Patho Flashcards
Most common cause for secondary hypertension
Renal artery stenosis
Treebark appearance of aorta
3 syphilis
What is the first-line drug to lower the LDL?
Statin
Q wave are usually absent in NSTEMI
T/F
ARE THEY PRESENT IN STEMI?
T
Yes
Gold standard to diagnose MI is
ECG
50% of PVD are asymptomatic
Physical examination findings of pvd
• Weak or absent peripheral pulses
• Bruits on auscultation
• Poor wound healing from impaired perfusion
• Cool, pallid skin; prolonged capillary refill
• Shiny, atrophied skin with missing hair; ungual dystrophy
Intermittent claudication is seen in
PDA
What is the most common cardiomyopathy?
Dilated cardiomyopathy
90% of the cases
What are the causes of dilated Cardiomyopathy?
Often Idiopathic or familial there is a mutation on dystrophin gene
Other etiologies include chronic Alcohol abuse, wet Beriberi, Coxsackie B viral myocarditis, chronic Cocaine use, Chagas disease, Doxorubicin toxicity, hemochromatosis, sarcoidosis, thyrotoxicosis, peripartum cardiomyopathy.
Fever+ new murmur
Infective endocarditis
Acute myocarditis
Causes:
Viral infection: coxsackievirus, adenovirus, and influenza.
Bacterial (eg, tuberculosis).
Parasitic (eg, Chagas disease).
Rheumatologic disease (eg, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatic fever).
› Associated with endocarditis of prosthetic valves.
Staphylococcus epidermidis:
• Associated with endocarditis in patients with underlying colorectal carcinoma.
Streptococcus bovis:
Associated with endocarditis with negative blood cultures.
HACEK organisms
> (Haemophilus, Aggregatibacter [formerly Actinobacillus], Cardiobacterium, Eikenella, Kingella)
most common cause in IV drug abusers.
S aureus
The most common overall cause.
Viridans
HACEK organisms
(Haemophilus, Aggregatibacter [formerly Actinobacillus], Cardiobacterium,
Eikenella, Kingella)
Coxiella burnetti, Bartonella spp also for negative culture