CV pathology Flashcards
R Atrium
atrial appendage: broad attachment neck, blunt tip Internal features: - smooth sinus venarum connecting SVC&IVC - crista terminalis with perpendicular pectinate trabeculae - fossa ovalis with distinct limbus - coronary sinus
Right atrium
RV
• inlet is tricuspid valve
• multiple small papillary muscles
• coarse trabecular zone
• muscular infundibulum (outlet)
- trabecula septomarginalis
- lack of fibrous continuity between atrioventricular valve (tricuspid) and arterial valve (pulmonary)
LA
• atrial appendage
- narrow attachment neck
- hooked tip
• internal features
- pectinate muscles confined to atrial appendage
- smooth pulmonary vein component
- irregular flap valve or plaque of foramen ovale
LV
• inlet is mitral valve with 2 distinct papillary muscles
• fine trabecular zone
• smooth subarterial septum
• fibrous continuity of atrioventricular valve (mitral) and
arterial valve (aortic)
perimembranous VSD
muscular (probe) VSD and perimembranous VSD
complete AVSD (often seen in Down’s syndrome)
TOF
transposition of the great arteries
Truncus arteriosus
Hypoplastic left heart
Endocardial fibroelastosis
MI
anterior wall rupture
few days after event
acute MI
extensive hemorrhage secondary to capillary ischemia + necrosis
loss of myocyte nuclei
very acute MI
extensive hemorrhage secondary to capillary ischemia and necrosis
loss of myocyte nuclei
MI
infiltration of PMN
MI
PMN infiltration
loss of myocyte nuclei
hemorrhage into an atherosclerotic plaque in a CA
subsequent thrombus of lumen leading to acute MI
old (white) MI
small ventricular aneurysm with mural thrombus
scarred wall contracts, not able to withstand force –> aneurysm
mural thrombus from acute MI
old infarct with residual viable myocardium
necrosed tissue appears white (fibrosis)
Severe aortic stenosis
AAA (bulge)
LVH
(small infarct - microscopic)
White part - old infarctions
thin area could lead to aneurysms
lung with edema
minimal hemorrhage typical of heart failure
LVH
Aortic valve with stenosis
possible vegetations
vegetation on a valve
bacterial endocarditis
black arrow = normal valve
red arrow = vegetation
distorted valve, partially destroyed by bacterial colonies and inflammatory cells
normal valve
bacterial vegetations
valve distorted, partially destroyed by bacterial colonies and inflammatory cells
bacterial colonies in endocarditis
aortic dissection
dissecting aneurysm
green - original channel
red - new channel