Aortic diseases — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Acute aortic dissection may lead to new-onset _____ with signs and symptoms of cardiogenic shock

Answer: heart failure

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Flashcard 2: The most common cause of aortic dissection in older adults is _____

Answer: hypertension

Flashcard 3: Aortic _____ may present with markedly unequal blood pressure in the arms

Answer: dissection

Flashcard 4: _____ is a longitudinal intimal tear with dissection of blood through the media of the aortic wall

Answer: Aortic dissection

Flashcard 5: What is the treatment for Stanford type B aortic dissection? _____

Answer: -blockers, then vasodilators

Flashcard 6: Aortic dissection is associated with a _____ aortic valve

Answer: bicuspid

Flashcard 7: What is Ebstein's anomaly?

Answer: atrialized right ventricle

Flashcard 8: medial medullary syndrome

Answer: stroke in paramedian branches of ASA and/or vertebral arteries

Extra: lower limb hemiparesis, loss of proprioception, tongue deviation

Flashcard 9: migraine headache

Answer: irritation of CN 5, meninges, and/or blood vessels

Extra: release of substance P, CGRP, vasoactive peptidespulsating unilateral headache; 4-72 hr duration; +/- nausea, photophobia, phonophobia, auraabortive - triptans prophylactic - propranalol, topiramate 

Flashcard 10: familial hypercholesterolemia (hyperlipidemia type IIA)

Answer:

Extra: severe atherosclerotic disease early in life, tendon xanthomas, corneal arcus, very early MIelevated LDL and cholesterolADLDL receptor