Vascular Disorders
Assoc Prof Dr Azura Mansor
Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Malaya
Outline
• Normal Vessels
• Response to injury
• Atherosclerosis
• Hypertensive
• Aneurysms & Dissection
• Vasculitis
• Venous Disesases
3 types of blood vessels
1. Artery
2. Vein
3. Capillary
Function
General
• Deliver oxygen and nutrients
• Carry waste products
• Part of maintaining blood
pressure
Specific
• Artery: Carry oxygen rich blood
AWAY from the heart. High pressure.
• Capillary: Exchange place for
gaseous, nutrients, waste and fluid.
• Veins: Collect blood for RETURN to
the heart. Low pressure.
Response to injury
General Response: 1) Endothelial cells: loss or dysfunction
2) Smooth muscle cells: Proliferate
3) Intimal thickening 2° Extra cellular matrix
synthesis
Response: Haemostasis
Atherosclerosis
A disease of the arteries characterized by the deposition of
plaques of fatty material on their inner walls
Development of atherosclerosis
• The key event – damage to the endothelium caused by excess of
lipoproteins, hypertension, diabetes, components of cigarette smoke.
• Endothelium becomes more permeable to lipoproteins.
• Lipoproteins move below the endothelial layer (to intima).
• Endothelium loses its cell-repelent quality.
• Inflammatory cells move into the vascular wall.
Pathogenesis of atherosclerosis
• You Tube VideosPathogenesis of Atherosclerosis.mp4
Pathophysiology
Morphological changes that are seen on macro and
microscopic levels in atherosclerosis
• Neovascularization (formation of new blood vessels)
• Calcification
• Hemorrhage
• Fissure
• Ulcer
• Thrombosis
• Cholesterol microemboli
• Aneurysmal dilatation
Clinical Complications
• Narrowing/ Occlusion:
• Stroke
• Myocardial Infarction
• Mesenteric Occulsion
• Peripheral Vascular Disease
• Weakening of Wall:
• Aneurysm
• Emboli:
• Gangrene
Hypertension
Classification
• Primary (Essential) Hypertension
• No clear cause.
• Risk factors:
• Old age
• Obesity
• Salt-heavy diet
• Sedentary Lifestyle
• Secondary Hypertension:
• Renal
• Endocrine
• Nervous System
Pathophysiology
Pathological Effect
Clinical complications of hypertension
Aneurysm
Aneurysm: Permanent, localized and abnormal dilatation of blood
vessels.
Classification of Aneurysm
• Wall:
• True
• False (pseudo)
• Shape:
• Spherical
• Fusiform
• Cylindrical
• Varicose/ tortuous
• Pathogenetic:
• Atherosclerosis
• Syphilitic
• Mycotic
• Berry
• Dissecting
Laplace’s Law: (T = pr x r)
Complications of Aneurysm
• Rupture
• Thrombosis
• Embolism
• Infection
• Distal arterial occlusion
• Pressure Effects:
• Oesophagus: Dysphagia
• Stomach: Erosion/ haematemesis
• Nerve: Pain, paresthesia
• Veins: Oedema
• Bone: Erosion
Dissecting Aneurysm
Dissection: Tear in vessel wall resulting in separation of vessel layers.
Pathophysiology
Causes
Effects of Dissection
Vasculitis
Inflammation of the blood vessels
Causes
• 1. Immune hypersensitivity
• 2. Direct Invasion of Micro-organism
Classification
Pathophysiology
Pathological effects
Clinical Presentations
Venous Diseases
• Varicose Veins
Varicose Veins
• Definition:
• veins that have become distended
over time. Long, tortuous and
dilated veins of the superficial
varicose system due to the pooling
of blood in the lower extremities.
Pathogenesis
In the leg
Initial Stage Chronic Venous Insufficiency
Left Scrotum Varicocele
Mechanism Effects
Other Varices
Esophageal Ano-Rectal
Other Vascular Disorders
Congenital
• Berry Aneurysm
• Arteriovenous Fistula
• Fibromuscular Dysplasia
Tumours
Thank you
Acknowledgement
• Robbins: Basic Pathology
• Saunders Books
• You Tube Interactive channels

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