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Hypertension Flashcards

1
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How is someone’s BP measured ?

A

Systolic Pressure/ Diastolic pressure

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2
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What does systolic pressure refer to?

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Peak pressure due to ventricular contraction

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3
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What does diastolic pressure refer to?

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Pressure during ventricular relaxation

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4
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Ideally, what do we want BP to be below?

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120/80mmHg

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5
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What is BP measured in?

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mmHg

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6
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According to the NHS, what is the normal range of BP?

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90/60mmHg - 140/90mmHg

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7
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When is hypertension diagnosed ?

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systolic BP >140mmHg OR the diastolic BP is >90mmHg on TWO successive occasions

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8
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When can malignant HTN be classified?

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Systolic > 200mmHg OR diastolic >140mmHg

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9
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What px is systolic pressure more commonly elevated?

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Older px

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10
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What px is diastolic pressure more commonly elevated?

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Younger px (<50yrs)

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11
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What is HTN a RF for ? (There are 7)

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  • Stroke
  • Myocardial infarction (heart attack)
  • Heart failure
  • Chronic kidney disease
  • Peripheral vascular disease
  • Cognitive death
  • Premature death
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12
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What happens if BP is left untreated?

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BP will continue to rise and become resistant to treatment

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13
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What are two categories HTN can be classified into?

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Primary or secondary (due to another disease
*primary account for 90% of cases

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14
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What are four non-modifiable RF for HTN?

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  • age
  • race (higher in Afro-Caribbean)
  • fh
  • pregnancy
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15
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What are some modifiable RF for primary HTN?

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  • regular exercise
  • healthy diet
  • relaxation
  • alcohol reduction
  • reduce sodium intake
  • increase potassium intake
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16
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Why is it important we are aware about HTN?

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Retina is the only place where we can examine arterioles non-invasively- they look v similar to cerebral and coronary ones so can show they are at risk of a heart attack or stroke

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17
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Will elevated BP affect inner and outer retinal circulation similarly?

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No- effects them differently

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18
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What kind of junctions are in the inner retinal vasculature?

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Tight junctions- they form the blood retinal barrier

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19
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What is autoregulation?

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When the diameter of blood vessels change in repose to change in BP (high BP = vasoconstriction)

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20
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Do inner retinal vasculature show auto regulation?

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Yes

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21
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Do choroidal arterioles exhibit auto regulation ?

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No

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22
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Why does hypertensive retinopathy happen?

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  • Constant high BP
  • constant constriction of retinal arterioles
  • narrowed BVs to regulate blood flow
  • leads to diffuse and focal arteriolar narrowing
  • increased tortuosity
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23
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What does long term hypertension cause?

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Arteriolosclerosis

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24
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What is aterteriolosclerosi?

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Thickening + stiffening of arteriolar wall

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25
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How many stages are there of HR?

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4

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26
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What is stage 1?

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Mild to moderate narrowing or sclerosis of the arterioles

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27
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What is stage 2?

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  • Mod to marked narrowing of arterioles (can be generalised or local)
  • Exaggeration of light reflex
  • Arteriovenous crossing changes
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28
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What is stage 3?

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  • arterioles Narrowing + focal constriction
  • Retinal oedema
  • CWS
  • Retinal haemorrhages
  • Hard exudates
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29
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What is stage 4?

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All of stage 3 + OD swelling

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30
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Which two stages are chronic ?

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1 & 2, they will be asymptomatic

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31
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Which stages would a px be symptomatic + acute (short term high spike in BP)?

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3 & 4

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32
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What is the name of the classification system to grade HR?

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Keith-Wagener Barker Classification of hypertensive retinopathy

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33
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What will the BV look like in stage 1 and stage 2?

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Straighter and narrower

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34
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In an older px with hypertensive retinopathy, why may you not see much of a difference in the a/v ratio?

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Due to arteriosclerosis (thickening of cell walls stops them constricting)

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35
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What can arteriosclerosis lead to ?

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Change in light reflex from the vessels

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35
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Why can we see a change in light reflex?

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Because vessel walls becomes opaque —> broader, duller, diffuse reflex

36
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What is the way we describe the light reflex in HR?

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Copper-wire appearance

37
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When would you see a ‘silver wire’ appearance?

A

When the sclerosis advances

38
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How does the arteriovenous crossing alter?

A

Nipping occurs

39
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What is nipping?

A

Venule is compressed by sclerosed arteriole

40
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If blood flow of the vein is reduced due to nipping, what may you see?

A

Vein after the crossing becomes more tortuous, larger and darker

41
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If there is severe changes to A/V crossing, what may happen?

42
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What acute rise in BP mean?

A

Over short period of time the BP has spiked

43
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What occurs with the blood-retinal barrier in stage 3&3 of HR?

A

Disruption of the blood retinal barrier

44
Q

What happens when the blood-retinal barrier is disrupted?

A

Increased vascular permeability

45
Q

With severe HTN, can the arteries autoregulate?

A

NO, they lose their ability to do so

46
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As the arteries cannot autoregulate, what happens? And how does this affect capillaries?

