Blood vessels, Cardio, Respi Flashcards
MC site of involvement of atherosclerosis
Lower abdominal aorta and iliac arteries >Coronary > Popliteal >ICA >circle of Willis
major component of Fibrous cap
Collagen
RF for abdominal aortic aneurysm
Atherosclerosis
RF in ascending aortic aneurysm
Hypertension
MCC of dissection
Intimal tear
Classification of Dissection with Ascending and Descending
DeBakey I
Classification of Dissection with Ascending only
DeBakey II
Classification of Dissection with Descending
DeBakey III
Classification of Dissection with DeBakey I and II
Stanford A
Classification of Dissection with DeBakey III
Standford B
MC site of AAA
Between Renal Arteries and bifurcation of aorta
Common finding in aortic disease
Cystic medial degeneration
MC form of vasculitis among elderly adults in the West
Giant cell Arteritis
Vessels affected in GCA
Temporal
Ophthalmic
Vertebral
Aorta
Vasculitides: <50 y/o, ocular disturbances with pulseless disease(weak pulse in the UE)
Takayasu arteritis
medium-vessel vasculitide
Polyaarteritis Nodosa
Kawasaki Disease
Clinical finding in Kawasaki Disease
Fever >5 days
Conjunctival injection
Mucosal erythema
Cervical Lymphadenopathy
Polymorphous exanthem
MPO-ANCA (p-Anca) seen in
Microscopic polyangiitis
Churg-Strauss Syndrome
Vasculitidies associated with Hepatitis B with findings of abdominal pain and hypertension, fibrinoid necrosis
Polyarteritis Nodosa
usually seen assoc with asthma, AR, eosinophilia
Vessel affected: Cutaneous GIT renal
morpho: PAN + extravascular necrotizing granulomas and eosinophil
Churg Strauss Syndrome aka Allergic granulomatosis and angiitis
ANCA seen in Wegener granulomatosis
PR3-ANCA (c-ANCA)
PAN + Pulmonary involvement (acute necrotizing granulomas)
Granulomatosis with Angiitis
Cigarette smoking
tibial and radial affected
Raynaud phenomenon,
instep claudication
phlebitis
ulceration or gangrene
Thromboangiitis Obliterans/Buerger Disease
migratory superficial vein thrombophlebitis in Cancer patient
Trousseau syndrome
MCC of Lymphangitis
GABHS
MC Vascular ectasia
Nevus flammeus/ birth mark
Most port wine are caused by somatic single-nucleotide missense mutation in
GNAQ
painful mass beneath the fingernails
Glomus tumor/Glomangioma
MC HIV related malignancy worldwide
Kaposi sarcoma
AD characterized by CNS hemangioblastoma, cavernous hemangiomas, RCC and Pheochromocytoma
Von-Hippel-Lindau disease
loss of function of VHL chromosome 3
Carvenous lymphangiomas of neck
Turner syndrome
MCC of Left sided HF
RSHF
MC genetic cause of CHD
trisomy 21
Gold standard foe diagnosing CHD
2D echicardiography