Pathology of the Heart

Question 1

What is Myocardial ischemia?

Answer 1

its a lack of blood to the cardiac tissue, that results in low oxygen (hypoxia) and the cardiac cell weakens in the process.

Question 2

What is angina?

Answer 2

Chest pain

Question 3

what is the meaning of angina pectoris?

Answer 3

is chest pain that comes with Ischemia

Question 4

Define MI (myocardial infraction)

Answer 4

A heart attack is when cardiac cells die and the heart weakens because of scar tissue and makes the heart more difficult to contract.

Question 5

Define coronary artery disease (CAD)

Answer 5

Plaques that cause Ischemia and MI’s

Question 6

What is Arteriosclerosis? and Atherosclerosis?

Answer 6

Arteriosclerosis is a hardening, thickening and weakening of the hearts arteries in general and Atherosclerosis is a cause of arteriosclerosis by the formation of plaques.

Question 7

What are plaques?

Answer 7

lesions and deposits on the arteries.

Question 8

what is the diffrence between a (CABG) coronary artery bypass graft and (PTCA) percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty?

Answer 8

Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)- is when a new blood vessel is spliced in to go around the blockage and Precutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)- is when they insert a catheter that inflates and squashes the plaque, to prevent more blockage from forming. some times they wire a mesh tube too to keep the plaque from blockage.