DVTs & PEs & Sleep Physiology Flashcards
What are 3 major cardiovascular causes of death?
Ischaemic heart disease
stroke
DVT
more chance of DVT if you’re older or younger?
older
Risk factors for Venous Thrombosis?
Slowing of flow
endothelial dysfunction/injury
Hypercoagulability causes?8 things
severe burns post-MI malignancy/chemo high oestrogen autoimmune nephrotic syndrome obesity inflammatory diseases
Genetic Hypercoagulability causes?
Factor V Leiden mutation (most common)
What happens in Factor V Leiden mutation?
Activated protein C(anticoagulant) can no longer bind to Factor V cause it’s mutated
Heterozygotes of Factor V Leiden mutation have how many fold increase? what’s the prevalence in pop?
4% of pop, 50% in DVT pop
5 fold increase
Homozygotes of Factor V Leiden mutation have how many fold increase of DVT?
100-fold increase
Prothrombin mutation does what for hyper coagulability?
increase circulating plasma level
Thrombophilia happens more arterial? or venous
venous
Thrombophilia would suspected if 3 things happen:
young age
recurrent
unusual site
Is post-surgical state considered Thrombophilia?
Nope, it’s transient. Thrombophilia is more long term/chronic
deep and superficial veins, they connect, which way do they flow?
superficial>deep
proximal or distal DVTs likely to embolize?
proximal
common site of DVTs?
calves
symptoms of DVT?
subtle: swelling, redness, warmth, pain, tenderness
Do most people with DVT have symptoms?
50% asymptomatic
Pulmonary thrombo-embolism, how many people die within first hour? how many from subsequent recurrent embolism?
10%
30%
Pleuritic pain in Pulmonary thrombi-embolism could indicate what?
pulmonary infarct
Pulmonary thrombo-embolism symptoms
variable dyspnoea
haemoptysis, cough, syncope
What happens once a Pulmonary thrombi-embolism gets into a local pulmonary artery?
hypoxaemia
reflex vasoconstriction
V/Q mismatch
If a large one of 60% of vascular bed occluded in Pulmonary thrombi-embolism, what happens?
sudden death and collapse
medium sized Pulmonary thrombo-embolism, what happens?
dyspnoea
cough
acute for pulmonale
Are pulmonary infarcts common?
nope, only if has CVD or preexisting lung condition
Small Pulmonary thrombi-embolism features?
clinically silent
multiple small emboli = chronic cor pulmonale
What is saddle Pulmonary thrombi-embolism?
near beginning of pulmonary artery near heart