Atheroma starts as fatty and cellular infiltration of the endothelium. Later becomes larger, [blank_start]__________[blank_end] and [blank_start]__________[blank_end] and may block 80% of the XS of parts of the coronary arteries. (put them in alphabetic order)
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Calcified
Fibrosed
Question 2
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What’s responsible for the drastically reduced force output in EARLY ischaemic failure?
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Changes in pH
Changes in Pi
Failure of excitation-contaction coupling
Low ATP
Question 3
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True or false: ROS = Reactive Oxygen Species.
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True
False
Question 4
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Why does early reperfusion cause complete recovery whereas late reperfusion does not?
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On reperfusion damage mitochondria produce Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) from O2, which damage membrane and contractile proteins
Coupled exchanger theory causes Ca2+ overload which activates Ca2+-activated proteases and causes cell damage
Both of the above
[none of the above]
Question 5
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True or false: ROS can cause damage through protein modification whereby –SH groups are oxidised into –S-S- groups.
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True
False
Question 6
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True or false: ROS can cause damage through protein modification whereby –S-S- groups are oxidised into –SH groups.
Answer
True
False
Question 7
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Excess ROS leads to specific mitochondrial damage in which the MPTP opens. MPTP = ??
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Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore
Modification of Protein Transition Pore
Mitochondrial Pore Transition Permeability
Mitochondrial Pore Transition Protein
Question 8
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When the MPTP opens, Oxidative phosphorylation [blank_start]__________[blank_end], mitochondrial contents leak out, and the cell will eventually die by necrosis.