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Session 6 - Atheroma formation Flashcards

1
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Define atheroma

A

The accumulation of intracellular and extracellular lipid in the intima and media of large and medium sized arteries

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Define atherosclerosis

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The thickening and hardening of arterial walls as a consequence of atheroma

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3
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Define arteriosclerosis

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The thickening of the walls of arteries and arterioles usually as a result of hypertesnion or diabetes mellitus

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4
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What are the three types of atheroma?

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Fatty streak
Simple plaque
Complicated plaque

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5
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What is a fatty streak atheroma?

What does it look like?

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Lipid deposits in intima

Yellow, slightly raised

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6
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What does a simple plaque atheroma look like?

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Raised yellow/white
Irregular outline
Widely distributed
Enlarge and coalesce

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7
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What is another name for a complicated plaque?

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Thrombosis

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8
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How is complicated plaque caused?

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Haemorrhage into plaque with subsequent calcification

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9
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What can a complicated plaque cause?

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Aneurysm formation

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10
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Name five common sites of atheroma formation

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Aorta
Coronary arteries
Carotid arteries
Cerebral arteries
Leg arteries
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11
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What is this image?

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**** Fatty streak atheroma

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12
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What is this an image of?

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****Simple plaque

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13
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What is this an image of?

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**** Complicated plaque

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14
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Give structure of normal artery

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Endothelium 
Sub endothelial ct
Internal elastic lamina
Muscular media
External elastic lamina
Adventitia

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15
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What are the early microscopic changes in atheroma?

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Proliferation of smooth muscle cells
Accumulation of foam cells
Extracellular lipid

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16
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What are later micrscopic changes involved in atheroma?

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Fibrosis
Necrosis
Cholesterol clefts
Change in number of inflammatory cells

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17
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What are the clinical effects of atheroma formation?

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Ischaemic heart disease
Cerebral ischaemia
Mesenteric ischaemia
Peripheral vascular disease

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18
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What five conditions are associated with ischaemic heart disease?

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Sudden death
MI
Angina pectoris
Arrhythmias
Cardiac failure
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19
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What are three effects of cerebral ischaemia?

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Transient ischaemic attack
Cerebral infarction ( stroke)
Multi-infarct dementia

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20
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What are three effects of mesenteric ischaemia?

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Ischaemic colitis
Malabsorption
Intestinal infarction

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21
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What are the four effects of peripheral vascular disease?

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Intermittent claudication
Leriche syndrome
Iscaemic rest pain
Gangrene

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22
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Give eight risk factors for atheroma formation

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Age
Gender
Hyperlipidaemia
Cigarette smoking
Hypertension
Diabetes mellitus
Alcohol 
Infection
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23
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How does age affect the risk of having an atheroma form?

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Slow increase in risk as you age

Risks factors accumulate over the course of your life

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24
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How does gender effect your risk of atheroma formation?

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Women protected before menopause due to hormones

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25
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How does hyperlipidaemia cause atheroma?

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High plasma cholesterol associated with atheroma

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26
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What are the most significant factors in hyperlipidaemia?

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LDL levels are dangerous

High HDL are protective

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27
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How are lipids carried in the blood?

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Lipoproteins

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28
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What do lipoproteins carry (be specific)

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Cholesterol, triglycerides, phospholipids and apolipoprotein, to be precise

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29
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What is the structure of a lipoprotein

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Hydrophobic lipid core, hydrophillic outer layer of phospholipid and apolipoprotein

30
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Name four different types of lipid

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Chylomicrons
LDL
VLDL
HDL

31
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What is the role of chylomicrons?

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Transport lipid from intestine to liver

32
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What is the role of LDL’s?

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Carry cholesterol to non-liver cells

33
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What is the role of VLDL’s?

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Carry cholesterol and TG from liverr

34
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What is the role of HDL?

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Carry cholesterol from adipose tissue to the liver

35
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What apolipoprotein are atheromas linked to?

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Apo E

Polymorphisms of genes involved lead to at least 6 Apo E phenotypes

36
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What can polymorphisms of genes causing increased Apo E be used for?

A

Risk markers for atherome

37
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What is familial hyperlipidaemia?

A

Genetically determined abnormalities of lipoproteins which leads to early development of atheroma

38
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What are the associated physical signs of familial lipidaemia?

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  • Corneal arcus
  • Tendon xanthomas
  • Xanthelasma
39
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What is cigarette smoking a powerful risk factor for, other than atheroma? (Vascular disease)

A

Ischaemic Heart Disease

40
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Give three possible modes of action of cigarette smoking causing atheromas

A

Coagulation system
Reduced prostacyclin (PGI2, eicosanoids)
Increased platelet aggregation

41
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What is hypertension linked to? How does it cause damage?

