Chapter 27: Vascular Flashcards
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Most common congenital hyper coagulable disorders
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Resistance to activated protein C (Leiden factor)
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Most common acquired hyper coagulable disorder
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Smoking
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Atherosclerotic stages
- 1st
- 2nd
- 3rd
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1) Foam cells (macrophages have absorbed fat and lipids in the vessel wall)
2) Smooth muscle cell proliferation (caused by growth factors released from macrophages; results in wall injury)
3) Intimal disruption (from smooth muscle cell proliferation)
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What stage of athersclerosis causes thrombus formation?
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Third - intimal disruption: leads to exposure of collagen in vessel wall and eventual thrombus formation -> fibrous plaques then form in these areas with underlying atheromas
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Risk factors for atherosclerosis
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Smoking, HTN, hypercholesterolemia, DM, hereditary factors
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3rd most common cause of death in the United States
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Stroke
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Most important risk factor for stroke
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HTN
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Most common site of stenosis in cerebrovascular disease
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Carotid bifurcation
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Type of flow from normal internal carotid artery
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Continuous forward flow
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1st branch off the internal carotid artery
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Ophthalmic artery
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Type of flow from external carotid artery
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Triphasic flow
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1st branch of the external carotid artery
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Superior thyroid artery
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Communication between the ICA and ECA
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Ophthalmic artery (off ICA) and internal maxillary artery (off ECA)
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Most commonly diseased intracranial artery
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Middle cerebral artery
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Most commonly from arterial embolization from the ICA (not thrombosis)
- Can also occur from a low-flow state through a severely stenotic lesion
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Cerebral ischemic events
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Lesion: mental status changes, release, slowing
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Anterior cerebral artery events
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Lesion: contralateral motor and speech (if dominant side); contralateral facial droop
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Middle cerebral artery events
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Lesion: vertigo, tinnitus, drop attacks, incoordination
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Posterior cerebral artery events
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Occlusion of the ophthalmic branch of the ICA (visual changes -> shade coming down over eyes); visual changes are transient
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Amaurosis fugax
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What do you see on ophthalmologic exam in amaurosis fugax?
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Hollenhorst plaques
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Treatment: carotid traumatic injury with major fixed deficit:
- Occlusion
- Nonocclusion
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- If occluded, do not repair -> can exacerbate injury with bleeding
- If not occluded -> repair with carotid stent or open procedure
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Indications for CEA
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Symptomatic > 50% (one or more TIAs within preceding 6mos), asymptomatic > 60% (if otherwise good candidate)
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When do you consider CEA in a recent completed stroke?
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Wait 4-6 weeks and then perform CEA if it meets criteria (bleeding risk if performed earlier)
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Indications for emergent CEA
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May be of benefit with fluctuating neurologic symptoms or crescendo / evolving TIAs
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When do you use a shunt during CEA?
Use a shunt during CEA from stump pressures < 50 or if contralateral side is tight
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What side do you repair if the patient has equally tight carotid stenosis bilaterally during CEA?
Repair the dominant side first if the patient has equally tight carotid stenosis bilaterally
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Complications from repair during CEA
- Vagus nerve injury
- Hypoglossal nerve injury
- Glossopharyngeal nerve injury
- Ansa cervicalis
- Mandibular branch of facial nerve
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Most common cranial nerve injury with CEA
Vagus nerve: secondary to vascular clamping during endarterectomy; patients get hoarseness (recurrent laryngeal nerve comes off vagus)
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CEA complication: tongue deviates to the side of injury-> speech and mastication difficulty
Hypoglossal nerve injury
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CEA complication: rare, occurs with really high carotid dissection -> causes difficulty swallowing
Glossopharyngeal nerve injury
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CEA complication: innervation to strap muscles; no serious deficits
Ansa cervicalis
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CEA complication: affects corner of mouth (smile)
Mandibular branch of facial nerve
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Treatment: acute event immediately after CEA
Back to OR to check for flap or thrombosis
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Pulsatile, bleeding mass after CEA
| - Treatment?
Pseudoaneurysm
Tx: drape and prep before intubation, intubate, then repair
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Why do 20% have hypertension following CEA?
Caused by injury to the carotid body
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Tx: HTN following CEA
Nipride to avoid bleeding
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Most common cause of non-stroke morbidity and mortality following CEA
Myocardial infarction
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Restonosis rate after CEA
15%
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Indications for carotid stenting
For high-risk patients (e.g. patients with previous CEA and restenosis, multiple medical comorbidities, previous neck XRT)
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Pathway of the vertebrobasilar artery
Two vertebral arteries arise from the subclavian arteries and combine to form a single basilar artery; the basilar then splits into two posterior cerebral arteries
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Tx: vertebrobasilar artery disease
PTA with stent
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What causes vertebrobasilar artery disease?
