Week 2-Atherosclerosis

Question 1

Risk factors

Answer 1

-Age (Males>45, Females>55)
-obesity
-High LDL, low HDL (HDLs cardio protective)
-Diet (High in sat fat)
-Inactivity
-DM and insulin resistance
-Fam history-primary relative w/ CVD prior to age 50

Question 2

Marker of acute inflammation

Answer 2

C reactive protein

Question 3

Clinical manifestations:
-Vessel Stenosis

Answer 3

-Intermittent claudications
-May be asymptomatic

Question 4

Clinical manifestations:
-Tissue Ischemia

Answer 4

-Angina
-TIAs
-PVD

Question 5

Clinical manifestations:
-Plaque Rupture

Answer 5

-Tissue infarction (MI, Spoke, cold extremity)