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Topic 3: Thrombosis, Embolism, Infarction Flashcards

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What is the definition of a thrombus?

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What is the difference between a thrombus and a blood clot?

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What is the normal response to haemorrhage? (3 steps)

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Compare haemostasis and thrombosis?

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5
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What 4 factors inhibit thrombosis?

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  • intact endothelial cells
  • anticoagulant molecules and platelet inhibition
  • fibrinolysis
  • lamina flow
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What is Virchow’s triad?

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  • factors that predispose you to thrombosis
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What causes changes in the vessel wall?

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  • injury to or activation of endothelium or exposure of subendothelial layers (collagen)
  • atherosclerosis *
  • inflammation
  • trauma (tumour)
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Describe normal blood flow

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  • laminar
  • keeps platelets away from endothelium
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What causes stasis and turbulent flow (change in blood flow)?

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  • disruption of laminar flow
  • endothelial activation
  • stasis is a major contributor to venous thrombi ( AKA clots)
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  • veins
  • aneurysm, when you get an out pouch of a vessel, lose elasticity
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What are changes in the constituents of blood?

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  • hereditary (factor 5 mutations, deficiency of anticoagulant molecules)
  • acquired - more common (increase in coagulation factors, hyperviscosity- reduces flow)
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what are 2 types of thrombi?

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  • venous
  • arterial
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What are the risk factors for developing DVT (deep vein thrombosis)?

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  • immobilisation
  • post-surgical
  • cancer
  • pregnancy
  • heart failure
  • dehydration
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14
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What is trousseau syndrome?

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when cancer causes venous thrombosis

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What are the macroscopic signs of DVT?

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  • attachment to valves
  • -
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What are the microscopic signs of DVT?

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  • full of red cells, darker area
  • lighter area, fibrin
  • irregular laminations
  • granulation tissue
  • attempted recanalisation (round empty spaces)
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What are some outcomes of DVT?

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  • resolution
  • granulation repair (origination)
  • recanalisation
  • goes into lungs, embolisation
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What are some DVT clinical manifestations?

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  • swollen
  • tender
  • identify predisposing factors
  • associated warms and redness
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What are differential diagnoses of DVT?

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20
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What are DVT investigations?

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  • ultrasound shows the flow of the vein
  • plasma D-dimers (broken down fibrin) is a sign of inflammation and would rule out DVT in low-risk individuals
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How is DVT prevented?

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22
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What is arterial thrombi?

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  • lins of zahn
  • anurysm
23
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What is a microscopic featur of AT?

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24
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What are the outcomes of arterial thrombus?

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25
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What are the important sites of arterial thrombosis?

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26
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What is a mural thrombus?

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27
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Where and why does is a mural thrombus in the heart occur?

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  • left ventricle after myocardial infarct
  • left atrium due to atrial fibrillation (change in flow)
  • vegetation on damaged valves
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What is a macroscopic feature of acute myocardial infarct?

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  • yellow necrosis
  • acute
  • thrombus formed over it
  • may have caused death, due to decreased perfusion to organs or embolism
29
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What is the difference between thrombus and post-mortem clotting?

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30
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Define embolism

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  • transport by blood of abnormal material and its impaction in a vessel. at a point remote
31
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What are 3 kinds of embolism?

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32
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What is venous thromboembolism?

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  • ## dangerous when it gets to the level of the knee
33
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What is a pulmonary embolism?

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34
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What is arterial thromboembolism?

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  • moves with the flow of blood AWAY from the heart
  • lodges in arteries of matching size
  • ## causes distal ischaemia
35
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Discuss macroscopic feature of arterial thromboembolic in the heart

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  • from mural thrombus in the left ventricle following myocardial infarction
36
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What is atherosclerosis?

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  • 20% of arterial thromboembolism sources
37
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What are the effects of arterial thromboembolic in the leg, brain, kidney/ spleen and gut?

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38
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What are the macroscopic features of mural thrombus in the left ventricle

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  • old infarct, grey tissues due to decreased flow, loss of tissue, thin contracted ventricle wall
  • if it was recent would be yellow necrosis or hemorrhage
39
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Define infarction.

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  • circumscribed area of ischaemic necrosis in an organ or tissue resulting from interference of blood
40
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What are some causes of infarction?

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  • localised blockage of arterial supply
  • systemic hypotension
  • blockage of venous drainage
41
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What factors determine the effect of ischaemia?

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  • rate of occlusion
  • extent of occlusion
  • systemic factors
  • anatomy of local blood supply
    (organs that have dual blood supply, liver, pulmonary and bronchial, and liver, systemic and portal)
  • vulnerability of tissue to ischaemia (brain, heart, huge metabolic requirements)
42
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What is venous occlusion?

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  • can cause ischaemia due to back pressure and impairment of arterial flow
43
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What are torsion/volvulus and strangulation?

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  • torsion of testis
44
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What are some macroscopic features of infarcts?

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  • green
  • red
45
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What are the microscopic appearances of infarcts?

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46
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What is the evolution of an infarct?

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necrosis -> acute inflammatory response -> repair by granulation tissue

47
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What is the time course of infarction?

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