Caused by atherosclerosis, spurs, band; get vertebrobasilar insufficiency
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Symptoms: diplopia, vertigo, tinnitus, drop attacks, incoordination
Vertebrobasilar artery disease
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Tx: vertebrobasilar artery disease
PTA with stent
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Present as a painless neck mass, usually near bifurcation, neural crest cells; are extremely vascular
Carotid body tumors
Tx: resection
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What are the aortic arch vessels?
Innominate artery (which branches into the right subclavian and right common carotid arteries), the left common carotid artery, and the left subclavian artery
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- Often asymptotic and picked up on routine CXR
| - Can get compression of vertebra (back pain), RLN (voice changes), bronchi (dyspnea or PNA), or esophagus (dysphagia)
Ascending aortic aneurysm
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Indications for repair in ascending aortic aneurysm
Acutely symptomatic, > 5.5 cm (with Marfan's > 5.0cm), or rapid increase in size ( > 0.5 cm/yr)
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Indications for repair of descending aortic aneurysm (also thoracoabdominal aneurysms)
If endovascular repair possible > 5.5 cm.
If open repair needed > 6.5cm
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Risk of mortality or paraplegia endovascular repair vs open repair
Less with endovascular repair (2-3%) compared to open repair (20%)
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How can you help prevent paraplegia with open repair?
Reimplant intercostal arteries below T8 to help prevent paraplegia with open repair
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What is the difference between the Stanford classification and the DeBakey Classification?
- Stanford: based on presence or absence of involvement of ascending aorta
- DeBakey: based on the site of tear and extent of dissection
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Stanford classification: Class A
Any ascending aortic involvement
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Stanford classification: class B
Descending aortic involvement only
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Type I DeBakey
Ascending and descending
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Type II DeBakey
Ascending only
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Type III DeBakey
Descending only
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Where do most dissections start?
In the ascending aorta
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What can aortic dissection mimic?
Myocardial infarction
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Symptoms: tearing like chest pain, can have unequal pulses (or BP) in upper extremities
Aortic dissection
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What is present in 95% of patients with aortic dissection?
95% of patients have severe HTN at presentation
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Risk factors for aortic dissection
Marfan's syndrome, previous aneurysm, atherosclerosis
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Where does aortic dissection occur?
Dissection occurs in the medial layer of blood vessel wall
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Incidence of aortic insufficiency in aortic dissection
Aortic insufficiency: occurs in 70%, caused by annular dilatation or when aortic valve cusp is sheared off
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What arteries are at risk in aortic dissection?
Can also have occlusion of the coronary arteries and major aortic branches
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What is usually the cause of death in aortic dissection?
Death with ascending aortic dissections usually secondary to cardiac failure form aortic insufficiency, cardiac tamponade or rupture
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Medical treatment initially for aortic dissections
Control BP with IV beta-blockers (e.g. esmolol) and Nipride
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When to operate on ascending aortic dissections?
Operate on all ascending aortic dissections.
| - Tx: need open repair; graft is placed to eliminate flow to the false lumen
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When to operate on descending aortic dissections?
Only operate on descending aortic dissections with visceral or extremity ischemia or if contained rupture
- Tx: Endograft or open repair; can also just place fenestrations in the dissection flap to restore blood flow to viscera or extremity if ischemia is the problem.
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Follow up for surgery for aortic dissection
Follow these patients with lifetime serial scans (MRI to decrease radiation exposure)
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Why do people status post aortic dissection repair need lifetime follow up?
30% eventually get aneurysm formation requiring surgery
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Post op complications for thoracic aortic surgery
MI, renal failure, paraplegia (descending thoracic aortic surgery)
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Why is paraplegia a risk in aortic dissection repair?
Paraplegia is caused by spinal cord ischemia due to occlusion of intercostal arteries and artery of Adamkiewicz that occurs with descending thoracic aortic surgery
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What causes AAA?
Results from degeneration of the medial layer
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Leading cause of death in AAA
Rupture: leading cause of death without an operation
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Symptoms: back or abdominal pain, can have profound hypotension
Rupture
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Where is AAA most likely to rupture?
Most likely to rupture on left posterolateral wall, 2-4 cm below renals
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When is AAA more likely to rupture?
