Vascular Disorders Flashcards
Types of arteriosclerosis
Arteriosclerosis
Monckeberg medical sclerosis
Atherosclerosis
Fibromuscular intimal hyperplasia
Two variants of arteriosclerosis
Hyaline
Hyperplasticity
Deposition of calcium in muscular arteries cause which type of arteriosclerosis
Monckeberg medial sclerosis
Risk factors of atherosclerosis
Modifiable:
Hyperlipidemia
Cigarette smoking
Diabetes melitus
Hypertension
Non modifiable:
Genetic abnormalities
Increased age
Male gender
Family history
Additional risk factors:
Inflammation
CRP levels
Obesity
Alcohol
Stressful lifestyle
Lipoprotein a
Metabolic syndrome
Inadequate physical activity
Raised pro coagulant levels rest
Hypothesis under Pathogenesis of arthrosclerosis
Insulation hypothesis, encrustation hypothesis, monoclonal hypothesis, response to injury hypothesis
Earliest precursor lesions of atherosclerosis
Fatty streaks
Size of fatty streaks
1 mm
Size of athermatous plaques
0.3 to 1.5cm
Three microscopic component of atherosclerotic plaques
Fibrous cap
Necrotic core
Shoulder
Sites of atherosclerotic plaques
Lower abdominal aorta
Coronary arteries
Popliteal arteries
Internal carotid arteries
Circle of Willis
Atherosclerotic plaques causing tissue ischemia leading to which lesions
Critical stenosis
Which angina is caused ly atherscherosis
Stable
What is the sudden change or event of atheromatous plaque
Acute plaque change
Vulnerable plaques components
Necrotic centre with foam cells (large)
Thin fibrous caps
Inflammatory cells.in clusters
How stating stabilize plaques
By reducing inflammation and thereby reduce collagen degradation
Lower or higher BP break plaques
Higher
Stable plaque components
Thick fibrous cap
Negligible lipid core
minimal inflammation