Cardiovascular — Flashcards

Trypanosomes found on cardiac biopsy is indicative of _____

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

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

Thrombosis is characterized by _____ to a vessel wall

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

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

Charcot-Bouchard microaneurysms are common and associated with chronic _____

TTP and HUS present with _____ platelet count

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

3 - 10 days after a subarachnoid hemorrhage, _____ can occur in the areas surrounding the ruptured aneurysm, which may cause an ischemic infarct