Pathology of Cardiovascular System Flashcards
Note: There are added information from the original textbook. (Pathologic basis of Veterinary Disease_6th Edition)
Give the causes of congenital cardiovascular anomalies
- Failure of closure of fetal cardiovascular shunts
- Failure of Normal Valvular Development
- Malpositioning of Great Vessels
Patent ductus arteriosus is inherited among what breeds of dog
Poodles, Collies, Pomeranians
ductus arteriosus must close by 3 weeks after birth and form a small ligament
ligamentum arteriosus
a right aorta instead of normal left arches over the origin of the right bronchus
Persistent Right Aortic Arch
Component Defects of Tetrad of Fallot
- Interventricular septal defect
- Transposition of the aorta
- Pulmonic stenosis
- Right ventricular hypertrophy
Eisenmenger’s Complex
- Interventricular septal defect
- Transposition of the aorta
- Right ventricular hypertrophy
Give the four anomalies resulting from failure of closure of fetal cardiovascular shunts
- patent ductus arteriosus
- atrial septal defect
- ventricular septal defect
- tetrad of fallot
Anomalies due to failure of normal valvular development
- pulmonic stenosis
- subaortic stenosis
- endocardial cushion defects
- mitral and tricuspid malformation in cats
Malpositioning of Great Vessels
- Persistent right aortic arch
- transposition of aorta and pulmonary artery
In PDA, shunting occurs from left to right which results to a condition?
Pulmonary hypertension
Pathology of Ventricular septal defect
- Right ventricular hypertrophy
- Pulmonary hypertension and edema
blood squirting that produce valvular incompentence
jet lesions
aortic and subaortic are frequent in what domestic animals
dogs and danish pigs
occur at the valve site with or without supra or subvalvular constriction
pulmonary stenosis
Pulmonary stenosis is most common in what breed of dogs
- bulldogs
- chihuahua
- terrier types
a complex whereby aorta is dextroposed; there is Ventricular Septal defect leading to right ventricular hypertrophy
Eisenmenger’s Complex
ectopia cordis is common what domesticated animals
cattle and pigs
Describe ectopia cordis
Presternally or intrabdominally located heart
Due to this condition, hematocysts on the margins of AV valves may be present in calves
congenital hematomas
the diffuse fibroelastic thickening of the left ventricular endocardium
Endocardial fibroelastosis
Congenital abnormalities that causes RCHF
- Pulmonic valve stenosis
- Tricuspid valve insufficiency
- Interventricular septal defect
Causes of RCHF
- Myocardial degeneration
- Myocarditis
- Cardiomyopathies
- Congenital abnormalities
- Cor pulmonale
- Hydropericardium
- Pericarditis
- Failure of left side of the heart
Principal manifestation of RCHF
- Increased hydrostatic pressure in systemic and hepato-portal venous system
- Reduction of flow of blood from the lungs to the left ventricle
Causes of LCHF
- myocardial degeneration
- myocarditis
- cardiomyopathies
- congenital abnormalities
congenital abnormalities that can cause LCHF
- aortic valve constriction
- bicuspid valve insufficiency
- PDA
Principal manifestation of LCHF
- damming back of blood in the lungs leading to pulmonary hypertension
- Diminution of cardiac output
Mineralization of endocardium will occur with?
Vit. D toxicosis
important age-related cardiac disease of dogs
valvular endocardiosis
Other names for Valvular endocardiosis
- valvular fibrosis
- myxomatous or mucoid degeneration
most common cause of CHF in old dogs
Valvular endocardiosis
Parasite which cause endocarditis in horses
Strongylus vulgaris larvae
Ulcerative endocarditis is a distinctive lesion common affecting left atrium assoc. with this condition in dogs
acute renal insufficiency
In gross examinations, valves have large, adhering, friable, yellow to gray masses termed “vegetations” occluding valvular orrifices
Endocarditis
Chronic condition of Endocarditis
Irregular nodular masses termed “verrucae” (or wartlike lesions)
Give the two anatomic forms of myocardial hypertrophy
- Eccentric hypertrophy
- Concentric hypertrophy
Characterized with enlarged cardiac chambers with normal to decreased full thickness and produced by lesions with increased blood volume
Eccentric hypertrophy of myocardium
An anatomic form of myocardial hypertrophy that is characterized by small cardiac chambers with thick walls
Concentric hypertrophy
In concentric hypertrophy, the lesions results from increased pressure load. Give 3 examples
- Valvular stenosis
- Systemic hypertension
- Pulmonary disease
Three stages of myocardial hypertrophy
Initiation
Stable hyperfunction
Deterioration of function associated with the generation of hypertrophied muscle
In dogs, congenital subaortic stenosis will result to?
Left ventricular hypertrophy
Enumerate the four diseases resulting to right ventricular hypertrophy
- Dirofilariasis
- Congenital pulmonic stenosis in dogs
- Brisket disease (high altitude disease) in cattle
- Heaves or chronic alveolar emphysema in horses
This condition affects myocardial cells associated with obesity and abundant epicardial fat deposits
Fatty infiltration
It is the accumulation of abundant lipid droplets in the muscles sarcoplasm
Fatty degeneration or fatty change
Lipofuscinosis is a condition of the myocardium of aged animals that is associated with?
Cachexia