Cardiovascular — Flashcards

Monckeberg sclerosis is _____ and therefore is not clinically significant

The intimal plaque that causes atherosclerosis often undergoes dystrophic _____

What gross changes occur from 4 - 24 hours post-MI? _____

_____ arteriolosclerosis is caused by proteins leaking into the vessel wall, producing vascular thickening

The lesions of giant cell (temporal) arteritis are _____, therefore diagnosis requires biopsy of a long segment of the vessel

Mutations that cause hypertrophic cardiomyopathy most commonly have an _____ inheritance pattern

What is the most common cause of intracranial hemorrhage in children?_____

Fibromuscular dysplasia results in the irregular thickening of medium/large arteries which manifests as a "_____" appearance on imaging

Macrophages bloated with cholesterol eventually form _____ cells within the subendothelium

Occasionally, chronic rheumatic heart disease involves the aortic valve, leading to _____ of the commissures