Chapter 5 Basic pathophysiology - Cardiovascular

How does hypercholesterolmia result in CAD?

What is the cause and timeline of atherosclerosis?

How can HBP become a risk factor of atherosclerosis?

How is smoking a potential risk factor of atherosclerosis?

How is diabetes a risk factor of atherosclerosis?

What are the results of atherosclerosis on oxygen delivery?

Clinical consequences of atherothrombosis are __________, ________, and _________.

Why do people with hypothyroidism have higher risk of cardiac dysfunctions?

What are some modifiable risk factors of atherosclerosis?

What is angina pectoris?

What are some referral patterns of angina?

Which two factors are the most likely to cause onset of stable angina?

What are the differences between stable and unstable angina in terms of clinical presentation

If pain is intense, prolonged and sometimes accompanied with dysrhythmia, the patient is more likely having ____ angina.

What is an MI?

Which main vessels are involved in the blood supply to the heart?

Where does the RCA supply?

What does the LCA perfuse? Which arteries does the LCA branch into, and their respective perfusion?

Complicated MI involves one or a combination of the following:

Heart failure is a condition when _________.

T/F: heart failure is ALWAYS a result of ischemia and infarction.

DVT is usually in the ________. It may have effect on the ______ system.

T/F: Thrombosis in the mural wall may result in embolus in the brain, intestine, kidney, artery to the extremities, or any location in the systemic arterial circulation.