VASCULAR Flashcards
Antithrombotic intrinsic properties of vascular tissue
- Endothelium surface
- Protein C
- Protein S
Layers of vessel from inside out
- Intima
- Media
a Internal elastic lamina
b External elastic lamina - Adventisia (what you grab with pickups
First signs of atherosclerosis
FATTY streak
lidi and macrophage
Progression of atherosclerosis
fatty streak Fibrous plaques (encapsulated by collagen and elastin)
Most common site of atherosclerotic plaques
Coronary arteries
Carotid bifurcation
Proximal ilicac arteries
Adductor canal region
Pathophys mechanics of where / why plaques dvlp
LOW shear stress
Main constituent responsible for extrinsic pathway coag
TISSUE FACTOR
Most common cause of occult bleeding risk
vonWillibrands (pTT)
Tx of most VWD
DDAVP
Most common hypercoagulability
Factor V Leiden
Why is there transient hypercoagulability with coumadin
Protein C is taken out first (short T1/2) and this is a natural anticoagulant in endothelium
Where is factor 8 found
endothelium
Most severe clotters of any hypercoagulability
hyperHOMOCYSTEIN
Tx of hyperhomocysteinemia
Folic acid
Vit B 6 and 12
Define aneurysm
More than 1.5 normal diameter
Fusiform aneurysm
diffusely dilated
Saccular aneurysm
eccentric outpuch
Most common sites of aneurysm
Infrarenal aorta Icliac arteries Splenic Renal, Hepatic, SMA, Celiac Popliteal arteries Femoral
Risk of popliteal aneurysm
pop aneurysm on one side has 60% chance of contralateral
50% chance of AAA
What is biochem associated with aneurysm
MMP
Matrix-metalloproteinase
Syndroms associated inherited connected tissue aneurysms
Marfan’s
Ehler-Danlos
Cystic medial necrosis
Aneurysm associated with pregancy
Pregnancy (SPLENIC, mesenteric, Renal)
Aneurysms associated with arteritis
Takayau’s disease
Giant cell arteritis
Polyarteritis nodosa
Systemic lupis
Best screening for aortic and peripheral aneurysms
US
When to tx AAA
greater than 5.5 cm males 5.0 female
(smaller if sx / syndrome)
Incr size greater than 0.5 cm / 6 mo
Most common organism for mycotic AAA
MOST common staph AURUS
Most common spont bug salmonela
What is special about staph eip
slime layer
When do you fix popliteal aneurysm
greater than 2 cm
evidence of thrombus in wall
sx of showering
How do you fix pop aneurysm
saph graft
What do you watch for with colon post repair of AAA
Colon ischemia:
ligation of IMA, periop hypotention,
Sigmoid scope
Type I endoleak
Bad seal btw wall and graft
Fix right away
Type II endoleak
Leak from collateral
Watch
Type III endoleak
bad seal between components
Fix right awy
Type IV endoleak
Leaking through pores of material
Watch
Type V endoleak
Gradual build-up of thrombus pushes graft away from wall
Watch
What manuever is needed to clamp the super celiac
Must take down triangular ligament down
Free esophagus
Two options to approach infected graft
Sick: excise graft
Stable: Abx and in situ graft replacement (but most will undergo graft excision)
Prognosis of pop aneurysm that is showering thrombi
50% amputation rate!
Stanford type A dissection
A is for Assending
ANY dissection that involves the ascending aorta (even if it goes right down the groin..
Stanford type B dissection
B is for below - BELOW ascending
What defines distal aorta dissection
distal to SUBCLAIVAIN
Tx of Aortic dissection sx
Nitropruside
Aortoiliac occlusive disease
YOUNG:
40-60 yo, smokers, hyperlipid,
Leriche syndrome
impotence
absence of femoral pulse
lower extremity claudication
muscl wastin fo the buttocks
Where are foot findings with peripheral arterial diease
ulcers of DORSAL foot
HEEL
TOES
Where are foot findings with peripheral venous insuf
MEDIAL or lateral MALLEOLUS (gaiter zone)
Charoct’s foot
diabetic ulcers - planter or lateral foot with DM neuropathy:
Injury to autonomi motor and sensory
Beurger’s sign
dependent rubor with PVD
Cilostazol
Pletal:
What is med tx for PVD
betablockers
statin
ACE
Aortofemoral bypass grafting patency rate at 5 years
greater then 90%
How do patency rates for extraantomic bypass compare
lower
Where do you see fibromuscular hyperplasia
renal artery stenosis
Where do you revasc celiac
common hepatic artery
What is principle collateral between celiac and superior mesenteric arteries
Gastroduodenal artery
Major watershed of bowel
Splenic flecture
Sigmoid
What bowel arteries can be sacrficed
IMA
NOT SMA
What pathophysio findings of stenosis indicated you should stent versus angioplasty
Atherosclerosis: STENT
Fibromuscular dysplasia: angioplsty
What is fibromuscular dysplasia
middle to distal portion of the renal artery (spares the proximal renal artery)
Involves: intima medial or adventitia (all 3 layers)
Renal artery stenosis
Fibromuscular dysplasia
Bilateral 50%!
3 times more in FEMALE
Diastolic hypertension
Tx of renal artery steosis
Plasty if proximal (because this is usually just an extension of the aortic plaque.
Then stent because usually recurs.
Meseneric ischemia
Embo to SUPERIOR mesenteric artery 50% of all cases of ACUTE mesenteric ischemia
Thrombus is 25%
Where do most SMA emboli lodge
distal 3-10 cm from the origin of the SMA
Tx of SMA occlusion
Embolectomy and ALWAYS a second look.
Anticoag
W/u embo source
Diagnosis of renal artery stenosis
CTA
NASCET
North American SYMPTOMATIC Carotid Endarterectomy Trial:
70% occlusion - CVA or death risk in 2 years:
26% with antiplatelet alone
9% with CEA
50-69% stenosis:
risk reduced with CEA also