DVT & PE Flashcards
1
Q
What is Virkow’s triad?
A
Stasis
Vessel wall injury
Hypercoagulability
2
Q
What drug is used to prevent DVT & PE when a patient is admitted to hospital?
A
Low molecular weight heparin
3
Q
Pulmonary venous hypertension is caused by disease of what side of the heart?
There is increased pressure where?
A
Left heart disease
Increased pressure in the pulmonary veins
4
Q
Pulmonary arterial hypertension
Results from?
Clinical signs?
A
Results from elevation of the resistance in the pulmonary arterial bed, usually at the arteriolar level.