More likely to rupture in the presence of diastolic HTN or COPD (thought to be predictors of expansion)
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Rate of mortality with rupture of AAA if patient reaches hospital alive
50% mortality rate with rupture if patient reaches hospital alive
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Indications for surgical repair of AAA
Repair if symptomatic, > 5.5 cm, or growth > 0.5 cm/yr
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When do you reimplant the inferior mesenteric artery in surgical repair of ruptured AAA?
Reimplant IMA if back pressures
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What arteries need ligation in ruptured AAA repair?
Ligate bleeding lumbar arteries
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What artery needs ensured flow in aorto-bifemoral repair instead of straight tube graft in ruptured AAA repair?
If performing an aorto-bifemoral repair: ensure flow to at least one internal iliac artery (hypogastric artery) to avoid vasculogenic impotence
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Graft used for repair of AAAs
Usually use a straight tube Dacron graft for repair of AAAs
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Complications of AAA repair
Major vein injury with proximal cross-clamp. Impotence. MI. Renal failure. Graft infection. Pseudo aneurysm. Atherosclerotic occlusion. Diarrhea.
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AAA complication: major vein injury with proximal cross-clamp
Retro-aortic left renal vein
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AAA complication: impotence
In 1/3 secondary to disruption of autonomic nerves and blood flow to the pelvis
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Rate of mortality with elective AAA repair
5% mortality with elective repair
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#1 cause of acute death after surgery
MI
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#1 cause of late death after surgery
Renal failure
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Risk factors for mortality in AAA repair
Creatinine > 1.8 (#1), CHF, EKG ischemia, pulmonary dysfunction, older age, females
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#1 risk factor for mortality after AAA repair
Creatinine > 1.8
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Graft infection rate s/p AAA repair
1%
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Pseudoaneurysm formation s/p graft placement for AAA repair
1%
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Most common later complication after aortic graft placement
Atherosclerotic occlusion
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What is diarrhea (especially bloody) worrisome for after AAA repair?
Ischemic colitis
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Why is ischemic colitis a possible complication in AAA repair?
Inferior mesenteric artery is often sacrificed with AAA repair and can cause ischemia (most commonly left colon)
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Dx: ischemic colitis s/p AAA repair
Endoscopy or abdominal CT: middle and distal rectum are spared from ischemia (middle and inferior rectal arteries are branches off the internal iliac artery)
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When do you go to OR for ischemic colitis s/p AAA repair?
If patient has peritoneal signs, mucosa is black on endoscopy, or part of the colon looks dead on CT scan -> take to OR for colectomy and colostomy placement
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AAA: ideal criteria for endovascular repair:
- Neck length
- Neck diameter
- Neck angulation
- Common iliac artery length
- Common iliac artery diameter
- Other
- Neck length: > 15mm
- Neck diameter: 20-30mm
- Neck angulation: 10mm
- Common iliac artery diameter: 8-18mm
- Other: non-tortuous, noncalcified iliac arteries, lack of neck thrombus
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AAA repair: failure site -> Type 1 endoleak
Proximal or distal graft attachment sites
Tx: extension cuffs
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AAA repair: failure site -> Type 2 endoleak
Collaterals (eg patent lumbar, IMA, intercostals, accessory renal)
Tx: observe most, percutaneous coil embolization if pressurizing aneurysm
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AAA repair: failure site -> Type 3 endoleak
Overlap sites when using multiple grafts or fabric tear
Tx: Secondary endograft to cover overlap site or tear
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AAA repair: failure site -> Type 4 endoleak
Graft wall porosity or suture holes
Tx: Observe, can place nonporous stent if that fails
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AAA repair: failure site -> Type 5 endoleak (endotension)
Expansion of aneurysm without evidence of leak
Tx: repeat EVAR or open repair
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- Occurs in 10% of patients with AAA; males
| - Weight loss, increased ESR, thickened rim above calcifications on CT scan
Inflammatory aneurysms
- Not secondary to infection: just an inflammatory process
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Anatomical problems to consider in inflammatory aneurysms
- Can get adhesions to the 3rd and 4th portion of the duodenum
- Ureteral entrapment in 25%
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How do you prevent ureteral injury (25%) in repair of inflammatory aneurysms?
May need to place preoperative ureteral stents to help avoid injury.
