level: Cardiovascular pathology
Questions and Answers List
level questions: Cardiovascular pathology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is vasculitis | Inflammation of the blood vessel wall |
| what is an aneurysm | Bulge in a blood vessel that is weaker than the blood vessel |
| What is angina | Lack of O2 to the heart but no necrosis of heart tissue |
| What is critical stenosis | at least in 75% reduction in vessel size which cant be compensated for by vasodilation |
| What does hypertension lead to | Hypertrophy |
| What is sarcoidosis | Where inflammatory cells clump together to make a clump of cells forming a granuloma |
| What is stenosis | Failure of the valve to open completely |
| What is valve incompetence | Failure to close fully blood flows in reverse |
| Those at risk of infective endocarditis may need what when carrying out a dental/surgical procedure | Prophylactic antibiotics |
| purulent pericarditis involved | pus |
| 3 main congenital heart diseases | left to right shunt |