Pathology of Cardiovascular System Flashcards

Note: There are added information from the original textbook. (Pathologic basis of Veterinary Disease_6th Edition)

1
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Give the causes of congenital cardiovascular anomalies

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  1. Failure of closure of fetal cardiovascular shunts
  2. Failure of Normal Valvular Development
  3. Malpositioning of Great Vessels
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Patent ductus arteriosus is inherited among what breeds of dog

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Poodles, Collies, Pomeranians

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3
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ductus arteriosus must close by 3 weeks after birth and form a small ligament

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ligamentum arteriosus

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4
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a right aorta instead of normal left arches over the origin of the right bronchus

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Persistent Right Aortic Arch

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5
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Component Defects of Tetrad of Fallot

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  1. Interventricular septal defect
  2. Transposition of the aorta
  3. Pulmonic stenosis
  4. Right ventricular hypertrophy
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Eisenmenger’s Complex

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  1. Interventricular septal defect
  2. Transposition of the aorta
  3. Right ventricular hypertrophy
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7
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Give the four anomalies resulting from failure of closure of fetal cardiovascular shunts

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  1. patent ductus arteriosus
  2. atrial septal defect
  3. ventricular septal defect
  4. tetrad of fallot
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8
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Anomalies due to failure of normal valvular development

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  1. pulmonic stenosis
  2. subaortic stenosis
  3. endocardial cushion defects
  4. mitral and tricuspid malformation in cats
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9
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Malpositioning of Great Vessels

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  1. Persistent right aortic arch
  2. transposition of aorta and pulmonary artery
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10
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In PDA, shunting occurs from left to right which results to a condition?

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Pulmonary hypertension

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Pathology of Ventricular septal defect

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  1. Right ventricular hypertrophy
  2. Pulmonary hypertension and edema
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12
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blood squirting that produce valvular incompentence

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jet lesions

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13
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aortic and subaortic are frequent in what domestic animals

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dogs and danish pigs

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14
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occur at the valve site with or without supra or subvalvular constriction

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pulmonary stenosis

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15
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Pulmonary stenosis is most common in what breed of dogs

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  1. bulldogs
  2. chihuahua
  3. terrier types
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16
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a complex whereby aorta is dextroposed; there is Ventricular Septal defect leading to right ventricular hypertrophy

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Eisenmenger’s Complex

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17
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ectopia cordis is common what domesticated animals

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cattle and pigs

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18
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Describe ectopia cordis

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Presternally or intrabdominally located heart

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19
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Due to this condition, hematocysts on the margins of AV valves may be present in calves

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congenital hematomas

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20
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the diffuse fibroelastic thickening of the left ventricular endocardium

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Endocardial fibroelastosis

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21
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Congenital abnormalities that causes RCHF

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  1. Pulmonic valve stenosis
  2. Tricuspid valve insufficiency
  3. Interventricular septal defect
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Causes of RCHF

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  1. Myocardial degeneration
  2. Myocarditis
  3. Cardiomyopathies
  4. Congenital abnormalities
  5. Cor pulmonale
  6. Hydropericardium
  7. Pericarditis
  8. Failure of left side of the heart
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23
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Principal manifestation of RCHF

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  1. Increased hydrostatic pressure in systemic and hepato-portal venous system
  2. Reduction of flow of blood from the lungs to the left ventricle
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24
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Causes of LCHF

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  1. myocardial degeneration
  2. myocarditis
  3. cardiomyopathies
  4. congenital abnormalities
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25
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congenital abnormalities that can cause LCHF

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  1. aortic valve constriction
  2. bicuspid valve insufficiency
  3. PDA
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26
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Principal manifestation of LCHF

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  1. damming back of blood in the lungs leading to pulmonary hypertension
  2. Diminution of cardiac output
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27
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Mineralization of endocardium will occur with?

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Vit. D toxicosis

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28
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important age-related cardiac disease of dogs

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valvular endocardiosis

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29
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Other names for Valvular endocardiosis

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  1. valvular fibrosis
  2. myxomatous or mucoid degeneration
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30
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most common cause of CHF in old dogs

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Valvular endocardiosis

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31
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Parasite which cause endocarditis in horses

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Strongylus vulgaris larvae

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32
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Ulcerative endocarditis is a distinctive lesion common affecting left atrium assoc. with this condition in dogs

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acute renal insufficiency

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33
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In gross examinations, valves have large, adhering, friable, yellow to gray masses termed “vegetations” occluding valvular orrifices

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Endocarditis

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34
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Chronic condition of Endocarditis

