Nursing 3920A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Arteriole, Femoral Artery, Bowling Pin

• School: Western University
• Department: Nursing
• Course: Nursing 3920A/B
• Professor: Judith Moore Hepburn

Document Summary

Review normal venous function and describe characteristics of venous versus arterial insufficiency. Increase understanding of the need for compression therapy to improve circulation and control edema. Peripheral vascular disease: a disease of blood vessels outside the heart. Peripheral vascular disease (pvd) affects the peripheral circulation, as opposed to the cardiac circulation. Pvd comprises diseases of both peripheral arteries and peripheral veins. Pvd is sometimes incorrectly used as a synonym for peripheral artery disease (pad). Carotid artery disease: atherosclerotic heart disease (ashd, aortic aneurysm. Ra(cid:455)(cid:374)aud"s phe(cid:374)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)o(cid:374: deep vein thrombosis (dvt, varicose veins, venous insufficiency, venous & arterial ulcers. Progressive narrowing & degeneration of the arteries of neck, abdomen or extremities: major cause is atherosclerosis; a gradual thickening of arterial wall causing narrowing of lumen. 50 yr of age >; earlier age with diabetes (dm). Clinical manifestations occur when there is b/t 60 and 75 % of vessel occlusion. Cigarette smoking: hyperlipidemia, excessive level of lipids (fat) in the plasma, hypertension, diabetes.