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MAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
 Transport and distribute essential substances
to the tissues.
 Remove metabolic byproducts.
 Adjustment of oxygen and nutrient supply in
different physiologic states.
 Regulation of body temperature.
 Humoral communication.
Systemic and Pulmonary Circulation
A. Heart location in the chest
B. Heart Chambers
B. Heart Chambers
pumps blood to pulmonary circulation from right
ventricle
2. Left Heart
receives oxygenated blood from pulmonary
circulation
pumps blood into systemic circulation
 1. Right Heart
 receives venous blood from
systemic circulation
 via superior and inferior
vena cava into right atrium
C. Heart Valves
 1. Atrioventricular
 tricuspid--between RA
and RV; three leaflets
 mitral--between LA and
LV; two leaflets
 2. Semilunar
 pulmonic--three leaflets
 aortic--three leaflets
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 Prevent backward regurgitation
 Provide low resistance to forward flow
Heart Valves
Section 1 The Heart as a Pump
 I Cardiac Cycle
 The period from the end of one heart
contraction to the end of the next
Cardiac Cycle
Diastole is
longer than
systole
The sequence
of systole and
diastole
Cardiac Cycle: diastole and systole
Diastole
Systole
2 The Phases of the Cardiac Cycle
(1)Period of isometric (isovolumetric
or isovolumic) contraction
Events: ventricular contraction
ventricular pressure rise 
atrioventricular valve close 
the ventricular pressure increase sharply
Period: 0.05 sec
Importance: enable the ventricular pressure to rise from 0 to
the level of aortic pressure (after-load)
(2) Period of ejection
Events: ventricular contraction continuously
® the ventricular pressure rise above the arterial pressure
® semilumar valves open
 blood pours out of the ventricles
 Rapid ejection period (0.10s, 60% of the
stroke volume)
 Reduced ejection period (0.15s, 40% of the
stroke volume)
(3) Period of isometric (isovolumic) relaxation
Events:
ventricular muscle relax
® the ventricular pressure
fall
® lower than the aortic
pressure
® aortic valve close
® the ventricular pressure
fall sharply
Period: 0.06-0.08 s
Importance: Enable the ventricular pressure fall to
the level near the atrial pressure
(4) Period of filling of the ventricles
Events: Ventricular muscle relax continuously
 the ventricular pressure is equal or lower than the atrial
pressure
 atrioventricular valve open
 blood accumulated in
the atria rushes into the
ventricular chambers
quickly from the atrium
to the ventricle.
 Period of rapid filling. (0.11s, amount of filling, 2/3)
 Period of reduced filling (0.22s, little blood fills into the
ventricle)
(5) Atrial systole
 Significance, 30% of the filling
 Be of major importance in determining the final cardiac
output during high output states or in the failing heart
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LEFT VENTRICULAR
PRESSURE/VOLUME P/V LOOP
LEFT
VENTRICULAR
PRESSURE
(mmHg)
LEFT VENTRICULAR VOLUME (ml)
A B
C
D
E
F
100 150
50
0
120
40
80
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2 ) Pressure changes in the atria, the a, c, and v waves.
 a wave, the atrial
contraction
 c wave, bulging of the
A-V valves when the
ventricles begin to
contract
 v wave, at the end of ventricle contraction,
 caused by the accumulated blood in the atria
while the A-V valves are closed
The sounds heard over the cardiac
region produced by the functioning of
the heart.
Heart Sounds
Heart Sounds
 S1- first sound
Atrioventricular valves and surrounding fluid vibrations as valves
close at beginning of ventricular systole
 S2- second sound
 closure of aortic and pulmonary semilunar
valves at beginning of ventricular diastole
 S3- third sound
 vibrations of the ventricular walls when
suddenly distended by the rush of blood from the
atria
CARDIAC
CYCLE
Atrial
Systole
Mitral
Closes
Isovolumic
contract
.
Aortic
opens
S1
Rapid
Ejection
Reduced
Ejection
Isovolumic
Relax.
Aortic
closes
Rapid
Ventricular
Filling
Mitral
opens
S2
Reduced
Ventricular
Filling
Atrial
Systole
:
>O
:
>D
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II Cardiac Output
 Stroke Volume – The volume pumped by the
heart with each beat,
 = end diastole volume – end systole volume, about
70 ml
 Ejection Fraction – Stroke volume accounts for
the percentage of the end diastolic volume,
 = stroke volume / end diastole volume X 100%,
normal range, 55-65%
II Cardiac Output
3. Minute Volume, or Cardiac Output – the
volume of the blood pumped by one ventricle in
one minute
 = stroke volume X heart rate.
