max. 25mmHg
SUMMARY Beginning of VS Aor. Pr. ~80mmHg at lower side Opening of AV ejection of blood ↑in Aor. Pr. Even exceeding LV pr. Inertia of blood flow keeps AV open with decreased ejection Pr. Keeps on falling AV close reversal of BF causes Dicrotic notch during diastole blood is moving forward leading to gradual ↓ in Pr. Next cycle began with next systole
VENTRICULAR VOLUME CHANGES DURING CARDIAC CYCLE VENTRICULAR SYSTOLE IVC: All valves are closed volume constant (120ml)
SL VALVE OPEN RAPID EJECTION RAPID FALL IN VOLUMEN
EJECTION GET SLOWER SLOW FALL IN VOLMEN
VENTRICULAR DIASTOLE SL CLOSE IVR VOLUMEN CONTANT (50ML)
OPENING OF AV VALVE RAID FILLING OF VENTRICLE
SLOW FILLING OF VENTRICLE (DIASTASIS)
ATRIA CONTRACT THIS PUMPING ↑↑ RAPID EMPTYING OF ATRIA CAUSING INCREASE IN VNTRICEL VOLUMEN (120ML) CLOSURE OF AV VALVE END OF DIASTOLE
IMPORTANT PARAMETERS REGARDING VENTRICULAR VOLLUMEN EDV ESV SV EF
EDV: VOLUMEN OF BLOOD IN VENTRICEL AT END OF DIASTOLE ~120ML (NORMAL IN EACH VENTRICLE) MAXIMUM VOLUMEN VENTRICLE ACHIEVES
ESV: VOLUMEN OF BLOOD LEFT IN VENTRICLE AT END OF SYSTOLE . NORMALY IT IS ~ 50ML IN EACH VENTRICLE MINIMUM AOUNT OF BLOOD LEFT IN VENTRICLE
STROKE VOLUME: VOLUMEN OF BLOOD PUMPED BY EACH VENTRICLE IN EACH SYSTOLE SV= EDV-ESV = 120-50 = 70ML/BEAT
EF: FRACTION OF EDV THAT IS EJECTED PER HEART BEAT OUT OF 120ML WHAT FRACTION HEART IS PUMPING NR. 60% (~72ML/BEAT)