A

Blood flow cannot be moderated as it should + leads to damaged arterioles and capillaries

47
Q

What signs may you see with a px who’s arteries cannot auto regulate? (There are two)

A

Microaneururysms and CWS

48
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What is CWS a sign of ?

A

Retinal Ischaemia (axoplasmic flow is disrupted by this ischaemia)

49
Q

What does increased vessel permeability lead to?

50
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What are four signs you may see with someone who has increased vessel permeability?

A
  • Flame haemorrhages
  • Retinal oedema
  • Hard exudates
  • Macula star
50
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What are four signs you may see with someone who has increased vessel permeability?

A
  • Flame haemorrhages
  • Retinal oedema
  • Hard exudates
  • Macula star
51
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What are hard exudates a leakage of ?

A

Lipoproteins

52
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Why does a macula star happen?

A

The hard exudates follow the path of the fibres of Henle

53
Q

What is swelling of the optic disc a sign of?

A

Malignant HTN

54
Q

Describe this picture.

A

Stage 4 HTN, poorly defined margins, papilloedema, tortuous vessel, macula star

55
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What stage is this?

56
Q

What is fibrinoid necrosis?

A

the inside lining of your blood vessels becomes damaged.

57
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What happens as a result of unregulated high BP?

A

Fibrinoid necrosis of end of arterioles

58
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What % of px with primary HTN will develop malignant HTN?

59
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Why is malignant HTN rapidly fatal?

A

Can lead to heart failure, stroke, myocardial infarction or renal failure - DEATH

60
Q

What are 9 symptoms a px with malignant HTN may have?

A
  • HAs
  • Diplopia
  • Scotoma
  • Dimness in Vision
  • Photopsia (flashes)
  • Chest pain
  • Nausea/vomiting
  • Shortness of breath,
  • Weakness
61
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Which stages of HR may we see hypertensive choroidopathy?

62
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What is indicative of hypertensive choroidopathy ?

A

Yellow spots in the RPE showing the ischaemic parts of the choroid

*yellow spots are ischaemic infarcts

63
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Why does hypertensive choroidopathy happen?

A

Fibrinoid necrosis of choroidal vessels which leads to choroidal ischaemia

64
Q

What six signs can hypertensive choroidopathy lead to?

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  • Diffuse pigment granularity in the RPE
  • Pigment clumping surrounded by atrophic areas
  • Hyperpigmented flecks
  • rpe detachment
  • Serous RD
  • Cystoid macula oedema
65
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What do the pigment clumping surrounded by atrophic areas replace?

A

The yellow spots

66
Q

How are the hyperpigmented flecks arranged? And what is the name of these flecks ?

A

In a linear fashion + Siegrist streaks

67
Q

What do px with hypertension and DM have a higher risk of ?

A

Cardiovascular events

68
Q

Can a px have HR AND DR in the Same eye?

69
Q

Out of HR stage 3 and DR R3 which shows a ‘drier’ retina ?

A

HR stage 3

70
Q

Out of HR and DR which disease is more likely to have flame haemorrhages?

A

HR, DR More likely to have dot and boor

71
Q

What anterior eye condition is associated with HTN ?

A

Sub-conjucntival haemorrhage

72
Q

What stage is optic nerve head swelling a feature of ?

73
Q

After treatment of stage 4 HTN, what might the optic nerve head still look like?

A

Nerve pallor, optic nerve dysfunction

74
Q

What can acute obstructions of the supplying the optic nerve head lead to?

A

NA-AION (Anisha’s FAV)

75
Q

What signs and symptoms may someone with NA-AION have?

A
  • painless sudden loss of vision
  • reduced va
  • dyschromatopsia (reduced CV)
  • RAPD
  • Swollen optic disc
  • VF defect
76
Q

What is the main treatment of hypertensive retinopathy?

A

Manage the systemic HTN

77
Q

At 2 months, what is the mortality rate of px with malignant HTN?

78
Q

What is the management for stage 1 & 2 HR?

A

Refer to GP for management of systemic HTN

79
Q

What is the management of stage 3 HR?

A

Refer to GP for management of systemic HTN
AND
Refer for ophthalmological assessment

80
Q

What is the management for stage 4 HR?

A

Medical emergency - same day referral

81
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Once stage 3 is treated, what will remain?

A

Stage 1 and 2 appearance so thinning of artery walls ect

82
Q

According to Keith, Wagner and Barker what are the 3-year survival rates for a px with stage I retinopathy?

83
Q

According to Keith, Wagner and Barker what are the 3-year survival rates for a px with untreated HTN and with stage I retinopathy?

84
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According to Keith, Wagner and Barker what are the 3-year survival rates for a px with untreated HTN and with stage II retinopathy?

85
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According to Keith, Wagner and Barker what are the 3-year survival rates for a px with untreated HTN and with stage III retinopathy?

86
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According to Keith, Wagner and Barker what are the 3-year survival rates for a px with untreated HTN and stage IV retinopathy?

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