 It varies with sex, age, and exercise
4. Cardiac Index, the cardiac output per square
meter of body surface area.
 the normalized data for different size individuals,
 the normal range is about 3.0 – 3.5 L/min/m2
Determinants of Cardiac Output (CO)
Preload
Heart
Rate
Afterload
Contractility
Cardiac
Output
Stroke
Volume
Definitions
 Preload
amount of stretch on the ventricular myocardium
prior to contraction
 Afterload
the arterial pressure that a ventricle must
overcome while it contracts during ejection
impedance to ventricular ejection
Definitions
 Contractility
 myocardium’s intrinsic ability to
efficiently contract and empty
the ventricle
 (independent of preload &
afterload)
Determinants of Cardiac Output
1. Preload
Preload = ventricular filling or volume
Determinants of Cardiac
Output- Preload
Preload approximated by measuring:
1. Central venous pressure (CVP) = right
atrial pressure.
2. Pulmonary capillary diastolic wedge
pressure (PCWP) = LVEDP
 Parameters:
1. CVP 3 mmHg (normal range 1 - 5)
2. PCWP 9 mmHg (normal range 2 - 13)
Determinants of Cardiac Output - Preload
Frank-Starling Mechanism of the Heart
The intrinsic ability of the heart to adapt to
changing volumes of inflowing blood
the Frank - Starling mechanism of the heart:
Left ventricle (LV) function curve, or
Frank - Starling curve (1914):
 Normal range of the LVEDP, 5-
6 mmHg
 Optimal initial preload, 15-20
mmHg (Sarcomere, 2.0 – 2.2
µm
When the LVEDP > 20 mmHg, LV
work is maintained at almost the same
level, does not change with the
increase of LVEDP
 Mechanism
Concept of heterometric regulation
Factors determining the
preload (LVEDP)
 Period of the ventricle diastole (filling) – heart
rate
 Speed of the venous return
 (difference between the venous pressure and atrial
pressure)
Importance of the heterometeric regulation
 In general, heterometric regulation plays only a
short-time role, such as during
the body posture change
artery pressure increase
unbalance of ventricular outputs
 In other conditions, such as exercise, cardiac
output is mainly regulated by homometric
regulation.
Determinants of Cardiac Output - Afterload
Short time change of the arterial pressure
Transit arterial pressure rise
isovolumetric contraction phase become longer
 period of ejection shorter
 stroke volume less
 more blood left in the ventricle left
LVEDP increase
 through heterometeric regulation
 stroke volume return to normal in next beat.
Long time high arterial pressure
through neural and humoral regulation
 the stroke volume is maintained at normal level
pathogenesis of the cardiovascular system
Contractility (neural and humoral regulation)
Sympathetic nerve (norepinephrine) or the epinephrine
and norepinephrine (adrenal gland) enhance the
strength and the velocity of the cardiac contraction.
The change of myocardial property is independent of
the preload.
We call it the contractility.
Importance: exert a long – time influence on the
cardiac output.
Determinants of Cardiac Output
- Contractility
Definitions
Contractility
myocardium’s intrinsic ability to
efficiently contract and empty the
ventricle
(independent of preload &
afterload)
Action of Sympathetic Stimulation
 Sympathetic nerve
stimulation increases
cardiac contractility.
 At rest the heart is under
sympathetic tone.
 Noradrenaline enhances
calcium entry into
cardiac cells.
 Parasympathetic
stimulation has little
affect on contractility
due to the innervation
pattern of the heart.
PRESSURE/VOLUME
RELATIONSHIPS UNDER
DIFFERENT CONDITIONS
PRELOAD AFTERLOAD CONTRACTILITY
Normal range of the heart rate 60 – 100 beats/min
Within physiological limit?, the higher the heart
rate, the more blood that the heart pump.
Determinants of Cardiac Output
- The heart rate
1, at rest (without
any regulation)
2, during exercise
(with humoral and
neural regulation)
IV Cardiac Output Reserve
The maximal cardiac output subtracts the normal
value.
It reflects the ability of the heart to adapt the change
of environment (internal or external)
Maximal level
Maximal diastole volume 160
ml (reserve 15ml);
Maximal systole residual
volume 20 ml (reserve 55ml)
Maximal heart rate (without the
stroke volume decrease )180
beats/min (reserve 105
beats/min)
Maximal cardiac output (160 –
20) X 180 = 25.2 L/min
Normal range
End diastole volume 145ml – end systole volume 75ml = stroke volume
70 ml
Heart rate 75 beats/min
Normal cardiac output = 70 X 75 = 5.25 L /min

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CVS PPT it's is a presentation on cardiovascular system

  • 1. MAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM  Transport and distribute essential substances to the tissues.  Remove metabolic byproducts.  Adjustment of oxygen and nutrient supply in different physiologic states.  Regulation of body temperature.  Humoral communication.