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Irregular nodular masses termed “verrucae” (or wartlike lesions)

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35
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Give the two anatomic forms of myocardial hypertrophy

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  1. Eccentric hypertrophy
  2. Concentric hypertrophy
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36
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Characterized with enlarged cardiac chambers with normal to decreased full thickness and produced by lesions with increased blood volume

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Eccentric hypertrophy of myocardium

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37
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An anatomic form of myocardial hypertrophy that is characterized by small cardiac chambers with thick walls

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Concentric hypertrophy

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38
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In concentric hypertrophy, the lesions results from increased pressure load. Give 3 examples

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  1. Valvular stenosis
  2. Systemic hypertension
  3. Pulmonary disease
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39
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Three stages of myocardial hypertrophy

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Initiation
Stable hyperfunction
Deterioration of function associated with the generation of hypertrophied muscle

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40
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In dogs, congenital subaortic stenosis will result to?

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Left ventricular hypertrophy

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41
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Enumerate the four diseases resulting to right ventricular hypertrophy

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  1. Dirofilariasis
  2. Congenital pulmonic stenosis in dogs
  3. Brisket disease (high altitude disease) in cattle
  4. Heaves or chronic alveolar emphysema in horses
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42
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This condition affects myocardial cells associated with obesity and abundant epicardial fat deposits

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Fatty infiltration

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43
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It is the accumulation of abundant lipid droplets in the muscles sarcoplasm

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Fatty degeneration or fatty change

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44
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Lipofuscinosis is a condition of the myocardium of aged animals that is associated with?

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Cachexia

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45
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Fatty degeneration is hereditary lesion in what breed of cattle

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Ayshire

46
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What is the term for progressive weakening of cardiac muscle

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Cardiomyopathy

47
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Characterized primary or idiopathic cardiomyopathy

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Hypertrophic, dilated, restrictive

48
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Characterized secondary cardiomyopathy or specific cardiac muscle diseases

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  1. Heritable
  2. nutritional deficiencies
  3. toxic
  4. physical shock or injuries
  5. endocrine disorders such as hyperthyroidism, excess glucocorticoids, and diabetes mellitus
49
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Myocardial infarction is a result of thrombosis or embolism of what artery

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coronary arteries

50
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Give the entities of myocardial infarction

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Arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, or periarteritis

51
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Enumerate the types of myocarditis

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  1. Suppurative myocarditis
  2. Necrotizing myocarditis
  3. Hemorrhagic myocarditis
  4. lymphocytic myocarditis
  5. eosinophilic myocarditis
52
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A neoplastic disease which the cardiac nerve is involved in cattle

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Schwannoma

53
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These are heart based tumors or aortic body tumor

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Chemodectoma

54
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It is the accumulation of clear to light yellow, watery, serous fluid in the pericardial sac which become distended

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Hydropericardium

55
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What are the conditions that hydropericardium are associated with or occurring at the same time? Give three examples

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  1. Generalized edema
  2. Hydrothorax and ascites
56
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In pigs, hydropericardium may occur with these two conditions

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Mulberry heart disease and septicemia

57
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It is the accumulation of whole blood in the pericardial sac

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Hemopericardium

58
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Rapid onset of hydropericardium may lead to

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Cardiac tamponade or compression

59
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It is an inflammatory lesions of the pericardium which is the most common and often hematogenous, characterized as the bread and butter heart

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Fibrinous pericarditis

60
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Etiologies of fibrinous pericarditis in cattle

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Pasteurellosis, blackleg, coliform septicemia

61
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It is a lesion of pericardium which is common in cattle due to traumatic reticuloperitonitis

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Suppurative pericarditis

62
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It is the extensive fibrous proliferation and formation of fibrous adhesions across the pericardial space

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Constructive pericarditis

63
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Can cause fibrinous pericarditis in pigs

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Glasser’s disease and streptococcal disease

64
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May cause fibrinous pericarditis in birds

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Psittacosis

65
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Vascular system is subdivided into four

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Arterial, capillary, venous, and lymphatic

66
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Three types of arteries

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Elastic, muscular, arterioles

67
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During postmortem examination the vascular system will turn white intimal surface red. What is this condition

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Imbibition with hemoglobin

68
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Postmortem clots are found in?

