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Cardiovascular Systems Physiology and Pathophysiology V Flashcards

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When the pathologic release of AII and aldosterone occurs, and BP remains abnormally elevated, the high pressure baroreceptors can become

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Desensitized

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Does not increase in response to chronically elevated bP

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Urinary output

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Abnormal levels of (or increased sensitivity to) An-II appear to be central in some forms of essential hypertension, what can be used to combat this?

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  1. ) ACE inhibitors
  2. ) Renin inhibitors
  3. ) AT1 antagonists (angiotensin receptor blockers, ARB)
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What is an example of an ACE inhibitor?

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Enalapril

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What is an example of a renin inhibitor?

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Aliskiren

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What is an example of an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB)?

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Losartan

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Can be given to reduce the stimulatory actions of

catecholaminergic neurotransmitters within the heart and lower BP

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Beta blockers (B1 adrenoreceptor antagonists)

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Lower BP by impairing inward Ca2+ currents in vascular smooth muscle and/or cardiac muscle

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Ca2+ channel blockers

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Can be administered to lower blood volume by blocking the effects of aldosterone and/or alterating renal Na+ absorption

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Diuretics

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The phenomenon of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is commonly observed in patients with

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Long-standing hypertension, valve disease, an MI, or a mutation

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In the heart, pathologic increases in systolic wall stress and/or diastolic wall stress will over time induce

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LVH

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In response to pathologic systolic wall (pressure overload) stress the formation of sarcomeres occurs in parallel, and the LV thus forms thick walls and a relatively small cavity; this is called

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Concentric LVH

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By comparison, chronic diastolic wall stress (i.e. volume overload) stimulates the formation of new sarcomeres in series; this is called

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Eccentric LVH

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Results in a relatively dilated LV with thin walls

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Eccentric LVH

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Not selective for simply myocyte hypertrophy and the formation of new sarcomeres, but includes increased apoptosis, interstitial fibrosis, and endothelial cell dysfunction

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Pathologic LVH

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The molecular mechanisms for pathologic LVH, which make it markedly different than that resulting from exercise include the induction of cell signalling cascades and changes in

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Gene transcription

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Over time, patholigic LVH can lead to decompensation, resulting in

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LV dilation and heart failure

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Isotonic exercise (e.g., running) is correlated with increased venous return, causing a condition of intracardial volume overload, and leading to

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Eccentric LVH

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Isometric exercise (e.g., strength training) causes cardiac pressure overload and

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Concentric LVH

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Exercise-induced LVH is phenotypically different from pathologic remodeling in that physiologic LVH does not induce

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Cardiac interstitial fibrosis

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Which is reversible, physiologic (exercise induced) or pathologic LVH?

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Physiologic LVH

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Unlike pathologic LVH, is NOT associated with heart failure and increased mortality

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Physiologic LVH

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23
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In Hyoptension, Epi/norepi instigate an increase in

arteriolar TPR that causes a drop in

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Capillary pressure

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Reduced capillary pressure establishes a gradient that favors reabsorption of H2O from the

-aids in venous return

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ECF

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Enables increased cardiac output and will therefore increase arterial BP

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Increased venous return

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26
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The average blood volume is approximately

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5-6 L

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The displacement of blood per second determines the

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Velocity of the blood (v = m/s)

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The volume of blood moved per second

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Flow (Q)

  • Q = volume/s
  • Q = mL/s
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What term is interchanged with blood flow?

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Conductance

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The peripheral vasculature is comprised of vessels of varying diameter (cross-sectional area, A), and diameter affects the rate of flow such that

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v = Q/A

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Which laws describe hemodynamics?

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The conservation of mass laws

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Must be constant through a given vessel at a specific point in time

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Blood flow (Q)

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At a given flow, velocity (v) is inversely proportional to

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Area (A)

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The resistance (R) offered by a vessel must be accounted for because it will of course alter flow. This is accounted for in

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Ohms Law

Q = ΔP/R

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The difference between arterial pressure and venous

pressure (Pa – Pv) as it relates to flow through the entire systemic vascular network

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Total peripheral resistance (TPR)

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The parallel nature of the arteriole tree results in less total resistance to systemic flow than would occur in a

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Single vessel

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The resistance through a single capillary is much greater than through an arteriole, why then is there a much lower pressure drop across the capillary system as compared to a high pressure drop across the arteriole system?

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The number of capillaries vastly exceeds the number of arterioles

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Changes in arteriole circulation account for the vast majority of

39
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The diameter of the arteriole network can change by approximately 4x, thus very dramatically

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Increasing (via constriction) or decreasing (via dilation) TPR

40
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In general, blood flows equals

41
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What are the two types of blood flow that occur?

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  1. ) Laminar flow

2. ) Turbulent flow

42
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A very streamlined movement of blood, and is predominant in the vasculature under normal circumstances

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Laminar Flow

43
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The type of blood flow where a blood cell moving through the center of a vessel would tend to stay in the center stream of flow

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Laminar blood flow

44
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What is greater during laminar flow, the velocity of blood in the center or towards the periphery?

