Zusammenfassung der Ressource
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- External surface of the heart
- The heart is conical in shape. It has
- base
- Directed backwards and to the right.
- Four borders
- upper
- right
- lower
- left
- apex
- Directed downwards, forwards and to the left.
- Four surfaces
- sternocostal
- diaphragmatic
- right pulmonary
- left pulmonary
- What affects the stroke volume
- sv
- co
- contractility
- inotropisim
- preload
- afterload
- Complications of Aortic stenosis
- Heart Failure
- Pulmonary Edema
- Strokes
- Endocarditis
- Aortic Stenosis
- A condition that causes the heart to work harder than usual.
- Congenital Aortic stenosis
- Acquired Aortic stenosis
- RHEUMATIC
- CALCIFIC
- Echocardiography
- AV anatomy (tricuspid, bicuspid, unicusped)
- thickened, calcified, decreased mobility
- Assessment of LVH & LV systolic function
- Calculation / Planimetry of AV area
- Management of aortic stenosis
- Medical therapy
- Avoid vigorous exercise
- Antibiotic prophylaxis for endocarditis
- Regular follow-up +_ echocardiography
- Advise to report symptoms
- Surgical therapy
- Aortic valve replacement
- endocarditis
- bacterial infection
- most common site is the valve
- mitral valve
- having a prosthetic valve is the highest risk
- traditionally associated with Rheumatic heart disease
- Clinical presentations of IE
- Clinical features include
- Fever (>90% cases)
- Fatigue ,malaise
- dyspnea,cough, pleuritic chest pain
- combination with signs of pathological cardiac changes:
- new or changed heart murmur (>80% cases)
- Heart failure signs
- Manifestations of subsequent damage to other organs
- Embolic stroke (>20% cases)
- Skin lesions