PVD1 Flashcards
stage 0 Rutherford classification scheme for PAD
- asymptomatic
stage 1 Rutherford classification scheme for PAD
- mild claudication
stage 2 Rutherford classification scheme for PAD
- moderate claudication
stage 3 Rutherford classification scheme for PAD
- severe claudication
stage 4 Rutherford classification scheme for PAD
- rest pain
stage 5 Rutherford classification scheme for PAD
- minor tissue loss
stage 6 Rutherford classification scheme for PAD
- severe tissue loss
PAD prevalence increases with
- age
persons with PAD have a greater chance of
- dying from CVD
- risk of mortality overall
big risk factors for vascular disease
- cigarette smoking
- diabetes
- hypertension
PAD symptoms
- claudication
- rest pain
- tissue loss/ulceration
rest pain and tissue loss/ulceration can lead to
- critical limb ischemia
treatment of PAD
- medical
- surgical
medical treatment of PAD
- exercise
- risk factor modification
surgical treatment of PAD
- bypass
- endovascular
medications for PAD
- cilostazol with walking
definition of an aneurysm
- 50% increase in diameter compared with expected normal diameter
protective factors for abdominal aortic aneurysm
- female sex
- black race
- diabetes mellitus
biggest etiology of abdominal aortic aneurysms
- degenerative nonspecific atherosclerosis
mycotic aneurysms due to
- secondary infection by staph, salmonella, strep
inflammatory aneurysms
- dense periaortic fibrosis
- inflammation
congenital syndromes for abdominal aortic aneurysms
- marfan syndrome
- type IV ehler’s danlos syndrome
marfan syndrome due to which defect
- fibrillin-1 defect
fibrillin 1 role
- main structural components in elastin-associated microfibrils
