Lec 2 🪄 Flashcards
What’s the meaning of arteriosclerosis ⁉️
🔹artial wall thickning and losing of elasticity
Arteriosclerosis is characterized by finding a lesion called ⁉️
🔺intimal lesion ➡️atheromas
➡️atheromatous
➡️atherosclerotic plaques
What’s the components of the atheromas (intimal lesion) ⁉️
🔹soft friable lipid corse ➡️cholesterol and cholesterol esters ,necrotic debris
🔹this friable lipid course is covered by ➡️fibrous cap 🧢
What’s the complication if the atherosclerosis plaque enlarged ⁉️
🔸blood vessels obstruction
🔸stenosis
What’s the complication if atherosclerosis plaque got raptured ⁉️
🔸sudden vessels oclussion
🔸thrombosis formation
What’s the complication if the atherosclerosis plaque got thickned⁉️
🥲the perfusion will decrease to underlying media
🪄changes in ECM and blood vessels weakness
What’re the components of fibrous cap ⁉️
🔺collagen 🔺SM 🔺elastin 🔺foam cell 🔺macrophages 🔺lymphocytes 🔺proteoglycan
Mention the nonmodifiable risk factors for atherosclerosis ⁉️
🔹age
🔹gender
🔹family history
🔹genetic abnormalities
Family history nonmodifiable risk factors ⁉️
🔹Hypercholestrolemia
🔹DM
🔹hypertension
Major risk factors for atherosclerosis development is ⁉️
✔️🙂hyperlipidemia
✔️🙂hyper cholesterolemia
What’s the difference between LDL and HDL ⁉️
LDL➡️ bad cholesterol (so we need it in a little level )➡️distributes cholesterol to peripheral tissues
HDL ➡️good cholesterol (so we need it in a higher level)➡️mobillize cholestrol from plaques to liver for biliary excretion
What’s the drug of choice in hyperlipidemia atherosclerosis treatment ⁉️
🔷Statins ➡️inhibit cholesterol synthesis
Additional risk factors for atherosclerosis plaque rapture ⁉️
🔹inflammatory cell present during all stages of atheromatous plaque formation
What’s the systematic marker of inflammation ⁉️
🔶C-reactive protein ➡️CRP
🔶it’s the simplest and most sensitive
What’s the crp ⁉️
🔆It’s synthesized by the liver in response to inflammatory cytokines