Two hours Lecture weekly for 6 months
By the end of the course students should know
DISEASES OF THE BLOOD VESSELS
ATHEROSCLEROSIS (ATHEROMA)
Definition, Macroscopic picture, Microscopic picture and Clinical manifestations and complication of atheroma
Atheroma and Lipid Metabolism
Pathogenesis and Theories of Etiology
Medial Calcification
(MONKEBERG’S SCLEROSIS)
Definition, Age, Gross and Microscopic Pictures, Clinical Features
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
(DIFFUSE HYPERPLASTIC SCLEROSIS)
SYSTEMIC HYPERTENSION
ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION
MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION
ANEURYSMS
True aneurysms: Atherosclerotic Aneurysm, Syphilitic Aortic Aneurysm, Dissecting Aneurysm, Mycotic aneurysms, Congenital aneurysms
False aneurysms: Pulsating hematoma, Arterio-venous fistula, Complications of aneurysms
Diseases of Veins
Varicose Veins
Definition, Sites, Causes, and Complications
Vasculitis (Angiitis)
Definition and Classifications of vasculitis
Mimicks of vasculitis
Clinical Manifestations of vasculitis
Etiology of Vasculitis
Pathogenesis of Vasculitis
Mechanism of vessel wall involvement
Laboratory testing in vasculitis
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs)
Types of ANCAs
Role of ANCA
Large vessel vasculitis
Giant cell (temporal) arteritis
Takayasu’s arteritis (pulseless disease)
Medium vessel vasculitis
Polyarteritis Nodosa; PAN (Periarteritis Nodosa)
Kawasaki’s disease (KD)
THROMBO-ANGITIS OBLITERANS (BUERGER’S DISEASE)
Small vessel vasculitis
Churg-Strauss Syndrome (Allergic granulomatous angitis)
Hypersensitivity (leukocytoclastic) vasculitis
Henoch Schonlein purpura (HSP)
Wegener Granulomatosis (WG)
Infectious vasculitis