PVD 3 Flashcards
non-inflammatory peripheral vascular disorders
- varicose veins
- raynaud’s phenomenon
inflammatory peripheral vascular disorders
- vasculitides
- temporal arteritis
- polyarteritis nodosa
- Kawasaki’s disease
- takayasu’s disease
- buerger’s disease
tpktb
total bottoms keep playing together
cardiovascular neoplasms
- hemangioma
- kaposi’s sarcoma
- cardiac myxoma
tunica intima composed of
- endothelium
tunica media composed of
- smooth muscle
tunica adventitia composed of
- connective tissue
definition of varicose veins
- dilated, tortuous, superficial veins
what veins are generally affected by varicose veins
- saphenous
risk factors for varicose veins
- increased age
- genetics
- standing
- obesity
pathogenesis of varicose veins
- venous wall weakness
- increased venous pressure
- valve incompetence
clinical symptoms of varicose veins
- mild-severe
- cosmetic issues
- +/- aching
- +/- skin ulcers
which sex most affected by varicose veins
- women
definition of raynaud’s phenomenon
- arterial and arteriolar vasospasm
etiology of raynaud’s phenomenon
- cold
- emotions
which sex is most likely to get raynaud’s
- females
pathogenesis of raynaud’s
- arterial/arteriolar vasospasm in skin
which parts of the body most affected in raynaud’s
- fingers > toes»_space; nose, ears
associations of raynaud’s
- part of connective tissue disease
what connective tissue diseases can Raynaud’s be associated with
what do we call this association
- SLE
- scleroderma
- secondary raynaud’s
clinical progression of raynaud’s
- pallor (white) -> blue -> red
- (+/-) bilateral, symmetrical
- cold
- paresthesia
- pain
treatment of raynaud’s
- prevention
- Ca++ channel blockers
- alpha blockers
- vasodilators
another name of temporal arteritis
- giant cell arteritis
which is the most common vasculitis
- temporal arteritis
which population of people most usually gets temporal arteritis
- elderly
- women
etiology of temporal arteritis
- idiopathic
pathogenesis of temporal arteritis
- focal granuloma formation in med-large arteries
- forms in branches of carotid
which branch of the carotid does temporal arteritis often form in
- temporal
associations of temporal arteritis
- 50% have polymyalgia rheumatica
clinical symptoms of temporal arteritis
- unilateral throbbing temporal headache
- +/- visual involvement
- self limiting (1-5 years)
diagnosis of temporal arteritis
- erythrocyte sedimentation rate
- CRP
- biopsy
- imaging