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Hemodynamics II Flashcards

1
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What are the three general components that contribute to hemostasis?

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  1. Endothelium/vascular wall
  2. Platelets
  3. Coagulation cascade
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What are the “bricks” of the clotting system?

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Platelets

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3
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What is the “cement” of hemostasis?

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Coagulation cascade and fibrin

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4
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What is the very first thing to happen in an initial injury?

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Vasoconstriction

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5
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What happens in the hemostasis after the initial vasoconstriction?

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Endothelial damage exposes subendothelium causing platelets to become activated and adhere

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6
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What is the cytokine that activates the coagulation cascade?

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Tissue factor (factor III)

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7
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What happens after tissue factor is released?

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Platelets activation further coagulates

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8
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What are the two main components of a clot?

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Platelets and fibrin

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9
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What is the function of vWF?

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Causes platelets to adhere to the region of a clot

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10
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What does vWF bind to?

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Collagen IV

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11
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What is in alpha granules in clotting? What does this do?

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TXA2, recruits more platelets

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12
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What are the two cytokines that endothelial cells release to keep the clot in check?

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tPA

Thrombomodulin

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13
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What are the four things mentioned in lecture that are procoagulative?

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Infectious agents
Hemodynamic forces
Cytokines
Plasma mediators

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14
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What are the two cytokines that endothelium releases that are anti thrombotic?

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PGI2

NO

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15
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What is the enzyme that endothelium produces that prevents platelet aggregation? What does this do?

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Adenosine diphosphatase which degrades ADP

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16
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What is heparin?

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Polysaccharide that are cofactors to antithrombin

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17
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What is the function of thrombomodulin?

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Converts thrombin to an anticoagulant

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18
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What is the function of vWF?

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Firmly adhere platelets to the endothelium via GPIb

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19
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What is the substance that the endothelium secretes to inhibit tPA?

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Plasminogen activator inhibitor

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20
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What causes the release of tissue factor?

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Endotoxin, trauma, cytokines

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21
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What activates protein C, and what does it in turn inactivate?

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Activated by protein S

Factors V and VIII

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22
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What activates protein C?

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Thrombin/antithrombin complex

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23
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In general, under normal conditions, what do endothelial cells do?

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Inhibit platelet adherence

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24
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What produces platelets?

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Megakaryocytes

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25
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What exactly are platelets?

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Anuclear cell fragments

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26
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What are the contents of platelets?

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Alpha granules and dense granules

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27
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What are the three steps that ensure to platelets after vWF binds to collagen IV?

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Adhesion
Secretion and activation
Aggregation

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28
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Is the initial platelet adhesion to the ECM firm?

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No

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29
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What does vWF bind on platelets?

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Glycoprotein Ib receptors

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30
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Adhesion of platelets causes what?

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Release of platelet granules

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31
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What ion is needed in the coagulation cascade?

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Ca

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32
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What is the function of the ADP release by platelets?

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Mediates platelet aggregation which drives increasing platelet aggregation at the site

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33
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What is the function of platelet factor 4 released by platlets?

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Inactives heparin

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34
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What is the function of serotonin that platelets release?

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Induces vasoconstriction

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35
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What is the function of ADP and TXA2 that platelets release?

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Further stimulates platelet aggregation

36
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What is the protein found on the surface of platelets that link fibrin together?

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GpIIb-IIIa

37
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Where does thrombin bind to?

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Platelet surface

38
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Platelet activation causes expression of what on the surface to bind coag factors? What do these do?

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Phospholipid complexes, which act as surfaces to bind coagulation factors.

39
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What are the three major platelet secretions that further activates platelets?

A

ADP
TXA2
Thrombin

40
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What is the end product of the coagulation cascade?

41
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What are clotting factors?

A

Inactive enzymes (S proteases)

42
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What is the ion needed for the assembly of the complex of coagulation factors?

43
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What is serum?

A

Liquid part - clot factors

44
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What is plasma?

A

Liquid + clotting factors

45
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What is added to plasma to prevent clotting? How?

A

EDTA containing solution to get rid of Ca

46
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What converts fibrinogen to fibrin?

47
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What is the order of factor activation in the extrinsic pathway?

48
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What is the order of factor activation in the intrinsic pathway?

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12, 11, 9, 8, 10

49
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What two factors make up the prothrombinase complex?

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factor V and factor X

50
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Where do both the intrinsic and extrinsic pathway converge?

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Factors 9 and 10

51
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What does prothrombin time (PT) measure?

A

The extrinsic arm

52
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What does PTT measure?

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Intrinsic arm

53
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What is PT prolonged by? PTT?

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PT = Warfarin
PTT = Heparin
54
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What happens in the clotting cascade is not kept in check?

A

Thrombus can form

55
Q

What are the three main anticoagulants produced by the body?

A

Antithrombin III
Protein C
Plasmin

56
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What is the function of antithrombin III? What is it potentiated by?

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Inactivates serine proteases (factors 9, 10, 11, and 12)

Potentiated by Heparin

57
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What is the function of Protein C?

A

Inhibits V and VIII

58
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What is the function of plasmin?

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breaks down fibrin

59
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What is the function of protein S?

A

Enhances protein C

60
Q

What is thrombomodulin activated by? What does it do?

A

Thrombin

Activates protein C

61
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What is the function of thrombomoduin?

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Binds to thrombin and alters its conformation

62
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What is the function of tissue pathway factor inhibitor?

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Inhibits III and VII (tissue factor = factor III, thus “tissue factor pathway inhibitor)

63
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Free plasmin is inactivated by what?

A

Circulating alpha2 antiplasmin

64
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tPA is inactivated by what?

A

plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI)

65
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What do endothelial cells secrete to balance coagulation/anticoagulation?

A

plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI)

66
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What are the three substances that can activate plasminogen?

A

Urokinase
tPA
Streptokinase

67
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What activates antithrombin III? What does that inactivate?

A

Activated by heparin

Inactivates Factors 10 and 9

68
Q

What prevents plasmin from circulating freely and dissolving clots?

A

alpha2-antiplasmin

69
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What are anticoagulants?

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Prevents clot formation and extension

70
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What are antiplatelets?

A

Drugs that interfere with platelet activity

71
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What are thrombolytic agents?

A

Dissolve existing thrombi

72
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What are the two traditional anticoagulants?

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Heparin and warfarin

73
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What cells produce heparin?

A

Basophils and mast cells

74
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Does heparin disintergrate clots that have already formed?

75
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What are the two routes Heparin is given?

76
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How does heparin work? What are the three main clotting factors it inhibits?

A

Binds and activated antithrombin III

Inhibits thrombin, factors 9 and 10

77
Q

What is the MOA of coumadin?

A

Interfering with vitamin K metabolism

78
Q

What are the vitamin K dependent factors? What drug interferes with their synthesis?

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10, 9, 7, 2 (vitamin K was born in 1972)

Coumadin

79
Q

What is the MOA of dabigatran?

A

Direct thrombin inhibitor

80
Q

What is the MOA of rivaroxaban and apixaban?

A

Inhibit factor X

81
Q

What is the MOA of Tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI)?

A

Inhibits factors 3 and 7

82
Q

Hageman factor = what number?

83
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What activates plasminogen activator inhibitor?

A

Thrombin

various cytokines

84
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What cells produce tPA?

A

Endothelial cells

85
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What is streptokinase?

A

A bacterial product used clinically to activated plasminogen

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