Acute ARTERIAL OCCLUSION Flashcards

1
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Cause of ACUTE ARTERIAL OCCLUSION

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Embolism
Causes:
Atrial Fibrillation

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6Ps of ACUTE ARTERIAL OCCLUSION

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Pain
Pallor
Paresis
Paresthesia (Complete loss of sensation)
Poikilothermia
Pulselessness (LATE Sign)

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🩺 IOC of ACUTE ARTERIAL OCCLUSION

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Duplex Scan

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Duplex finding in NORMAL VESSELS

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Triphasic Flow

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💊💉 MANAGEMENT of ACUTE ARTERIAL OCCLUSION
⭐ EARLY presentation (within 6-8hrs)

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⭐ THROMBOLYSIS
⭐ EMBOLECTOMY: FOGARTY’S BALLON

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Identify

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FOGARTY’S BALLON
⬇️
For EMBOLECTOMY

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Why FASCIOTOMY should be done with EMBOLECTOMY?

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Done to prevent COMPARTMENT SYNDROME

Reperfusion
⬇️
Excess Free Radicles
⬇️
Swelling of Muscles
⬇️
Compartment syndrome

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Ps of COMPARTMENT Syndrome

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Pain (excessive)
Pain on passive stretch
Pulsations can be ➕

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Adequate FASCIOTOMY

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Incise till DEEP FASCIA

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💊💉 MANAGEMENT of ACUTE ARTERIAL OCCLUSION
⭐ LATE presentation (> 6-8hrs)

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Amputation

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11
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DISTAL RUN-OFF seen in?

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Chronic ARTERIAL OCCLUSION
⬇️
DUE TO: Development of COLLATERALS

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🧑🏻‍⚕️ Clinical Features of CHRONIC ARTERIAL OCCLUSION

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  1. Intermittent CLAUDICATION Pain
  2. REST Pain (severe disease)
  3. Sensations ➕
  4. Temperature maintainance ➕
  5. Arterial ulcer
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REST PAIN in CHRONIC ARTERIAL OCCLUSION

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⭐ Worse AT NIGHT
⭐ Patient feels RELIEF when the Leg is HUNG DOWN

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14
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As the Block (THROMBUS) ⬆️, CLAUDICATION distance

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⬇️ ⬇️

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15
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BOYD CLASSIFICATION USED FOR

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Intermittent CLAUDICATION

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BOYD CLASSIFICATION

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  1. Pain on walking, but Pain reduces as patient continues to walk
  2. Pain on walking ➕ Continues to walk despite pain
  3. Pain forces patient to stop
  4. Pain at REST
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Why: Pain on walking, but Pain reduces as patient continues to walk

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Dilution of Substance P

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Classifications used for INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION

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  1. Boyd classification
  2. Fontaine classification
  3. Rutherford classification
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION, NEUROGENIC CLAUDICATION & OSTEOARTHRITIS

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NEUROGENIC CLAUDICATION seen in

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Lumbar Canal Stenosis

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21
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Which CLAUDICATION is relieved when patient BENDS forward

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NEUROGENIC CLAUDICATION

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22
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Site of PAIN in CHRONIC ARTERIAL OCCLUSION

🧠⚡Pain is felt in the muscle group, distal to the block ⚡

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⚡⚡ MOST COMMON SITE OF PAIN IN CHRONIC ARTERIAL OCCLUSION

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Calf

DUE TO:
⚡⚡ MOST COMMON ARTERY involved: FEMORAL ARTERY

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LERICHE SYNDROME

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Aortoiliac ARTERIAL OCCLUSION

⭐ Femoral & Distal pulses absent in BOTH LIMBS
⭐ BRUIT over Aorto-iliac region
⭐ IMPOTENCE

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EARLIEST SYMPTOM OF LERICHE SYNDROME

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CLAUDICATION in GLUTEAL REGION (Buttocks, Thigh)

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Features of ARTERIAL ULCER

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  1. Absent Pulsations
  2. Shiny Skin
  3. Loss of Hair
  4. Punched out ulcer
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27
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Identify

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Arterial ulcer

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🩺 IOC for CHRONIC ARTERIAL OCCLUSION

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Duplex scan
Handheld doppler scan

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ABPI

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30
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NORMAL value of ABPI

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0.9-1.3

31
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High Value of ABPI seen in

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Calcified Vessels in Diabetic Nephropathy

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Low Values of ABPI

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INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION
⬇️
Rest pain
⬇️
Critical LIMB ischemia / Eminent necrosis

33
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Patient becomes 2 times MORE LIKELY progress to deterioration, if ABPI is

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< 0.5

34
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In patients with NORMAL resting ABPI with suspected arterial compromise
🎯 NEXT STEP

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Post exercise ABPI

35
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Usually after EXERCISE, ABPI

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Increases ⬆️ ⬆️

36
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Patients with rate-limiting Arterial Disease, POST-EXERCISE

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ABPI decreases ⬇️ ⬇️
(By almost 20%)

37
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For every, 0.1% decrease in ABPI below 0.9, risk of cardiac mortality ⬆️ ⬆️ by

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10%

38
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INVESTIGATION for visualising ILIAC BLOCK in Obese patients

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MR ANGIOGRAPHY (OR) Digital Subtraction ANGIOGRAPHY

39
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Buerger’s disease vs BERGER’S Disease

⭐ Buerger’s Test

A

⭐ Buerger’s Test: done to assess severity of PERIPHERAL VASCULAR Disease
⬇️
In NORMAL individual, elevation of lower limb to 90deg does not produce any pallor

In abnormal, 20deg elevation produces PALLOR & venous guttering

40
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Cause of CHRONIC ARTERIAL OCCLUSION

