HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE (HHD)

Question 1

response of heart to increased demands induced by systemic hypertension

types (2)

Answer 1

hypertensive heart disease

left sided HHD
cor pulmonale, right sided HHD

Question 2

this results in pulmonary hypertension which causes right sided HHD like cor pulmonale?

Answer 2

left sided HHD

Question 3

diagnostic criteria for left sided HHD?

Answer 3

left ventricular hypertrophy

histology/pathologic evidence of hypertension > 140/90 mmHg

Question 4

hypertrophic response to volume

increased:
myofilaments
myofibrils
cell enlargement
mitochondria

cardiac decomp:
excess hypertrophy
myocyte injury
cardiac dilation

this is pathology of what type of HHD?

Answer 4

pathology of left sided HHD

Question 5

this is another term for right sided hypertensive heart disease

types?

Answer 5

cor pulmonale

acute
chronic

Question 6

this type of cor pulmoanle has marked dilation of right ventricle without hypertrophy?

massive pulmonary embolizations

acute respiratory infections

Answer 6

acute cor pulmonale

Question 7

this type of cor pulmoanle has right ventricular wall thickening?

primary pulmonary hypertension

COPD

Answer 7

chronic cor pulmoanle