CARDIAC PHYSIOLOGY MNEMONICS

 Heart compensatory mechanisms that 'save' organ blood flow during shock

"Heart SAVER":

  • Sympathoadrenal system
  • Atrial natriuretic factor
  • Vasopressin
  • Endogenous digitalis-like factor
  • Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system

Hearttropic definitions

  • Lusitropic: loose is relaxed. Definition: relax heart.
  • Inotropic: when heart wall contracts, moves inward. Definition: contract heart.
  • Chronotropic: 'chrono-' means 'time'. Defintion: heart rate (of SA node impulses).
  • Dromotropic: only one left, it must be conduction speed by default.

Heart valvesclosure sequence

  • "Many Things Are Possible":
  • Mitral, Tricuspid, Aortic, Pulmonic

Heart valvessequence of flow

TRIPS BIAS:

  • TRIcuspid
  • Pulmonary
  • Semilunar
  • BIcuspid
  • Aortic
  • Semilunar

JVPwave form

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  • Atrial contraction
  • Systole (ventricular contraction)
  • Klosure (closure) of tricusps, so atrial filling
  • Maximal atrial filling
  • Emptying of atrium

Sino-atrial nodeinnervation

  • Sympathetic acts on Sodium channels (SS).
  • Parasympathetic acts on Potassium channels (PS).

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