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CVS 1- HYPERTENSION Flashcards

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What are the two principal mechanisms of vascular disease?

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Narrowing or complete obstruction of vessel lumen and Weakening of vessel walls

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What results from narrowing or obstruction of the vessel lumen?

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Acute or progressive blockage

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What happens due to the weakening of vessel walls?

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Dilation and rupture

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What are the main components of the vessel wall?

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Endothelial Cells (ECs)

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What does the extracellular matrix (ECM) include?

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Elastin

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What are the three layers of the vessel wall?

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Intima

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What influences the variation in vessel wall layers?

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Tissue requirements and hemodynamic forces

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What is blood pressure a function of?

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Cardiac output and peripheral vascular resistance

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What influences blood pressure?

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Multiple genetic and environmental factors

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What does cardiac output depend on?

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Stroke volume and heart rate

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What influences stroke volume?

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Sodium concentration and myocardial contractility

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What controls heart rate?

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Alpha- and beta-adrenergic systems

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What factors affect peripheral vascular resistance?

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Arterioles’ neural and humoral inputs

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What maintains normal vascular tone?

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Balance between vasoconstrictors and vasodilators

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What is autoregulation in blood pressure?

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Increase in blood flow followed by vasoconstriction

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What fine-tunes vascular resistance?

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Tissue pH and hypoxia

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What organs are involved in blood pressure regulation?

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Kidneys, adrenals, and myocardium

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What system plays a key role in blood pressure regulation?

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Renin-angiotensin system

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What triggers the release of renin?

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Low blood pressure in afferent arterioles, high levels of circulating catecholamines, and low sodium levels in distal convoluted tubules

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What are examples of vasodilators?

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Prostaglandins, nitric oxide (NO)

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What hormone is released by the adrenal glands?

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What peptide is released by the myocardium?

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Natriuretic peptide

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What is hypertension (HYPERTENSIVE VASCULAR DISEASE)?

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Increased blood pressure with sustained diastolic pressure > 90 mm Hg or sustained systolic pressure > 140 mm Hg

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What percentage of the general population is hypertensive?

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What are the pathological effects of hypertension?
Stroke, coronary heart disease, cardiac hypertrophy, heart failure, aortic dissection, multi-infarct dementia, and renal failure
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What is hypertension (HYPERTENSIVE VASCULAR DISEASE)?
Increased blood pressure with sustained diastolic pressure > 90 mm Hg or sustained systolic pressure > 140 mm Hg
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What percentage of the general population is hypertensive?
About 25%
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What are the pathological effects of hypertension?
Stroke, coronary heart disease, cardiac hypertrophy, heart failure, aortic dissection, multi-infarct dementia, and renal failure
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What is malignant hypertension?
Rapidly rising blood pressure that if untreated leads to death within 1-2 years
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What are the characteristics of severe hypertension?
Systolic pressure > 180 mm Hg, diastolic pressure > 120 mm Hg, renal failure, retinal hemorrhages, and exudates
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What is malignant hypertension usually superimposed on?
Preexisting benign hypertension
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What genetic factors are linked to hypertension?
Angiotensinogen polymorphisms, angiotensin II receptor variants
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What gene defects cause rare severe forms of hypertension?
Gene defects affecting aldosterone metabolism (aldosterone synthase, 11β-hydroxylase, 17α-hydroxylase)
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What do mutations affecting sodium resorption cause?
Increased distal tubular resorption of sodium
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What are the environmental factors contributing to hypertension?
Stress, obesity, smoking, lack of exercise, heavy salt consumption
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What effect does hypertensive vascular morphology have on atherogenesis?
Accelerates atherogenesis
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What changes occur in the walls of large and medium-sized arteries due to hypertensive vascular morphology?
Degenerative changes including aortic dissection and cerebrovascular hemorrhage
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What are the two forms of small blood vessel disease associated with hypertensive vascular morphology?
1) Hyaline arteriolosclerosis 2) Hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis
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What condition is hyaline arteriolosclerosis associated with?
Benign hypertension
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What is a key characteristic of hyaline arteriolosclerosis?
Thickening of arteriolar walls
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What type of material is found in hyaline arteriolosclerosis?
Homogeneous pink hyaline material
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What happens to the underlying structural details in hyaline arteriolosclerosis?
Loss of underlying structural details
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What happens to the arteriolar lumen in hyaline arteriolosclerosis?
Narrowed arteriolar lumen
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What causes the leakage of plasma proteins in hyaline arteriolosclerosis?
Leakage of plasma proteins across the endothelium
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What happens to extracellular matrix (ECM) synthesis in hyaline arteriolosclerosis?
Excessive ECM synthesis
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Who is more likely to develop hyaline arteriolosclerosis?
Elderly & Diabetics
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What condition is hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis characteristic of?
Severe “malignant” hypertension
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What is a key feature of hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis?
Onion skin - concentric and laminated wall thickening
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What effect does hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis have on the arteriolar lumen?
Arteriolar luminal narrowing
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What do the laminations in hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis indicate?
SMC with thickened basement membrane
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What severe condition is associated with malignant hypertension in hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis?
Necrotizing arteriolitis (fibrinoid necrosis)

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