Overview Rheumatic Heart Disease Mitral Stenosis MS Mitral Regurgitation MR Rheumatic Heart Disease Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease that may develop after an infection with group of ID: 934662
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Cardiac DiseasesValvular Heart Diseases
Slide2Slide3OverviewRheumatic Heart DiseaseMitral Stenosis (
MS)Mitral Regurgitation
(
MR
)
Slide4Rheumatic Heart DiseaseRheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease that may develop after an infection with group of Streptococcus bacteria (such as
strep throat or scarlet fever).
The condition usually appears in children between the ages of 5 and 15, even though children and older adults.
Rheumatic fever is a relatively serious illness that, if left untreated, can cause stroke, permanent
damage to heart valves
, and death.
Usually results in distortion and scarring of the valves.
Slide5Mitral Stenosis (MS) Definition: It’s a valvular heart disease characterized by the narrowing of the orifice of the mitral valve of the heart. As a result, less blood flows to the body.
Back pressure which builds up behind the narrowed valve can cause various problems and symptoms. The more severe the narrowing, lead to more serious the problems.
Normal Mitral Valve area: 4-6 cm
2
.
Slide6Slide7Etiology of Mitral StenosisCongenital factor.
Rheumatic fever is the predominant cause. Rarely, other factors can cause mitral stenosis in adults. These include:
Calcium deposits forming around the mitral valve. (
Primary hyperparathyroidism and malignancy account for about 90% of cases of hypercalcaemia
).
Radiation treatment to the chest due to tumor.
Slide8Slide9Slide10Slide11Natural picture for Mitral Valve Stenosis
Slide12MS PathophysiologyThickening and calcification of valvular tissue, thereby narrowing the MS opening and limiting blood flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle.Increased pressure in the left atrium, leading to pulmonary hypertension and left atrial hypertrophy.
Right ventricular failure, producing from pulmonary congestion.
Slide13Possible clinical manifestationsMurmur is an early sign (as it for most of valve disorders). Dyspnea on exertion (due to pulmonary venous hypertension) as the first symptom
Progressive fatigue (result of low cardiac output) Right sided heart failure.
Peripheral edema
Orthopnea
Weak and often irregular pulse (because of
atrial
fibrillation)
Hemoptysis & cough due to pulmonary capillary pressure.
Repeated respiratory infections.
Slide14Possible diagnostic test findings:Chest X-ray: Enlargement of the left atrium and right ventricle and pulmonary congestion.
Echocardiogram: Thickening of the mitral valve and left atrial enlargement.
Electrocardiography (ECG): ST-segment depression and T-wave inversion.
Angiography: Mitral Stenosis.
Slide15Slide16Possible medical complications:-Atrial fibrilation (AF).Thrombosis.
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF).
Slide17Treatment for Mitral Valve Stenosis1. Beta blockers: decrease the force contractions of the heart muscles, and reduce blood vessel contraction e.g: Tenormin.2. Calcium channel blockers: are prescription medications that
relax blood vessels and increase the supply of blood
and
oxygen
to the heart while also reducing the heart
workload
e.g: Amlodipine.
3. Anticoagulants (if showing signs of atrial fibrillation) e.g: Heparin.
4. Digoxin only for end-stage heart failure.
5. Diuretics.
Slide18Mitral valve stenosis surgery Deciding whether you need surgery and if so, when, depends on the severity of your disease, the surgery including:-
Balloon Valvotomy: This procedure is the preferred treatment for mitral valve stenosis. A doctor uses a catheter and a tiny balloon to stretch open the narrowed valve.
Repair surgery (
Commissurotomy
): This is typically an open-heart surgery using a heart-lung bypass machine. A surgeon removes calcium deposits and other scar tissue from the valve leaflets to widen the valve.
Slide19Slide20Mitral Regurgitation(Insufficiency)
Slide21Mitral Regurgitation Overview Mitral valve regurgitation is the most common form of heart valve disease. An estimated 4 million people in the U.S have significant mitral valve regurgitation. About one
in 10 people age 75 and older have mitral valve regurgitation.
Slide22What is mitral regurgitation (MR)?Definition:
Backflow of blood from the Left ventricle to the Left atrium during systole.OR
incomplete
closure
of the mitral valve.
When the two
leaflets
of the mitral valve do not close properly, mitral valve regurgitation occurs.
Slide23Mitral valve regurgitation causes:Following are some of the causes of mitral valve regurgitation:1. Congenital defect.
2. Weakened heart muscle.3. Mitral valve prolapsed.4. Heart valve infection (Bacterial endocarditis).
5. Rheumatic fever.
Slide24MR PathophysiologyValvular incompetence.To compensate
للتعويض , the left ventricle becomes hyperdynamic. In
acute
severe MR, the
left atrial
and
pulmonary venous
pressures increase quickly, leading to pulmonary congestion and pulmonary edema.
3. Increase left atrial
pressure
, pulmonary hypertension, and left atrial hypertrophy.4. Left atrial enlargement predisposes the patient to atrial fibrillation and arterial thromboembolism.5. In long-standing MR, patients may develop pulmonary hypertension which lead to right-sided heart failure.
Slide25MR Signs and SymptomsAcute severe MR, as occurs with papillary muscle rupture
, is almost always symptomatic because the sudden regurgitant volume load in the non dilated left ventricle and atrium,
leads to pulmonary venous hypertension and congestion
.
Patients with chronic MR may remain asymptomatic for years because the regurgitant volume load is well tolerated as a result of compensatory ventricular and atrial dilation.
Slide26MR Signs and SymptomsWhen symptoms do develop, the most common are:1. Shortness of breath.
2. Cough.3. Fatigue.
4. Orthopnea.
5. Peripheral edema.
6. Heart murmur.
7. Palpitations caused by atrial fibrillation.
Slide27Possible diagnostic test findings: Chest X-ray may demonstrate left atrial enlargement and/or cardiomegaly. Echocardiogram: Enlargement of the left atrium; abnormal movement of the mitral valve.
Angiography: Insufficiency in mitral valve.
Troponen test: Positive in acute MR.
Slide28Possible medical complication:Embolism Thrembosis
Congestive Heart Failure Ruptured papillary muscle.
Slide29Mitral Valve Regurgitation - Surgery Deciding whether you need surgery and if so, when, depends on the severity of your disease, the surgery including:- Repair:- It’s the preferred surgery instead of replacement of the valve, (
reshape the valve by removing excess valve tissue).Replace:-
With replacement, the damaged valve is removed and a mechanical (plastic or metal) or
bioprosthetic
valve (usually made from pig tissue) is stitched into place.
Slide30Slide31Nursing intervention for MS and MR1. Keep the patient on a low-sodium diet.
2. Prepare the patient for valve replacement or percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty, as indicated.3. Assess cardiovascular and respiratory status.
4. Keep the patient in semi-Fowler's position.
5. Monitor and record vital sign; Intake/ Out and ECG readings.
6.Teach the patient about diet restrictions.
7. Assess peripheral edema.
8. Give the patient oxygen therapy.
9. Give antibiotics as prescribed.