Pulmonary Diseases Of Vacular Origin Flashcards
Saddle embolus
PE lodging at bifurcation of pulmonary artery
Consequence of large and small PE
Large - acute cor Pulmonale, death
Small - pulmonary hemorrhage; infarction
- 10% of PE causes pulmonary infarction
- great percentage affects the lower lobes
- presence of lines of Zhan in the thrombus
Pulmonary infarct is morphologically ?
- Hemorrhagic but become pale due to RBC lysis with hemosiderin production
Ischemic necrosis admits hemorrhagic areas involving the alveolar walls, bronchioles and vessels
Clinical features of PE? Which may mimick MI
Severe chest pain
Hemoptysis
Pleuritis
Dyspnea
Shock
fever
increased Serum lactose dehydrogenase
Chest radiography of PE ?
Wedge shaped infiltrates
Diagnosis - Ct angiography
Diagnosis of DVT - Duplex ultrasonography
Treatment - use of anticoagulants preceded by thrombolytic agents
Complications of pulmonary embolism
- pulmonary vascular sclerosis
- pulmonary hypertension
- chronic cor Pulmonale
Pulmonary hypertension occurs when? ?
- Pulmonary system is a Low pressure system,
- Pulmonary hypertension occurs when the pulmonary pressure reaches 1/4 of the systemic levels
Classification of pulmonary hypertension?
Pulmonary arterial hypertension
PH with left heart disease
pH associated with lung disease
PH due to chronic thrombotic/embolic disease
Miscellaneous PH
Risk factors for Pulmonary Hypertension?
- COPD, ILD
- Recurrent thromboemboli
- CT disorders (systemic sclerosis)
- Onstructive sleep apnea in obesity
- congenital or acquired heart disease (mitral stenosis)
Familial PH is due to the mutations in what?
BMPR2 - Bone morphogenetic protein receptor type 2 on Chromosomes 2q33
Pathogenesis of secondary PH?
- increasing shear forces causes endothelial cell disorder (left to right shunts or thromboembolism)
- endothelial activation in the presence of reduced prostacyclin promote thrombogenesis and fibrin deposit
Morphology of pulmonary hypertension
- Medial hypertrophy of muscular and elastic arteries
- Atheromas of pulmonary artery and it’s major branches
- right ventricular hypertrophy
Treatment of Pulmonary Hyoertension
Lung transplantation fro selected individuals
CCB
Prostacyclin analogues
Digoxin
Diuretics
Anticoagulatioj
Endothelial receptors antagonists
Inhaled nitric oxide
Phosphodiestersse 5 inhibitors
Diffuse pulmonary hemorrhagic syndrome includes? Interstitial disorders
- Goodpasture syndrome
- idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis
vasculitis associated hemorrhage - wegener grabulomatosis
- hypersensitivity angitis
- Lupus erythematous
Goodpasture syndrome pathogenesis ?
- Circulating autoantibodies to alpha 3 chain of collagen type 4 the noncollagenous domain
- affects the kidneys and lung parenchyma
- destroys basement membranes
Leading to necrotizing hemorrhagic interstitial pneumonitis and glomerulonephritis - common in teens or 20s
- male predominance is (89%) with active smokers’
- HLA DRB1 - 1501 and 1502