A

Strong link to IHD? Endothelial damage caused by raised blood pressure

42
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What affect does DM have on IHD risk?

A

Doubles the chance

43
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What effect does DM have on premenopausal women?

A

Lose their protected status

44
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What three atheroma related diseases are associated with DM?

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IHD, cebrovascular and peripheral vascular disease,.

45
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What two other risk factors is DM related to?

A

Hyperlipidaemia and hypertension

46
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How many units of alcohol per day must be consumed for their to be increased risk IHD

47
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Why is alcohol so potent a risk factor?

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Often associated with other lifestyle related risk factors

48
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What is interesting about alcohol consumption?

A

Smaller amounts are protective of atheroma

49
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Give five more risk factors of atheroma formation

A 
Lack of exercise
Obesity
Soft water
Oral contraceptive
Stress and personality
50
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What two variations in phenotype can account for increased genetic predisposition

A

Variations in apolipoprotein metabolism

Variations in apolipoprotein receptors

51
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What are the four theories concerning atheroma pathogenesis?

A

Thrombogenic theory
Insudation theory
Monoclonal hypothesis
Reaction to injury hypothesis

52
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What is the insudation theory of atheroma formation?

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Endothelial injury
Inflammation
Increased permeability to lipid from plasma

53
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What is the reaction to injury hypothesis?

A

Plaques form in response to endothelial injury as a result of hypercholesterolaemia
Injury increases permeability and allows platelet adhesion
monocytes penetrate endothelium
Smooth muscle cells proliferate and migrate

54
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How does hypercholesterolaemia damage endothelium?

A

Oxidised LDL can cause subtle and undetectable injury

55
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What is the monoclonal hypothesis?

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Belief that artheroma may have viral aeitology, stemming from the observation that each plaque is monoclonal, and may thus represent abnormal growth control .

56
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What is given a crucial role in the monoclonal hypothesis?

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Smooth muscle prolifeation

57
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What are the four processes involved in atheroma formation?

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Thrombosis
Lipid accumulation
Production of intercellular matrix
Interactions between cell types

58
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What are the six cells involved in atheroma?

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Endothelial cells
Platelets
Smooth muscle cells
Macrophages
Lymphocytes
Neutrophils
59
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What the four roles of endothelial cells in atheroma formation?

A

Key role in haemostasis
Altered permeability to lipoprotein
Secretion of collagen
Stimulation of proliferation and migration of smooth muscle cells

60
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What are the two rolls of platelets in atheroma formation?

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Key role in haemostasis

Stimulate proliferation and migration of smooth muscle cells (PDGF - platelet derived growth factor)

61
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What are the two roles of smooth muscle cells

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Take up LDL and other lipid to become foam cells

Synthesis collagen and proteoglycans

62
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What are the four roles of atheroma formation of macrophages?

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Oxidise LDL
take up lipids to become foam cells
Secrete proteases which modify matrix
Stimulation proliferation and migration of smooth muscle cells

63
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How are lymphocytes involved in atheroma formation?

A

Tumour necrosis factor (TNF) may affect lipoprotein metabolism
Stimulate proliferation and migration of smooth muscle cells

64
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What is the role of neutrophils in atheroma formation?

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Secrete proteases leading to continues local damage and inflammation

65
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What are the two steps of the unifying hypothesis?

A

Endothelial injury

Results of endothelial injury

66
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What causes endothelial injury under the unifying hypothesis?

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Raised LDL
Toxins
Hypertension
Haemodynamic stress

67
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What does endothelial injury result in under the unifying hypothesis?

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  • Platelet adhesion, PDGF release, smooth muscle cells (SMC) proliferation and migration
  • Insudation of lipid, LDL oxidation, uptake of lipid by SMC and macrophages
  • Migration of monocytes into intima
  • Stimulated SMC produce matrix material
  • Foam cells secrete cytokines
68
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What does the secretion of cytokines by foam cells cause in atheroma formation?

A

Further SMC stimulation

Recruitment of other inflammatory cells

69
Q

What are the five ways of reducing risk of atheroma formation?

A 
No smoking
Reduce fat intake
Treat hypertension
Not too much alcohol
Regular exercise/weight control
70
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What are five interventions to halt atheroma formation?

A 
Stop smoking
Modify diet
Treat hypertension
Treat diabetes
Lipid lowering drugs

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