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The center

45
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More random in nature and is characterized by very

complex flow dynamics consisting of eddies, cross-currents, back-flow, etc

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Turbulent flow

46
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Can result from extreme increases in pressure, obstructions, the movement of blood over irregular surfaces such as atherosclerotic plaques, and/or increased blood viscosity

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Turbulent flow

47
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Increase friction, turbulence, and therefore cause a higher resistance to blood flow

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Elevations in blood viscosity

48
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Determined mainly by the percent volume of blood cells (RBCs and WBCs) in whole blood

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Blood viscosity

49
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Blood viscosity can be measured by performin a

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Hematocrit analysis

50
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Veins are known as

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Compliance vessels

51
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The capacitance “side” and is responsible for blood storage and return to the heart

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Venous network

52
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What are the two key properties possessed by veins, which react to alterations in arterial BP?

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Compliance and distensibility

53
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Distend in response to increased BP

54
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Aids in lowering resistance in response to elevated arterial BP

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Venous distension

55
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Allows continuous laminar flow though the capillary network to be maintained as arterial BP rises

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Venous distension

56
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Another venous phenomenon, which can be thought of as the amount of blood that can be stored (accommodated) when arterial BP increases

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Compliance

57
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Not very distensible and have low compliance

58
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Accommodate approximately 60% of circulating blood

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The great veins

59
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Veins have low BP but a high

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Flow velocity

60
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What is used as a guide for measuring the central venous pressure (CAP)?

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Right atrial pressure (RAP)

RAP = CVP

61
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Determined by balances between RA emptying and venous return to the heart

62
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Central venous pressure approximates around

63
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Fights venous return to the heart by increasing venous pressures, especially in the upper and lower limbs

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Hydrostatic pressure from gravity

64
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What do veins within skeletal muscle have to help them fight the hydrostatic pressure of gravity?

65
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Anything that disrupts cardiac output (CO) can lead to elevations in

66
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When we say “left heart failure” we are talking about

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Impaired left ventricular emptying

67
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Since the right atrium is open to the vena cava, a significant rise in RAP can lead to increased venous pressures within the

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Jugular and Hepatic Portal Circulations

68
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The rhythmic pattern of systolic and diastolic BP in the arteries is known as the

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Pulse Pressure

69
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Determined by SV (EDV – ESV), total compliance of the arterial tree, and the least significant factor being force of blood ejection from the LV

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Pulse Pressure

70
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Must increase as SV increases in order to maintain normal pulse pressure

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Arterial compliance

71
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If arteries become less compliant, we will see an elevation in

-Causes a greater workload on the LV

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Systolic arterial BP

72
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Cardiac output and total peripheral resistance determine

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Mean arterial pressure (MAP)

-a dependent variable

73
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The myocardium requires high levels of O2. As local O2 concentration diminish, what processes are impaired?

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Oxidative phosphorylation and generation of ATP

74
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The impairment of ATP generation leads to the formation of

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ADP, AMP, and ultimately adenosie

75
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Blocks Ca2+ entry into vascular smooth muscle and thus induces vasodilation

76
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The three major determinants of myocardial O2 requirements in order of demand are

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  1. ) Ventricular wall stress
  2. ) HR
  3. ) Contractility (inotropic state)
77
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The myocardium is supplied with O2 via the

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Coronary arteries

78
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Occlusion of the coronary arteries can lead to ischemia and is a common cause of

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Coronary heart disease (CHD)

79
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If severe enough, coronary artery occlusion can lead to

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Angina pectoris and MI

80
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Peak blood flow within the coronary arteries occurs during

81
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Blood flow is greatly reduced due to the compression of the vessels by the surrounding myocardium during

82
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Flow (Q) is

  1. ) Directly proportional to
  2. ) Inversely proportional to
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  1. ) Pressure

2. ) Resistance

83
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Maintanence of perfusion pressure (MAP) is critical for

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O2 delivery and CO2 removal

84
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The majority of myocardial O2 uptake occurs during

85
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Approximately 70% of the exchange of O2 for CO2 is accomplished within the myocardium during

86
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What are some important vasodilators?

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NO, CO2, H+, Lactate, Adenosine, and rostacyclins

87
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  1. ) Which type of adrenoreceptors does the coronary vascular smooth uscle express?
  2. ) Which one is more predominant?
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  1. ) a1 and a2 adrenoreceptors

2. ) a2 is more predominant

88
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Mediate vasoconstriction in coronary artery vascular smooth muscle

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a1 and a2 adrenoreceptors

89
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Occurs if endothelial function is disrupted such that vasodilator production is compromised

-impedes normal blood flow

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a2-mediated vasoconstriction

90
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A localized anemia due to a reduction in blood supply

91
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Results from an imbalance between O2 supple and myocardial demand

-produces a localized hypoxia concomitant with the accumulation of waste metabolites

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Ischemic heart disease

92
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If severe enough, ischemia will lead to MI; less drastic reductions in delivery can manifest as one or more forms of

93
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Two general mechanisms underlie the pathophysiology of cardiac ischemia and these are

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  1. ) Fixed vessel narrowing (atherosclerotic plaques)

2. ) Abnormal vascular tone

94
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Very metabolically active tissues which produce a number of factors that mediate vascular smooth muscle
tone and local antithrombotic processes

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Vascular endothelium and Vascular smooth muscle

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