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Pulmonary Vascular Disease Flashcards

1
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What is a pulmonary embolism?

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Thrombus forms in the venous system, usually in deep vains of the legs and embolises to the pulmonary arteries

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How many hospital admissions are due to pulmonary embolisms?

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1%

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What can be the consequences of a massive pulmonary embolism?

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Can be fatal

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What can minor pulmonary embolisms be treated with and how is the prognosis?

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Anticoagulation and have a very good prognosis

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Where do pulmonary embolisms usually originate?

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Deep vains in the legs

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What are major risk factors of venous thromboembolisms?

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Recent major trauma

Recent surgery

Cancer

Significant cardiopulmonary disease

Pregnancy

Inherited thrombophilia

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What are symptoms of pulmonary embolism?

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Pleuritic chest pain, cough and haemoptysis

Isolated acute dyspnoea

Syncope or cardiac arrest

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What is haemoptysis?

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Coughing up blood

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What is coughing up blood known as?

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Haemoptysis

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10
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What is dyspnoea?

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Shortness of breath

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What is shortness of breath called?

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Dyspnoea

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What is a syncope?

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Temporary loss of consciousness

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What is a temporary loss of consciousness called?

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Syncope

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What are the signs of a pulmonary embolism?

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Pyrexia, pleural rub, stony dullness to percussion at base

Tachycardia, tachypnoea, hypoxia

Tachycardia, hypotension, tachypnoea, hypoxia

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What is tachypnoea?

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Abnormally rapid breathing

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What is abnormally rapid breathing called?

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Tachypnoea

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17
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What does VTE stand for?

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Venous thromboembolism

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18
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What is a venous thromboembolism?

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Condition in which a blood clot forms most often in the deep veins of the legs, groin or arm

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19
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What is used pre-test to determine the probability of a pulmonary embolism?

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Well score

Revised Geneva score

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20
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What does the well score include?

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Includes symptoms and signs of venous thromboembolism, previous venous thromboembolism and risk factors

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21
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What does the revised Geneva score include?

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Based on risk factors, symptoms and signs

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22
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What investigations can be done for pulmonary embolism?

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Full blood count, biochemistry, blood gases

Chest X-ray

ECG

D-dimer

CT pulmonary angiogram

V/Q scan

Echocardiography

Consider CT abdomen and mammography

Consider thrombophilia testing

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23
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What is an angiogram?

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Used to visualise the inside of the lumen or vessels of the body

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What is used to visualise the inside of the lumen or vessels of the body?

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Angiogram

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25
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What does the mortality at 30 days vary between?

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0-25%

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26
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What is used to determine the mortality of patients with pulmonary embolism?

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Pulmonary embolism severity index (PESI) score

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What is the pulmonary embolism severity index (PESI) score based on?

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Age

Sex

Comorbidity

Physiological parameters

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28
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What does the treatment of pulmonary embolism include?

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Oxygen

Low molecular weight heparin (such as dalteparin)

Warfarin

Direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC)

Thrombolysis

Pulmonary embolectomy

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29
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What is an example of a low molecular weight heparin?

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Dalteparin

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30
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What are examples of direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC)?

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Rivaroxaban

Apixaban

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31
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What does DOAC stand up for?

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Direct oral anticoagulants

32
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What is an example of a thrombolysis?

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What is thrombolysis?

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Dissolution of a blood clot

34
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What is the dissolution of a blood clot called?

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Thrombolysis

35
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What is pulmonary hypertension?

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Elevated blood pressure in the pulmonary arterial tree (>25mmHg)

36
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What is elevated blood pressure in the pulmonary arterial tree called?

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Pulmonary hypertension

37
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What pressure is considered pulmonary hypertension?

38
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How common is pulmonary hypertension?

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Rare with an incidence of 1-2 per million population

39
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What happens if pulmonary hypertension is left untreated?

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Rapidly progressive condition that leads to premature death

40
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Is primary or secondary pulmonary hypertension more common?

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Secondary which tends to occur in older age group

41
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Where does secondary pulmonary hypertension tend to occur?

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Older age group

42
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What are some of the causes of pulmonary hypertension?

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Idiopathic

Secondary to chronic respiratory disease

Secondary to left heart disease

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Miscellaneous

43
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What are some miscellaneous causes of pulmonary hypertension?

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Collagen vascular disease

Portal hypertension

Congenital heart disease (left to right shunt)

HIV infection

44
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What are symptoms of pulmonary hypertension?

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Exertional dyspnoea

Chest tightness

Exertional presyncope or syncope

45
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What is exertional dyspnoea?

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Shortness of breath on exertion

46
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What is shortness of breath on exertion called?

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Exertional dyspnoea

47
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What are pulmonary hypertension signs?

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Elevated jugular venous pressure

Right ventricular heave

Loud pulmonary second heart sound

Hepatomegaly

Ankle oedema

48
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What is hepatomegaly?

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Abnormal enlargement of the liver

49
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What is abnormal enlargement of the liver called?

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Hepatomegaly

50
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What investigations are done for pulmonary hypertension?

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ECG

Lung function tests

Chest X-ray

Echocardiography

V/Q scan

CTPA (CT pulmonary angiography)

Right heart catheterisation

51
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What does right heart catheterisation allow?

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Direct measurement of pulmonary artery pressure

Measurement of wedge pressure

Measurement of cardiac output

52
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What is the general treatment for pulmonary hypertension?

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Treat underlying condition

Oxygen

Anticoagulants

Diuretics

53
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What are diuretics?

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Also called water pills, medication designed to increase the amount of water and salt expelled from the body as urine

54
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What are specific treatments for pulmonary hypertension?

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Calcium channel antagonist

Prostacyclin (inhibits platelet activation)

Endothelin receptor agonist

Riociguat

Phosphodiesterase inhibitors

55
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What is an example of a calcium channel antagonist?

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Amlodipine

56
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Amlidopine is an example of what?

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Calcium channel inhibitor

57
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What does prostacyclin do?

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Inhibits platelet formation

58
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What are examples of endothelin receptor antagonist?

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Bosentan

Ambrisentan

59
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Bosentan and ambrisentan are examples of what?

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Endothelin receptor antagonist

60
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What are examples of phosphodiesterase inhibitors?

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Sildenafil

Tedalafil

61
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Sildrenafil and tadalafil are examples of what?

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Phosphodiesterase inhibitors

62
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What are some major pulmonary hypertension treatments?

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Thromboendarterectomy

Lung or heart lung transplant

63
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What is thromboendarterectomy

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Surgical procedure to remove blood clots (thrombus) from the pulmonary arteries

64
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What is the surgical procedure that removes thrombus from the pulmonary arteries called?

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Thromboendarterectomy

65
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What is A?

A

Superior vena cava

66
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What is B?

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Inferior vena cava

67
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What is C?

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Right atrium

68
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What is D?

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Tricuspid valve

69
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What is E?

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Pulmonary valve

70
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What is F?

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Right ventricle

71
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What is G?

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Left ventricle

72
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What is H?

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Aortic valve

73
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What is I?

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Pulmonary artery

74
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What is J?

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Left atrium

75
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What is K?

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Mitral valve

76
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What is L?

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Pulmonary vein

77
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What is M?

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