  • 3. A. Heart location in the chest
  • 5. B. Heart Chambers pumps blood to pulmonary circulation from right ventricle 2. Left Heart receives oxygenated blood from pulmonary circulation pumps blood into systemic circulation  1. Right Heart  receives venous blood from systemic circulation  via superior and inferior vena cava into right atrium
  • 6. C. Heart Valves  1. Atrioventricular  tricuspid--between RA and RV; three leaflets  mitral--between LA and LV; two leaflets  2. Semilunar  pulmonic--three leaflets  aortic--three leaflets
  • 8.  Prevent backward regurgitation  Provide low resistance to forward flow Heart Valves
  • 9. Section 1 The Heart as a Pump  I Cardiac Cycle  The period from the end of one heart contraction to the end of the next
  • 10. Cardiac Cycle Diastole is longer than systole The sequence of systole and diastole
  • 11. Cardiac Cycle: diastole and systole Diastole Systole
  • 12. 2 The Phases of the Cardiac Cycle (1)Period of isometric (isovolumetric or isovolumic) contraction Events: ventricular contraction ventricular pressure rise  atrioventricular valve close  the ventricular pressure increase sharply Period: 0.05 sec Importance: enable the ventricular pressure to rise from 0 to the level of aortic pressure (after-load)
  • 13. (2) Period of ejection Events: ventricular contraction continuously ® the ventricular pressure rise above the arterial pressure ® semilumar valves open  blood pours out of the ventricles
  • 14.  Rapid ejection period (0.10s, 60% of the stroke volume)  Reduced ejection period (0.15s, 40% of the stroke volume)
  • 15. (3) Period of isometric (isovolumic) relaxation Events: ventricular muscle relax ® the ventricular pressure fall ® lower than the aortic pressure ® aortic valve close ® the ventricular pressure fall sharply
  • 16. Period: 0.06-0.08 s Importance: Enable the ventricular pressure fall to the level near the atrial pressure
  • 17. (4) Period of filling of the ventricles Events: Ventricular muscle relax continuously  the ventricular pressure is equal or lower than the atrial pressure  atrioventricular valve open  blood accumulated in the atria rushes into the ventricular chambers quickly from the atrium to the ventricle.
  • 18.  Period of rapid filling. (0.11s, amount of filling, 2/3)  Period of reduced filling (0.22s, little blood fills into the ventricle)
  • 19. (5) Atrial systole  Significance, 30% of the filling  Be of major importance in determining the final cardiac output during high output states or in the failing heart
  • 21. LEFT VENTRICULAR PRESSURE/VOLUME P/V LOOP LEFT VENTRICULAR PRESSURE (mmHg) LEFT VENTRICULAR VOLUME (ml) A B C D E F 100 150 50 0 120 40 80
  • 23. 2 ) Pressure changes in the atria, the a, c, and v waves.  a wave, the atrial contraction  c wave, bulging of the A-V valves when the ventricles begin to contract
  • 24.  v wave, at the end of ventricle contraction,  caused by the accumulated blood in the atria while the A-V valves are closed
  • 25. The sounds heard over the cardiac region produced by the functioning of the heart. Heart Sounds
  • 26. Heart Sounds  S1- first sound Atrioventricular valves and surrounding fluid vibrations as valves close at beginning of ventricular systole
  • 27.  S2- second sound  closure of aortic and pulmonary semilunar valves at beginning of ventricular diastole  S3- third sound  vibrations of the ventricular walls when suddenly distended by the rush of blood from the atria
  • 30. II Cardiac Output  Stroke Volume – The volume pumped by the heart with each beat,  = end diastole volume – end systole volume, about 70 ml  Ejection Fraction – Stroke volume accounts for the percentage of the end diastolic volume,  = stroke volume / end diastole volume X 100%, normal range, 55-65%
  • 31. II Cardiac Output 3. Minute Volume, or Cardiac Output – the volume of the blood pumped by one ventricle in one minute  = stroke volume X heart rate.  It varies with sex, age, and exercise 4. Cardiac Index, the cardiac output per square meter of body surface area.  the normalized data for different size individuals,  the normal range is about 3.0 – 3.5 L/min/m2
  • 32. Determinants of Cardiac Output (CO) Preload Heart Rate Afterload Contractility Cardiac Output Stroke Volume
  • 33. Definitions  Preload amount of stretch on the ventricular myocardium prior to contraction  Afterload the arterial pressure that a ventricle must overcome while it contracts during ejection impedance to ventricular ejection
  • 34. Definitions  Contractility  myocardium’s intrinsic ability to efficiently contract and empty the ventricle  (independent of preload & afterload)
  • 35. Determinants of Cardiac Output 1. Preload
