Coronary heart disease Flashcards
What is secondary hypertension
Uncommon 5-10% related to: Endocrine drugs pregnancy Renal failure Sleep apnea Renal artery sclerosis
Wha are there risk of of getting essential hypertension
Increasing age black obesity high salt diet lack of physical activity
What is an aneurysm
a focal artery dilation
Renal failure is more common in what race
AA
Hypertensive brain hemorrhage is more common in what race
Asians
What are sec causes of hyperlipidemia
Diabetes sedentary lefestyle diet obesity heavy alc use
What delivers fats from gut to liver
Chylomicrons
What is the leading cause of death and stroke
atherosclerosis
about 30% of all deaths
What is the leading cause of referral artery disease
Diabetes
Hypertrophy
Enlarged cells, number of cells remains the same
What is atrophy
Cell shrinkage or loss
what is the term for fatty atrophy
cachexia
fatal at 68% of normal body weight
Term for an increased number of cells
Hyperplasia
Term for the replacement of one cell type by another
metaplasia:
Smoker’s airway
Cervix
Barretts esophagus
Term for disordered hyperplasia without maturation
Dysplasia:
Uterine cervix
bowel disease
Esophagus with Barrett’s
What are the main causes of cell injury and death
trauma Ischemia; inadequate circulation toxins/radiation Infection Inflammation genetic diseases Nutritional problems tumors
What cells are most prone to injury
High metabolic activity: myocytes, renal tubular, hepatocytes.
Rapidly proliferating:Testicular germ, intestinal epi, hematopoietic cells.
What are examples or reversible cell damage
Mild ATN; acute tubular necrosis of kidney
Toxic liver injury
Severe exercise
What are examples of irreversible cell death
Necrosis
Apoptosis
what is apoptosis
Orderly and often normal Requires energy no inflammation, one cell at the time Embriology Normal cell turnover viral infection Immunologically mediated; Fas or TNF signals