26. Mitral Stenosis and LA
1. LA DILATATION
2. FIBROSIS OF THE ATRIAL WALL
3. DISORGANIZATION MUSCLE BUNDLES
SUBSTRATE FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
BLOOD STASIS LARGE LA
LOSS OF
CONTRACTILITY
CLOT
27.
28. Mitral Stenosis and LA contd…..
• ELEVATED MEAN LA PRESSURE
PRODUCT OF MS SEVERITY
COMPLIANT - PRESSURES DILUTED
NONCOMPLIANT - PUL. CONGESTION
29. 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%
30. PULMONARY ARTERY HYPERTENSION
• This pulmonary hypertension in MS has THREE
components:
1. Passive transmission of LA pressure
2. Reactive pulmonary artery hypertension
3. Potentially Fixed resistance, secondary to
morphologic changes in the pulmonary
vasculature
31. Reproduced with permission from Baim DS, Grossman W, eds. Grossman’s Cardiac Catheterization, Angiography, and Intervention. 6th ed.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000:761.
38. 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
39.
40. 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
64. • 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
65. WHY END SYSTOLIC VOLUME/DM - CHOSEN IN
INDICATIONS FOR SURGERY AND
PROGNOSTIGATION?
66. END SYSTOLIC VOLUME/DM
REDUCED IN ACUTE MR
NORMAL IN COMPENSATED CHRONIC MR
INCREASED IN DECOMPENSATED CHRONIC MR
INDEX FOR EVALUATING LV FUNCTION
PREDICTOR OF FUNCTION AND SURVIVAL FOLLOWING MV SURGERY
67. 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