Alternative Testing

Question 1

Ionizing radiation to visualize contrast material injected into vessels describes

Answer 1

Angiography

Question 2

What is the most common location for an angiography catheter to be inserted

Answer 2

Common femoral artery

Question 3

True or False
Angiography is not functional

Answer 3

True
only anatomic/morphologic

Question 4

Pinching or narrowing describes

Answer 4

Stenosis

Question 5

Missing vessels/blunted loss of dye describes what filling defect

Answer 5

Occlusion

Question 6

Dilatation of vessels describes what filling defect

Answer 6

Aneurysm

Question 7

String of beads is what filling defect

Answer 7

Fibromuscular dysplasia

Question 8

Radio frequency and magnetic fields that produce multiplanar views describes

Answer 8

MRI/MRA

Question 9

Name 3 things MRI and MRA are good for

Answer 9

1) AAA
2) dissection
3) peripheral arterial disease

Question 10

What modality can eval anatomic

Answer 10

MRI

Question 11

What modality quantifies blood flow and creates angiograms like images and contrast is NOT neeed

Answer 11

MRA

Question 12

What modality uses ionizing radiation to produce cross sectional images

Answer 12

CT/CTA

Question 13

CTA requires what

Answer 13

contrast

Question 14

Name 2 things CT and CTAs are good for

Answer 14

1) AAA
2) dissection

Question 15

What are CT and CTAs NOT good for

Answer 15

peripheral

Question 16

Name 4 control risk factors of medical management

Answer 16

1) stop smoking
2) reduce HTN
3) reduce cholesterol
4) control diabetes

Question 17

______ promotes collateral formation

Answer 17

exercise

Question 18

Name an anti-platelet drug

Answer 18

Aspirin

Question 19

This anti-platelet drug reduces thrombotic activity

Answer 19

Aspirin

Question 20

The removal of plaque and intimal lining describes what surgical therapy

Answer 20

Endarterectomy

Question 21

What types of grafts are alternate pathways for significant stenosis and occlusions

Answer 21

Bypass grafts

Question 22

What widens vessels from the inside

Answer 22

Angioplasty

Question 23

This endovascular therapy procedure does not remove plaque

Answer 23

Angioplasty

Question 24

What endovascular procedure has a balloon to open the vessel and then insert a stent

Answer 24

Angioplasty

Question 25

What is another name for stent grafts

Answer 25

endografts

Question 26

What do stent grafts repair

Answer 26

AAA

Question 27

Which type of endoleak has attachment sites a) type 1 b) type 2 c) type 3 d) type 4

Answer 27

a) type 1

Question 28

Which type of endoleak has branch leaks a) type 1 b) type 2 c) type 3 d) type 4

Answer 28

b) type 2

Question 29

Which endoleak is the most common

Answer 29

Type 2

Question 30

Which type of endoleak is modular connect a) type 1 b) type 2 c) type 3 d) type 4

Answer 30

c) type 3

Question 31

Which type of endoleak is a transgraft a) type 1 b) type 2 c) type 3 d) type 4

Answer 31

d) type 4

Question 32

Name the 4 treatment plans for pseudos

Answer 32

1) nothing 2) manual compression 3) thrombin injection 4) surgery

Question 33

During manual compression of a pseudo what part needs to be fully compressed

Answer 33

Neck

Question 34

During manual compression of a pseudo the transducer is firmly compressing for periods of how long

Answer 34

10 minutes

Question 35

Up to how long during manual compression of a pseudo can it take for it to thrombose

Answer 35

Up to an hour

Question 36

During thrombin injection of a pseudo it is injected into what part

Answer 36

The body

Question 37

During thrombin injection of a pseudo where is thrombin NOT injected into

Answer 37

The neck

Question 38

What would most likely be corrected using angioplasty a) occluded popliteal artery b) renal artery stenosis c) aorta aneurysm d) Leriche syndrome

Answer 38

b) renal artery stenosis -Angioplasting and stenting are useful with focal stenosis in medium to larger size vessels

Question 39

What artery is occluded if the bypass graft was placed from the right femoral artery to the left femoral artery a) left common iliac artery b) right external iliac artery c) aorta d) left femoral artery

Answer 39

a) left common iliac artery -A femoral to femoral bypass is used in the presence of unilateral iliac occlusion. The proximal anastomosis is found on the side the blood is coming from, in this case the right side. The distal anastomosis is the leg that would be receiving the bypass and the same side as disease

Question 40

What is a characteristic of an AVF a) bidirectional flow at its connection b) pulsatile proximal artery c )pulsatile proximal vein d) high resistance within the fistula

Answer 40

c) pulsatile proximal vein

Question 41

All of the following are contraindications for a pseudoaneurysm closure except: a) Inability to compress the neck to stop flow b) Patient is anticoagulated c) Patient is unable to tolerate procedure d) The width of the pseudoaneurysm base is <1.0 cm

Answer 41

d) The width of the pseudoaneurysm base is <1.0 cm