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==Atherosclerosis== | ==Atherosclerosis== | ||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
* | *[[Coronary artery atherosclerosis]] -> myocardial infarction, coronary thrombosis. | ||
*Peripheral atherosclerosis -> peripheral vascular disease -> amputations. | *Peripheral artery atherosclerosis -> peripheral vascular disease -> amputations. | ||
*Carotid atherosclerosis -> thrombotic stroke. | *Carotid artery atherosclerosis -> thrombotic stroke. | ||
Clinical risk factors: | Clinical risk factors: | ||
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*Intimal hyperplasia. | *Intimal hyperplasia. | ||
*Lipid deposition. | *Lipid deposition. | ||
* | *Foamy macrophages within intima & media. | ||
*Cholesterol clefts | *Cholesterol clefts | ||
*Luminal narrowing. | *Luminal narrowing. | ||
Image: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RCA_atherosclerosis.jpg RCA with atherosclerosis (WC)]. | Image: | ||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RCA_atherosclerosis.jpg RCA with atherosclerosis (WC)]. | |||
Notes: | Notes: | ||
Revision as of 15:30, 8 January 2011
The article covers vascular disease. Vasculitides are covered in a separate article called vasculitides.
Great vessels
When things go wrong here, you see a cardiac surgeon.
Atherosclerosis
General
- Coronary artery atherosclerosis -> myocardial infarction, coronary thrombosis.
- Peripheral artery atherosclerosis -> peripheral vascular disease -> amputations.
- Carotid artery atherosclerosis -> thrombotic stroke.
Clinical risk factors:
- Age.
- Blood pressure - modifiable (antihypertensives).
- Cholesterol - modifiable (statins, diet).
- Diabetes mellitus - modifiable (hypoglycemic medications, diet, lifestyle).
- Smoking - modifiable (cessation).
- Family history.
Microscopic
Features:
- Intimal hyperplasia.
- Lipid deposition.
- Foamy macrophages within intima & media.
- Cholesterol clefts
- Luminal narrowing.
Image:
Notes:
- Considered "complex" if any of the following are present:[1]
- Calcifications.
- Thrombosis.
- Haemorrhage.
Aortic dissection
Associations
Heritable:[2]
- Marfan's syndrome.
- Loeys-Dietz syndrome.[3]
- Marfan-like syndrome.
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
- Bicuspid aortic valve.
Others:
- Tertiary syphilis.
Cystic medial degeneration
General
Microscopic
- Basophilic ground substance in the media (seen on Movat's stain).
- Disruption of the elastic lamina (seen on elastic trichrome stain).
- +/-Focal necrosis.
Images: Marfan's syndrome (radiographics.rsna.org).
Medial calcific sclerosis
- AKA Moenckeberg medial calcific sclerosis, calcific medial sclerosis of Monckeberg, and Monckeberg's arteriosclerosis.
General
- Usually of no clinical consequence.
Microscopic
Features:[7]
- Medial calcification (purple irregular stuff -- calcium phosphate).
Note:
- Lumen unaffected.
Images:
Hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis
General
- Hyperplasia = proliferation of cells.
- Associated with malignant hypertension.
Microscopic
Features:[7]
- Onion-skin appearance of intima & media due to:
- Intimal hyperplasia.
- Smooth muscle hyperplasia.
Image: Hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis (utah.edu).
See also
References
- ↑ Klatt, Edward C. (2006). Robbins and Cotran Atlas of Pathology (1st ed.). Saunders. pp. 4. ISBN 978-1416002741.
- ↑ Gleason TG (2005). "Heritable disorders predisposing to aortic dissection". Semin. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 17 (3): 274-81. doi:10.1053/j.semtcvs.2005.06.001. PMID 16253833.
- ↑ Loeys BL, Schwarze U, Holm T, et al (August 2006). "Aneurysm syndromes caused by mutations in the TGF-beta receptor". N. Engl. J. Med. 355 (8): 788-98. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa055695. PMID 16928994. http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/355/8/788.
- ↑ URL: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/756835-overview. Accessed on: 12 August 2010.
- ↑ URL: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/756835-overview. Accessed on: 12 August 2010.
- ↑ Ha HI, Seo JB, Lee SH, et al. (2007). "Imaging of Marfan syndrome: multisystemic manifestations". Radiographics 27 (4): 989–1004. doi:10.1148/rg.274065171. PMID 17620463. http://radiographics.rsna.org/content/27/4/989.full.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Klatt, Edward C. (2006). Robbins and Cotran Atlas of Pathology (1st ed.). Saunders. pp. 7. ISBN 978-1416002741.