Peripheral Vascular Pathology--Witrack

Question 1

What disease often causes iron overload?

Answer 1

hemochromatosis

Question 2

Etiology of hemochromatosis

Answer 2

HFE mutation

hepcidin gene

Question 3

Complications of iron overload

Answer 3

cardiomyopathy ± conduction disturbance, cirrhosis/hepatoma, diabetes, arthritis, skin darkening (“bronze diabetes”)

Question 4

How does amylid look under congo red?

Answer 4

apple green bioforingence

Question 5

Doxorubicin causes what type of cardiomyopathy?

Answer 5

dilated

Question 6

Amyloidosis is associated with this neoplasm

Answer 6

multiple myeloma

Question 7

Biggest cause of mycarditis in:

developed world

developing world

Answer 7

developed world: viral

developing world: Chaga’s disease

Question 8

Heart transplant rejection results in this disease of the heart

Answer 8

myocarditis

(it’s immune-mediated)

Question 9

Classic case of mycarditis

Answer 9

child, post-viral illness

Question 10

Tx of myocarditis

Answer 10

steroids

Question 11

What are the two major causes of hematemesis?

Answer 11

ruptured esophageal varices

gastric/duodenal ulcer

Question 12

What does pericarditis look like on the EKG?

Answer 12

ST-elevations on multiple leads

Question 13

Recurrent pericarditis can cause this complication

Answer 13

restrictive cardiomyopathy

scarring around the outside of the heart

Question 14

Most common cause of cardiac tampanode

Answer 14

ruptured retrograde aortic aneursym

Question 15

Tx of recurrent pericarditis

Answer 15

pericardial window

sclerosising agents

Question 16

2 types of cardiac tumors

Answer 16

rhabdomyomas

(primary in children)

myxoma

(primarily in adults)

Question 17

Rhabdomyoma

Answer 17

1˚ cardiac tumor

tuberous sclerosis association

children

Question 18

Myxoma

Answer 18

connective tissue tumor of heart

usually vegetation in left atrium

may cause emboli

adults

Question 19

Most common source of emboli

Answer 19

heart

Question 20

When do you have to worry about a DVT not being related to age or having an inciting event?

Answer 20

< 50 y/o

no inciting event

look for hypercoagulable state

congenital defects

metastatic disease

Question 21

This disease has a “string of beads” appearance on CT angio and can cause 2˚ HTN

Answer 21

fibromuscular dysplasia