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level: Cardiovascular pathology

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level questions: Cardiovascular pathology

QuestionAnswer
What is vasculitisInflammation of the blood vessel wall
what is an aneurysmBulge in a blood vessel that is weaker than the blood vessel
What is anginaLack of O2 to the heart but no necrosis of heart tissue
What is critical stenosisat least in 75% reduction in vessel size which cant be compensated for by vasodilation
What does hypertension lead toHypertrophy
What is sarcoidosisWhere inflammatory cells clump together to make a clump of cells forming a granuloma
What is stenosisFailure of the valve to open completely
What is valve incompetenceFailure to close fully blood flows in reverse
Those at risk of infective endocarditis may need what when carrying out a dental/surgical procedureProphylactic antibiotics
purulent pericarditis involvedpus
3 main congenital heart diseasesleft to right shunt