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Flashcards in Cardiovascular Diseases Deck (22)
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atheromas (plaques) cause hardening of arteries, greatest impact on large muscular arteries, narrows lumen, increases thrombosis, commonly follows damage to endothelium (HTN)

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Atherosclerosis

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95% are “essential hypertension” (idiopathic), familial history

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HTN

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Congenital heart disease, hole between the left and right ventricles, most common congenital heart defect

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Ventricular septal defect (VSD)

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Congenital heart disease,hole between the left and right atria, patent foramen ovale

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Atrial septal defect

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Congenital heart disease, most common cause of cyanosis at birth, large VSD, aorta is overriding the VSD, right ventricular outflow obstruction, right ventricular hypertrophy

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Tetralogy of Fallot

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Congenital heart disease, narrowing of the aortic arch, upper extremity HTN, lower extremity claudication (vascular), cyanosis, weak pulses

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Coarctation of the aorta

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reversal of the aorta and pulmonary artery, cyanosis

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Transposition of the great vessels

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result of dysfunctional systole (contraction) , diastole (relaxation), or valvular dysfunction (stenosis, prolapse), most common cause of pleural effusion (transudate, no inflammation)

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Congestive heart failure (CHF)

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most common on left ventricle, concentric hypertrophy is pathologic

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Ventricular hypertrophy

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most common, dilation of all chambers, alcohol, genetics, heart failure

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Dilated cardiomyopathy

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contractile gene mutations, muscle is hypercontractile, diastolic dysfunction, may cause sudden cardiac death via lethal arrhythmia

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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

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rare, stiff myocardium, amyloidosis (elderly), nutritional deficiency or helminth infection

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Restrictive cardiomyopathy

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heart attack, death of cardiac myocytes (infarction) due to ischemia, dyspnea, neck, jaw, or left arm pain, females present with mild M.I. symptoms in stomach

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Myocardial infarction (M.I.)

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sharp, substernal chest pain, reported as “crushing” or “pressure,” worse with activity, at least 70% of coronary artery occlusion, associated with acute thrombosis of a coronary artery or vasospasm, not an M.I.

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Angina

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angina that is becoming more intense and more frequent (pre-M.I.)

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Unstable angina

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pericardial sac becomes inflamed, fibrinoid necrosis, may follow M.I. or viral infection

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Pericarditis

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right-sided heart failure resulting from pulmonary pathology (pulmonary HTN or pulmonary interstitial fibrosis)

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Core pulmonale

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vasoconstriction of hands, pallor, cyanosis (red, white, blue), benign, may be secondary to atherosclerosis

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Raynaud phenomenon

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(AKA Giant cell arteritis): most common vasculitis in elderly, temporal region, idiopathic, vision loss, headache, fever

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Temporal arteritis

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idiopathic, inflammation of small arteries (renal, heart), avoids pulmonary vessels, fatal if untreated

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Polyarteritis nodosa

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idiopathic, most common vasculitis among children, attacks coronary arteries (heart attack in children), strawberry tongue, rare

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Kawasaki disease

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(AKA Buerger disease), inflammation of medium-size arteries of hands and feet, strong association with cigarette smoking, may cause ulcerations and gangrene that require amputation

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Thromboangiitis obliterans