Hypertensive Flashcards
Define HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE
Major cardiac complications of hypertension,
result from pressure overload
Myocyte hypertrophy relation to HHD
Adaptive response
Persistent hypertension eventually can
dysfunction, cardiac dilation, CHF, and even
sudden death.
Types of hypertension
Systemic and pulmonary
Which type of hypertension affects right side of the heart
Pulmonary hypertension, while systemic affect left side
MORPHOLOGY of left ventricular hypertrophy
Dilation in late stages
Heart weight can exceed 500
Left ventricular wall thickness
can exceed 2.0 cm (normal,
1.2 - 1.4 cm)
Microscopy of systemic Hypertension
Transverse diameter of myocytes is increased
- Prominent nuclear enlargement and
hyperchromasia
- Intercellular fibrosis.
In later stages of hypertension which clinical features can be seen
atrial fibrillation and/or CHF.
Pulmonary Heart Disease is also called
Cor Pulmonale
Cor Pulmonale definition 
Right ventricular
hypertrophy and dilation,
frequently accompanied
by right heart failure
Cause of chronic cor
pulmonale:
- Primary disorders of the
lung parenchyma - Disorder of pulmonary
vasculature
Pulmonary embolism results in which heart disease
Acute Cor Pulmonale
In what type of pulmonary HH right ventricle and atrium are dilated.
When ventricular failure develops due to Chronic cor pulmonale:
ANEURYSM definition 
Congenital or acquired localized
abnormal dilation of a
blood vessel or the heart
False aneurysm is also called
(pseudoaneurysm
