Path: HTN, Aorta, PAD Flashcards

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What are the two causes of renal stenosis in secondary hypertension?

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Atherosclerotic Plaque (90%)
Fibromuscular Dysplasia (10%)
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Common population associated with fibromuscular dysplasia.

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Young women

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Two common conditions associated with coarctation of the aorta.

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Marfans and Turners

any connective tissue disturbance in the aorta is associated with these two

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PE findings in patients with coarctation.

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Typically high bp in upper extremities and low bp in lower.

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3 main organs or organ systems involved in Hypertensive Emergency (Malignant hypertension).

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  1. CNS
  2. Kidney
  3. Heart
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Gross appearance of the kidney resulting from malignant hypertension.

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“Flea-bitten” appearance due to many small petechial hemorrhages.

(fibrinoid necrosis viewed on microscopy)

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Characteristic appearance of the retina resulting from malignant hypertension.

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“Cotton Wool” appearance

Flame Hemorrhages

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What are Charcot-Bouchard microaneurysms?

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Small vessel aneurysms seen near the basal ganglia in the brain due to malignant hypertension.

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What is the pathogenesis of hypertensive encephalopathy due to malignant hypertension?

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High cerebral blood pressure leads to edema and increased intracranial pressure with fibrinoid necrosis of arterioles.

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What two physiologic components regulate blood pressure?

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Cardiac Output and Total Peripheral Resistance

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What is a common microangiopathy of diabetics?

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Hyaline Arteriolosclerosis

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Condition that occurs in malignant hypertension that leads to “onion skin” appearance.

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Hyperplastic Arteriolosclerosis

-onion skin is due to replicating smooth muscle and basement membrane cells due to increased bp.

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What is a typical bp in patients that suddenly develop malignant hypertension?

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~200/120

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Most common site of aortic aneurysms.

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Abdominal aorta distal to renal artery branches.

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What is Cystic Medial Degradation?

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All the microscopic changes that occur to lead to aneurysms in vessel walls.

  • fibrosis
  • loss of smooth muscle nuclei
  • elastic fragmentation
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What is the difference between Type A and Type B aortic dissection?

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Type A: involves ascending aorta

Type B: does not involve ascending aorta

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Complication of a very proximal aortic dissection that occurs near the origin of the aorta.

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Cardiac Tamponade
-the fibrous pericardium blends with the adventitia of the aorta as it leaves the heart. Dissection here can lead to bleeding into the pericardial sac.

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What is Giant Cell Arteritis?

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Vasculitis in the arteries in the head (temporal most common). Involves granulomatous inflammation including giant cells (fused WBCs, usually macrophages) along with elastic lamina fragmentation.

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Describe Takayasu Arteritis.

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Granulomatous (giant cell) vasculitis of medium and large vessels. Most commonly affects main aortic arch branches leading to weakened upper extremity pulses.

20
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Location of Polyarteritis Nodosa.

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Systemic small to medium sized artery vasculitis. Occurs in renal and most visceral vessels EXCLUDING the pulmonary vessels.

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What is Kawasaki Disease?

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Autoimmune vasculitis usually in response stimulated by recent pathogen infection. Commonly affects the coronary arteries.

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What is Microscopic Polyangiitis?

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Necrotizing or Leukoclastic vasculitis of the small arteries or capillaries. Commonly seen in the glomerulus and pulmonary circulation.

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What is Churg Strauss Syndrome?

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Allergic granulomatosis and angiitis. Associated with asthma and allergic rhinitis. Granulomas often accompany eosinophils on microscopy.

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What is Wegener Granulomatosis?

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A necrotizing vasculitis that presents in a triad:

  1. Acute Necrotizing granulomas in URT and LRT
  2. Granulomatous Vasculitis
  3. Renal Disease showing crescentic glomerulonephritis on microscopy

Patients often have hemoptysis due to alveolar hemorrhage.

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How do patients with Thromboangiitis Obliterans (Buerger Disease) present?
Young male smoker that has pain in his legs when he walks.
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What is Buerger Disease?
Thrombosing and inflammation in medium sized arteries (commonly tibial and radial).
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What is Raynaud Phenomenon?
Exaggerated vasoconstriction of digital arteries and arterioles. Shows red, white, blue appearance. Primary: caused by cold or emotional stress Secondary: caused by vascular insuffieciency due to other disease (SLE, Buerger, atherosclerosis)