Mitral Stenosis and LA LA DILATATION FIBROSIS OF THE ATRIAL WALL DISORGANIZATION MUSCLE BUNDLES SUBSTRATE FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION CLOT
Mitral Stenosis and LA contd ….. ELEVATED MEAN LA PRESSURE PRODUCT OF MS SEVERITY COMPLIANT - PRESSURES DILUTED NONCOMPLIANT - PUL. CONGESTION LA COMPLIANCE
Mitral Stenosis and LV 85% - LVEDV,EJECTION INDICES ARE NORMAL REGIONAL HYPOKINESIS LV STIFFENING (SEPTAL DISPLACEMENT) LONG STANDING MS-CHRONIC REDUCTION IN PRELOAD AND ELEVATED AFTERLOAD EF%
PULMONARY ARTERY HYPERTENSION This pulmonary hypertension in MS has THREE components: Passive transmission of LA pressure Reactive pulmonary artery hypertension Potentially Fixed resistance, secondary to morphologic changes in the pulmonary vasculature
Reproduced with permission from Baim DS, Grossman W, eds. Grossman’s Cardiac Catheterization, Angiography, and Intervention. 6th ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000:761.
PULM. VASCULARITY – OLIGEMIA/ HYPEREMIA PULMONARY HAEMOSIDEROSIS (MOTTLING) PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION PERIPHERAL PRUNING CALCIFICATION OF CENTRAL PULMNARY ARTERY
Physical examination … Short A2-OS (<60 ms) - favors severe MS Additional Determinants of A2-OS LA pressure Closing pressure of aortic valve (systemic HTN) Differential diagnosis : S2 SPLIT,A2-S3,KNOCK,PLOP
Severity stratification by C/F : MS Phy . Findings Mild MS Mod. MS Severe MS Art. Pulses N N / AF vol., AF JVP N N ; large V waves(if TR) Apical impulse N, palpable S1 & OS RV lift, palpableS1&OS, apical dias. thrill, LV impulse RV lift, palpableS1&OS, apical dias. thrill, LV impulse Heart sounds S1, OS S1,OS,P2 S1,OS,P2 Diastolic murmur EDM/ PreSM PDM thrill Loud PDM + apical thrill
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EJECTION PHASE INDICES : EJECTION FRACTION, FRACTIONAL FIBRE SHORTENING, VELOCITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIAL FIBRE SHORTENING INVERSELY RELATED TO AFTERLOAD LOW-NORMAL RANGE OF INDICES IMPAIRED MYOCARDIAL FUNCTION ANY PT WITH EF OF 40-45% IMPLIES SEV LV DYSFUNCTION
WHY END SYSTOLIC VOLUME/DM - CHOSEN IN INDICATIONS FOR SURGERY AND PROGNOSTIGATION?
END SYSTOLIC VOLUME/DM INDEX FOR EVALUATING LV FUNCTION PREDICTOR OF FUNCTION AND SURVIVAL FOLLOWING MV SURGERY
LA COMPLIANCE NORMAL or REDUCED COMPLIANCE PROMINENT V WAVE SYMPTOMS OF PULMONARY CONGESTION MARKEDLY INCREASED COMPLIANCE THIN WALLED AF COMMON SYMPTOMS OF LOWCARDIAC OUTPUT MODERATELY INCREASED COMPLIANCE MOST COMMON VARIABLE SIZED LA/LA PRESSURE AF
MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE
ISCHEMIC MR
AORTO MITRAL ANGLE
SYMPTOMS OF MR MOSTLY ASYMPTOMATIC CHRONIC WEAKNESS & FATIGUE –MOST COMMON DYSPNEA/ORTHOPNEA/PND PALPITATIONS ATYPICAL CHESTPAIN HEMOPTYSIS & SYSTEMIC EMBOLIZATION- LESS COMMON ACUTE MR - > RIGHT SIDED HEART FAILURE CHRONIC MR - > LEFT SIDED HEART FAILURE
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION No characteristic facies Small volume brisk/jerky pulse (small waterhammer ) JVP a - Decreased RV compliance a, v - Right heart failure v - Severe TR/ LAP In acute MR Hyperdynamic apical impulse ( , Thrill+ ) Parasternal lift( dilated LA,RVH) Palpable S2 - severe PHT
Physical examination… S1 , Loud S1 in MVP S2 –Wide split,loud P2, S3+ Holosystolic murmur Severity inflicted by murmur INTENSITY Radiates to axiila /back/base