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Veins, large elastic arteries

69
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It is a localized dilatation or out pouching of a thinned and weakend portion of a blood vessel

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Aneurysms

70
Q

Give the three types of aneurysms

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Saccular
Fusiform
Dissecting

71
Q

These are the cause of aneurysms

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Copper deficiency and Spirocera lupi infection

72
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A type of dissecting aneurysm which is seen in birds with and result from intimal disruption

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Dissecting aneurysm

73
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Describe arterial hypertrophy

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It results from sustained increase in pressure or volume overload that generally affects muscular arteries

74
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It is the hardening of the arteries and is age related frequent in animal species

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Arteriosclerosis

75
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Characterize arteriosclerosis

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It is a hyperplasia of medial tunics and fibrous tissue infiltration in the intima

76
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It is the accumulation of extensive deposits of lipid, fibrous tissue, and calcium in vessel walls

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Atherosclerosis

77
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Atherosclerosis is a vascular disease with great importance in humans and observed in what domestic animals

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Aged swine, birds, and dogs with hypothyroidism

78
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These are clots and foreign bodies that lodge vessel walls that cause significant lesions

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Thrombosis and embolism

79
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Inflammation of blood vessels

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Vasculitis

80
Q

This is a neoplastic lesion of the blood that is common in canine skin

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Hemangiopericytoma

81
Q

A rare benign neoplasm of lymph channels

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Lymphangioma

82
Q

Localized venous dilatation of a weakend vascular walls

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Varicosity

83
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Phlebectasia

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Generalized venous dilatation

84
Q

It is a lymph vessel disease in which the affected animal have prominent subcutaneous edema and is due to lymph drainage interference

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Hereditary lymphedema

85
Q

An inflammatory disease known as Navel ill

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Omphalophlebitis

86
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Associated pathology of LCHF is pulmonary hypertension, which may result to (4)

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  1. alveolar edema
  2. interstitial edema
  3. hemosiderosis of the lungs
  4. right sided heart failure due to back pressure
87
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LCHF cause coughing and dyspnea due to?

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  1. hypoxic stimulation of carotid sinus and medullary respiration
  2. irritation of respiratory mucosa by edema fluid
88
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Endocardial fibrosis possible causes

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Vit D toxicosis and carcinogenic plants containing VIT. D analogs

89
Q

plants which may cause endocardial fibrosis

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  1. Cestrum diurnum
  2. Tristetum flavescens
  3. Solanum torvum
90
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What are the bacteria inflicting endocarditis?

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  1. Actinomyces pyogenes
  2. Streptococcus spp.
  3. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
91
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Major difference in terms of etiology of eccentric and concentric myocardial hypertrophy?

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Eccentric is due to lesions resulting in increased blood volume, while concentric is a result of increased load pressure.

92
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Eccentric hypertrophy lesion (2)

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  1. valvular insufficiency
  2. septal defects
93
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arterial hypertrophy generally affects?

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muscular arteries

94
Q

a condition of arterial disease that results from sustained increase in pressure or volume overload

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arterial hypertrophy

95
Q

lymphangitis is the inflammation of lymph vessels that are often located in?

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vessels of distal limbs

96
Q

a rare benign neoplasm of lymph channels

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lymphangioma

97
Q

clinical syndrome that occurs secondary to severe, overwhelming cardiac disease

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heart failure

98
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Irregular bands or ridge of fibrous tissue stretch across the subaortic endocardium

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Aortic and subaortic stenosis

99
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*a cardiac anomaly frequently observed in pigs and dogs

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subaortic stenosis

100
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*most common congenital cardiac anomaly of large-breed dogs

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subvalvular aortic stenosis

101
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*most common congenital cardiac anomaly seen in cats

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endocardial cushion defects

102
Q

*Tricuspid valve dysplasia has a genetic
basis which it is an autosomal dominant trait in what breed of dogs?

A

Labrador retriever

103
Q

*result from defective separation of the developing liver and septum transversum during embryogenesis that allows the
peritoneal and pericardial cavities to communicate

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Peritoneopericardial Diaphragmatic Hernias

104
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*this condition is shown to have the normal flow from the portal vein diverted, either partially or completely, to the systemic circulation, thus bypassing the liver

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portacaval shunts

105
Q

*PDA is an inherited polygenic trait in what breed of dogs, where females have greater incidence?

A

poodles

106
Q

*most common feline primary myocardial disease

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hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

107
Q

inflammation of the umbilical vein that often occurs in neonatal farm animals because of bacterial contamination of the umbilicus immediately after parturition

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omphalophlebitis or navel ill

108
Q

inflammation associated with indwelling jugular catheters

A

jugular thrombophlebitis

109
Q

contagious disease of horses, donkeys, and mules caused by infection with Burkholderia (Pseudomonas) mallei

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Glanders Disease (Farcy)

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