CARDIOVASCULAR UNIT CASE  5

Answers:

1. Diagnoses:

• Left ventricle hypertrophy with "Box car" nuclei in large cells (compare with normal)

• Systemic hypertension

• Probable Cardiac arrhythmia

 

2. Medical complications of systemic hypertension:

• Accelerated atherosclerosis

• Ischemic cardiovascular disease (increased demand)

• Cerebral hemorrhage - stroke.

• Arterial nephrosclerosis/ arterionephrosclerosis - renal failure

• Aneurysms.

 

3. Causes of systemic hypertension:

• Primary essential Hypertension

• Secondary Hypertension e.g.:

  • Renal origin e.g. renal artery stenosis, chronic renal disease

  • Endocrine in origin e.g.: Pheochromocytoma, Hyperaldosteronism, Cushing’s syndrome

• Vascular e.g. coarctation of the aorta

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