BIOL 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Essential Hypertension, Intermittent Claudication, Secondary Hypertension
26 Jul 2020
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May be caused by fungal infections, serum sickness, or chemical agent. Inflammation of the pericardium (saclike membrane) that covers the heart muscle. An inflammatory disease that may develop as a delayed reaction to insufficiently treated group a beta-hemolytic streptococcal infection of the upper respiratory tract. Prognosis depends on the degree of scarring of the heart valves if the patient develops carditis. Localized dilation of an artery formed at a weak point in the vessel wall. Weakened area balloons out with each pulsation of artery. Arterial condition in which there is thickening, hardening, and loss of elasticity of the walls of arteries (hardening of the arteries) Condition in which the patient has a higher blood pressure than judged to be normal. Obstruction of the arteries in the extremities. Intermittent attacks of vasoconstriction of the arterioles. Causes pallor of the fingers or toes, followed by cyanosis, then redness before returning to normal color.
