Cardiovascular — Flashcards

Trypanosomes found on cardiac biopsy is indicative of _____

Metastases to the heart most commonly involve the pericardium, resulting in a pericardial _____

Thrombosis is characterized by _____ to a vessel wall

Charcot-Bouchard microaneurysms are common and associated with chronic _____

Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis often results in sterile vegetations on the _____ valve along lines of closure, which results in regurgitation

TTP and HUS present with _____ platelet count

Diastolic dysfunction (heart failure) occurs due to decreased _____, often secondary to myocardial concentric hypertrophy

Hyaline arteriolosclerosis of the _____ results in atrophy of the aortic media and weakening of the vessel wall

Sturge-Weber syndrome affects small, _____-sized blood vessels

Biospy of a patient with giant cell (temporal) arteritis reveals _____ fibrosis