A
  1. Buerger’s disease
  2. Atherosclerosis
41
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Thromboangitis obliterans

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Buerger’s disease

42
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Difference between BUERGER’S vs ATHEROSCLEROSIS

A
43
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⭐ Spread of BUERGER’S Disease

⭐ Spread of ATHEROSCLEROSIS

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⭐ Spread of BUERGER’S Disease
🎯 DISTAL TO PROXIMAL

⭐ Spread of ATHEROSCLEROSIS
🎯 PROXIMAL TO DISTAL

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⭐ Vessels affected in BUERGER’S Disease

⭐ Vessels affected in ATHEROSCLEROSIS

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⭐ Vessels affected in BUERGER’S Disease
🎯 Small to MEDIUM Vessels

⭐ Vessels affected in ATHEROSCLEROSIS
🎯 Large to MEDIUM Vessels

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Corkscrew COLLATERALS are seen in

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ANGIOGRAPHY of BUERGER’S disease

46
Q

Identify

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Corkscrew COLLATERALS

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💊💉 MANAGEMENT of BUERGER’S DISEASE

🧠⚡V-SAFOLA ⚡

A

V: Vasodialators
S: Smoking cessation
A: Analgesics & Rest
F: Fatty food avoid
O: Omentoplasty
L: Lumbar sympathectomy
A: Amputation CONSERVATIVE

Pentoxyphylline

48
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Effect of PENTOXYPHYLLINE
🧠⚡used in VENOUS ULCER, BUERGER’S DISEASE ⚡

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✨ Reduce Viscosity
✨ ⬆️ Microperfusion

49
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Why BYPASS GRAFTING CAN’T BE DONE in BUERGER’S disease?

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⭐ Involves SMALL-MEDIUM vessels ➡️ small diameters

⭐ No distal target vessels

50
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INDICATIONS of SYMPATHECTOMY

🧠⚡BARA CHEF ⚡

A
51
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Why LUMBAR SYMPATHECTOMY is 🚫 CONTRAINDICATION in INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION in BUERGER’S DISEASE?

A

⭐ In REST PAIN: Muscles are dead
⭐ In INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION: Muscles are VIABLE, but have ⬇️ blood supply

Lumbar SYMPATHECTOMY
⬇️
Cutaneous vasodilation
⬇️
Steals Blood from Muscles
⬇️
Rest Pain

52
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⚡⚡ MOST COMMON STRUCTURE WHICH CAN BE MISTAKEN FOR SYMPATHETIC CHAIN

A

Genitofemoral nerve

53
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If B/L LUMBAR SYMPATHECTOMY is fone, which structure should be preserved?

A

L1 GANGLION
⬇️
To prevent IMPOTENCE

54
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💊💉 MANAGEMENT of CHRONIC ARTERIAL OCCLUSION IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS

A
  1. Angioplasty & Stenting
  2. Bypass GRAFTING
55
Q

BEST TREATMENT FOR CHRONIC ARTERIAL OCCLUSION IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS

⭐ ABOVE KNEE
⭐ BELOW KNEE
🧠⚡A for A & B for B ⚡

A

⭐ ABOVE KNEE
🎯 Angioplasty & Stenting

⭐ BELOW KNEE
🎯 BYPASS GRAFT

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COMPLICATIONS of ANGIOPLASTY

A
  1. Failure
  2. Hematoma
  3. Bleeding
  4. Thrombosis
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Q

BEST GRAFT MATERIAL FOR ARTERIAL GRAFTING

⭐ ABOVE INGUINAL LIGAMENT
⭐ BELOW INGUINAL LIGAMENT

🧠⚡ D comes 1st then R⚡

A

⭐ ABOVE INGUINAL LIGAMENT
🎯 DACRON

⭐ BELOW INGUINAL LIGAMENT
🎯 REVERSED SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT

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GRAFT MATERIAL FOR INFRA-INGUINAL ARTERIAL GRAFTING

⭐ BEST GRAFT
⭐ BEST SYNTHETIC GRAFT

A

⭐ BEST GRAFT
🎯 Reversed SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT

⭐ BEST SYNTHETIC GRAFT
🎯 PTFE

59
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Why SAPHENOUS VEIN is Reversed before GRAFTING

A

Valves don’t interfere in the circulation

60
Q

Gangrene: TYPES

A

Microscopic & Microscopic death of tissue

61
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Line of DEMARCATION

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🎯 Seen in DRY GANGRENE

⭐ Junction BETWEEN Dead & Living Tissue
⭐ Lined by GRANULATION TISSUE
⭐ HYPER-AESTHESIA ➕

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Q

How DRY gangrene can convert into WET Gangrene?

A

Super-added infection

63
Q

Amputation INDICATIONS

A

Dead: Gangrene
Deadly: Gas gangrene, Sarcoma, Cancer
Damn nuisance: Contracture, sinus/fistula, deformity

64
Q

In Diabetes, Amputation done is

A

Local Amputation of Digits

65
Q

Ray Amputation done if

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Metatarso-phalangeal joint involvement

66
Q

Trans metatarsal Amputation done if

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Several Toes affected

67
Q

Size of AMPUTATION STUMP for BELOW KNEE Amputation

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10-12 cm
Not < 8cm

68
Q

2 ways to do BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION

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  1. Long POSTERIOR flap
  2. Skew Flap
69
Q

Early COMPLICATION following Amputation

A
  1. Hemorrhage
  2. Infection
  3. Flap Necrosis
  4. DVT
70
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Late COMPLICATION following Amputation

A

✨ Pain
✨ Phantom Limb Syndrome