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==Great vessels== | ==Great vessels== | ||
When things go wrong here, you see a cardiac surgeon. | When things go wrong here, you see a cardiac surgeon. | ||
==Atherosclerosis== | |||
===General=== | |||
*Cardiac atherosclerosis -> myocardial infarction, coronary thrombosis. | |||
*Peripheral atherosclerosis -> peripheral vascular disease -> amputations. | |||
*Carotid 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. | |||
*Foam macrophages within intima & media. | |||
*Cholesterol clefts | |||
*Luminal narrowing. | |||
==Aortic dissection== | ==Aortic dissection== | ||
Revision as of 03:29, 3 September 2010
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
- Cardiac atherosclerosis -> myocardial infarction, coronary thrombosis.
- Peripheral atherosclerosis -> peripheral vascular disease -> amputations.
- Carotid 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.
- Foam macrophages within intima & media.
- Cholesterol clefts
- Luminal narrowing.
Aortic dissection
Associations
Heritable:[1]
- Marfan's syndrome.
- Loeys-Dietz syndrome.[2]
- 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.
General
- Usually of no clinical consequence.
Microscopic
Features:[6]
- Medial calcification (purple irregular stuff -- calcium phosphate).
Note:
- Lumen unaffected.
See also
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Klatt, Edward C. (2006). Robbins and Cotran Atlas of Pathology (1st ed.). Saunders. pp. 7. ISBN 978-1416002741.