Cardiovascular — Flashcards

Flashcard 81: Hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis may lead to _____ necrosis of the vessel wall with hemorrhage

Answer: fibrinoid

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Flashcard 82: Myocarditis, secondary to coxsackie B infection, is characterized by a(n) _____ infiltrate in the myocardium

Answer: lymphocytic

Flashcard 83: A mitral valve with diffuse fibrous thickening and distortion, commisural fusion at the leaflet edges, and narrowing of the mitral valve orifice is highly suggestive of what pathology? _____

Answer: Mitral stenosis

Extra: Left atrial enlargement Posteroanterior chest x-ray There is straightening of the left heart border (normal configuration is indicated with a dashed line) and the left atrial appendage is convex (AAp). This suggests enlargement of the left atrium (for example, due to mitral stenosis). The breast shadows (green overlay) should not be mistaken for pulmonary edema. (AA = aortic arch, PT = pulmonary trunk, LV = left ventricle).

Flashcard 84: _____ emboli are characterized by squamous cells and keratin debris in the embolus

Answer: Amniotic fluid

Flashcard 85: Rheumatic fever is a type _____ hypersensitivity reaction

Answer: II

Flashcard 86: Myxomatous degeneration in the tunica media is found in _____, which predisposes to the development of aortic dissections / aortic aneurysms

Answer: cystic medial degeneration

Flashcard 87: _____ is a post-MI complication that presents as chest pain with friction rub

Answer: Fibrinous pericarditis

Flashcard 88: Hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis has an '_____' appearance on histology

Answer: onion-skin

Flashcard 89: Coxsackie B is a virus that causes myocarditis which progresses to _____ cardiomyopathy

Answer: dilated

Flashcard 90: Tertiary syphilis destroys the _____, or blood vessels that supply the vessel wall of the aorta

Answer: vasa vasorum