E-pathology: Cardiac & Vascular pathology
Pathology
Study deck based mostly on chapters 11 & 12 of Robbins & Cotran (8th ed). Created to study for my Canadian Royal College Anatomical Pathology exam in 2014.
Sample Data
| Front | what is antiphospholipid antibody syndrome? |
| Back | hypercoagulability statecaused by auto-antibodies against phospholipid complexesarterial & venous thrombi, especially medium-sized vesselsprimary: if this is the only diseasesecondary: if related to lupus or other disease |
| Tags | cv imm |
| Front | classification of aortic dissection |
| Back | type A - involving ascending aorta - more dangeroustype B - descending aorta only
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| Tags | cv |
| Front | what is carcinoid heart disease? |
| Back | firm plaquelike endocardial fibrosisright-sided heart chambers & valvesmost commonly presents as tricuspid insufficiency |
| Tags | cv endo |