Blood Vessels Flashcards
3 types of narrowing of lumen obstruction
Atherosclerosis:progress
Thrombosis
Embolism
Principal points of physiologic resistance to blood
Arterioles
3 types of congenital anomalies
Developmental or berry
Arteriovenous fistula
Fibromuscular dysplasia
2 important vascular wall response
Endothelial cell
Smooth muscular cell
Types of secondary hypertension
Renal
Endocrine
Cardiovascular
Neurologic
Mechanism of essential hypertension
Genetic factors
Reduced renal na excretion
Vasoconstrictive influence
Environmental factors
types of infectious vasculitis
Direct invasion - pseudomonas and aspergillus and mucor
Hematogenous - septicemia or emboli
Types of vasculitis that affect large vessels
Giant cell
Takayusa
Medium sized arteries for vasculitis
PAN
Kawasaki
Causes ocular disturbance
Transmural fibrous thickening of aorta
Takayusa
Pulse less disease
Segmental transmural necrotizing inflammation
Bloody stool
Polyarteritis Nodosa
Seen in younger children
Coronary artery involvement
Mucocataneous lymph node
Kawasaki
Necrotizing affecting the capillaries, arterioles and venules
Hypersensitivity vasculitis
MPO ANCA
Small vessel microscopic polyangiitis
Allergic granulomatous angitis
Associated with MPO-ANCA
Churg strauss syndrome
Associated with triad of necrotizing vasculitis
C-ANCA
Wegner’s granulamatosis