  • 36. Preload = ventricular filling or volume Determinants of Cardiac Output- Preload
  • 37. Preload approximated by measuring: 1. Central venous pressure (CVP) = right atrial pressure. 2. Pulmonary capillary diastolic wedge pressure (PCWP) = LVEDP  Parameters: 1. CVP 3 mmHg (normal range 1 - 5) 2. PCWP 9 mmHg (normal range 2 - 13) Determinants of Cardiac Output - Preload
  • 38. Frank-Starling Mechanism of the Heart The intrinsic ability of the heart to adapt to changing volumes of inflowing blood
  • 39. the Frank - Starling mechanism of the heart: Left ventricle (LV) function curve, or Frank - Starling curve (1914):  Normal range of the LVEDP, 5- 6 mmHg  Optimal initial preload, 15-20 mmHg (Sarcomere, 2.0 – 2.2 µm When the LVEDP > 20 mmHg, LV work is maintained at almost the same level, does not change with the increase of LVEDP  Mechanism Concept of heterometric regulation
  • 40. Factors determining the preload (LVEDP)  Period of the ventricle diastole (filling) – heart rate  Speed of the venous return  (difference between the venous pressure and atrial pressure)
  • 41. Importance of the heterometeric regulation  In general, heterometric regulation plays only a short-time role, such as during the body posture change artery pressure increase unbalance of ventricular outputs  In other conditions, such as exercise, cardiac output is mainly regulated by homometric regulation.
  • 42. Determinants of Cardiac Output - Afterload
  • 43. Short time change of the arterial pressure Transit arterial pressure rise isovolumetric contraction phase become longer  period of ejection shorter  stroke volume less  more blood left in the ventricle left LVEDP increase  through heterometeric regulation  stroke volume return to normal in next beat.
  • 44. Long time high arterial pressure through neural and humoral regulation  the stroke volume is maintained at normal level pathogenesis of the cardiovascular system
  • 45. Contractility (neural and humoral regulation) Sympathetic nerve (norepinephrine) or the epinephrine and norepinephrine (adrenal gland) enhance the strength and the velocity of the cardiac contraction. The change of myocardial property is independent of the preload. We call it the contractility. Importance: exert a long – time influence on the cardiac output. Determinants of Cardiac Output - Contractility
  • 46. Definitions Contractility myocardium’s intrinsic ability to efficiently contract and empty the ventricle (independent of preload & afterload)
  • 47. Action of Sympathetic Stimulation  Sympathetic nerve stimulation increases cardiac contractility.  At rest the heart is under sympathetic tone.  Noradrenaline enhances calcium entry into cardiac cells.  Parasympathetic stimulation has little affect on contractility due to the innervation pattern of the heart.
  • 49. Normal range of the heart rate 60 – 100 beats/min Within physiological limit?, the higher the heart rate, the more blood that the heart pump. Determinants of Cardiac Output - The heart rate
  • 50. 1, at rest (without any regulation) 2, during exercise (with humoral and neural regulation)
  • 51. IV Cardiac Output Reserve The maximal cardiac output subtracts the normal value. It reflects the ability of the heart to adapt the change of environment (internal or external)
  • 52. Maximal level Maximal diastole volume 160 ml (reserve 15ml); Maximal systole residual volume 20 ml (reserve 55ml) Maximal heart rate (without the stroke volume decrease )180 beats/min (reserve 105 beats/min) Maximal cardiac output (160 – 20) X 180 = 25.2 L/min Normal range End diastole volume 145ml – end systole volume 75ml = stroke volume 70 ml Heart rate 75 beats/min Normal cardiac output = 70 X 75 = 5.25 L /min

Editor's Notes

  • #32: Cardiac output is a function of the interplay of multiple physiologic parameters. Stroke volume is influenced in a predictable order: 1. Preload first influences contractility. 2. The combined effect of preload and contractility then influences the afterload response. 3. Only after the stroke volume is established does the heart rate respond to adjust the final cardiac output.
  • #33: Preload can be simply stated as the volume stretching the ventricular muscle prior to ejection. Afterload is the resistance to flow from the circulatory system.
  • #34: Contractility has historically been the most difficult parameter to measure in the clinical setting. It clearly is the most important parameter that is affected by cardiac pathology and cardioactive medications.
  • #46: Contractility has historically been the most difficult parameter to measure in the clinical setting. It clearly is the most important parameter that is affected by cardiac pathology and cardioactive medications.