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Diseases of Arteries:
degeneratiive = ?1 inflammatory = ?2 |
1. arteriosclerosis
2. arteritis |
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Normal Artery:
Tunica Intima = ?1 Tunica Media = ?2 Tunica Adventitia = ?3 |
1. Endothelium
2. Smooth muscle 3. Collagen & elastic fibers |
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- refers to local lesion in wall of artery
- contains fat laden cells, smooth muscle cells, collagen & fibrin - affects coronary & cerebral arteries - puts us at potential to obstruct or block the arteries |
Atherosclerosis
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etiology of atherosclerosis:
- increases with age ?1 - associated with proteins - men ?</>2 women - more likely in ppl with ?3 (4) - Homocystein - blood lipids ?4 |
1. >60
2. > 3. HBP, obesity, smoker, diabetes 4. HDL, LDL |
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Hypertension:
systolic = ?1 diastolic = ?2 increases with ?3 (4) |
1. >140
2. >90 3. age, heredity, obesity, atherosclerosis |
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Needs medical emergency & causes:
- headaches - blurred vision - BP > 200/140 - kidney damage - brain injury (hemorrhage or coma) |
Malignant Hypertension
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Arteritis (vasculitis) ?
-autoimmune disease - collagen vascular disease - affects GI tract, kidney and heart damage |
Polyarteritis nodosa
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Arteritis (vasculitis) ?
- autoimmune - collagen vascular disease - affects heart, kidney, skin and joints involved |
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
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Arteritis (vasculitis) ?
- affects toes and fingers of smokers |
Thromboangitis obliterans (Buerger's Disease)
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Inflammatory diseases that affects the arteries?
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Arteritis
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Arteritis (vasculitis) ?
- affects aortery |
syphilitic aortitis
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Arteritis (vasculitis) ?
- can cause blindness |
temporal arteritis
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Arteritis (vasculitis) ?
- causes spasms of blood vessels in fingers |
Reynaud's disease
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- degenerative
- wall of artery weakens and dilates - risk of rupture and hemorrhage - caused by atherosclerosis |
Aneurysms
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berry aneurysms can be?
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congenital
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-veins have ?1 that direct blood flow back to the heart
-the valves can become damaged and incompetent for ppl who work on their feet all day |
valves
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Diseases of veins:
- causes bulging ?1 - occurs when we use medical means to get to veins & causes inflammation ?2 - localized; in rectal area ?3 - occurs in legs ?4 - veins underneath skin, skin becomes thin and ulcerates, tears ?5 |
1. phlebitis
2. varicose veins 3. hemorrhoids 4. deep venous thrombosis (DVT) 5. stastis ulcers |
