Cardiovascular — Flashcards

Flashcard 91: What microscopic changes occur months after an MI? _____

Answer: Fibrosis

Flashcard 92: Microscopic polyangiitis is a necrotizing vasculitis that commonly involves the _____, _____, and skin

Answer: lungs

Flashcard 93: What is the most common inherited cause of hypercoagulable state in Caucasians? _____

Answer: Factor V Leiden

Extra: due to protein C resistance - factor V stays alive.

Flashcard 94: Concentric hypertrophy is often seen in _____ heart failure

Answer: diastolic

Extra: * due to concentric hypertrophy & increased wall thickness

Flashcard 95: An _____ embolus is characterized by the presence of cholesterol clefts within the embolus.

Answer: atherosclerotic

Extra: Atherosclerotic emboli are due to an atherosclerotic plaque that embolizes, often following invasive vascular procedures (e.g., catheterization). The cholesterol clefts are seen as needle-shaped voids within the embolus on histology.

Flashcard 96: Tertiary syphilis disrupts the _____ of the aorta with consequent atrophy of the vessel wall and dilatation of the aorta and valve ring

Answer: vasa vasorum

Extra: Atlas:

Flashcard 97: _____ is a localized pathologic dilatation of the aorta

Answer: Aortic aneurysm

Extra: Atlas:

Flashcard 98: Left-sided heart failure may result in vascular remodeling characterized by _____ proliferation and _____ deposition

Answer: smooth muscle cell

Flashcard 99: Subendocardial vacuolization and patchy fibrosis due to severe coronary artery disease may cause _____ disease

Answer: chronic ischemic heart

Flashcard 100: A pre-mortem thrombi is distinguishable from a post-mortem thrombi by the presence of _____ and attachment to a vessel wall

Answer: lines of Zahn