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Treatment: inflammatory aneurysm
Inflammatory process resolves after aortic graft placement
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Cause of mycotic aneurysms
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#1 Salmonella
#2 Staphylococcus
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- Pain, fevers, positive blood cultures in 50%
| - Periaortic fluid, gas, retroperitoneal soft tissue edema, lymphadenopathy
Mycotic aneurysms
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Treatment: mycotic aneurysms
Usually need extra-anatomic bypass (axillary-femoral with femoral-to-femoral crossover) and resection of infrarenal abdominal aorta to clear infection
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Causes of aortic graft infections
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#1 Staphylococcus
#2 E. coli
Blood cultures negative in many patients
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What are aortic graft infections most common in?
More common with grafts going to the groin (e.g., aorto-bifemoral grafts)
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Treatment: aortic graft infections
Bypass thru non-contaminated field (e.g. axillary-femoral bypass with femoral-to-femoral crossover) and then resect the infected graft
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- Usually occurs > 6 months after abdominal aortic surgery
| - Herald bleed with hematemesis, then blood per rectum
Aortoenteric fistula
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Where does the graft erode in aortoenteric fistula?
Graft erodes into 3rd or 4th portion of duodenum near proximal suture line
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Standard treatment for an infected aortic valvular prosthesis
An axillobifemoral bypass is performed first. This is followed a few days later by removal of the infected aortic prosthesis and careful oversewing of the aortic stump as illustrated
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Components of anterior leg compartment
Deep peroneal nerve (dorsiflexion, sensation between 1st and 2nd toes), anterior tibial artery
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Components of lateral leg compartment
Superficial peroneal nerve (eversion, lateral foot sensation)
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Components of deep posterior leg compartment
Tibial nerve (plantar flexion), posterior tibial artery, peroneal artery
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Components of superficial posterior leg compartment
Sural nerve
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Signs of PAD
Pallor, dependent rubor, hair loss, slow capillary refill
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#1 preventative agent for atherosclerosis
Statin drugs (lovastatin)
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Can increase risk of atherosclerosis.
| - Tx: folate and B12
Homocystinuria
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How can you remember the symptoms associated with the level of occlusion in PAD?
Symptoms occur one level below occlusion
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What can mimic claudication?
Lumbar stenosis
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What can mimic rest pain in PAD?
Diabetic neuropathy
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- No femoral pulses
- Buttock or thigh claudication
- Impotence (from decreased flow in the internal iliacs)
Leriche syndrome
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Where is the lesion in Leriche syndrome?
Lesion at aortic bifurcation or above
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Treatment: Leriche syndrome
Aorto-bifemoral bypass graft
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Most common atherosclerotic occlusion in the lower extremities
Hunter's canal (distal superficial femoral artery exits here)
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What muscle covers Hunter's canal?
Sartorius muscle
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What forms collateral circulation?
Forms form abnormal pressure gradients
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Collateral circulation of circumflex iliacs
Circumflex iliacs to subcostals
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Collateral circulation of circumflex femoral arteries
Circumflex femoral arteries to gluteal arteries
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Collateral circulation around the knee
Geniculate arteries
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Budding from preexisting vessels; angiogenin involved
Postnatal angiogenesis
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Why can ABIs be very inaccurate in patients with diabetes?
Secondary to incompressibility of vessels; often have to go off Doppler waveforms in these patients
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How does walking affect the ABI?
In patients with claudication, the ABI in the extremity drops with walking
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When is arteriogram indicated in PAD?
If PVRs suggest significant disease - can also at times treat the patient with percutaneous intervention; gold standard for vascular imaging.
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Surgical indications for PAD
Rest pain, ulceration or gangrene, lifestyle limitation, atheromatous embolization
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How do you prevent vasculogenic impotence and pelvic ischemia during repair of aortoiliac occlusive disease?
Need to ensure flow to at least 1 internal iliac artery (hypogastric artery; want to see good back-bleeding from at least 1 of the arteries, otherwise need a bypass to an internal iliac artery) when performing aorto-bifemoral repair
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Treatment for isolated iliac lesions
PTA with stent 1st choice; if that fails, consider femoral-to-femoral crossover
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- 75% 5-year potency
| - improved patency with surgery for claudication as opposed to limb salvage
Femoropopliteal grafts
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Popliteal artery exposure below the knee:
- Posterior muscle
- Anterior muscle
Posterior muscle: gastrocnemius
Anterior muscle: popliteus
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Arteries useful in femoral-distal grafts
Peroneal, anterior tibial, or posterior tibial artery
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Rate of patency of femoral-distal grafts
50% 5-year patency; patency not influenced by level of distal anastomosis
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Why are distal lesions more limb threatening?
Because of lack of collaterals
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When are bypasses to distal vessels usually performed?
Usually used only for limb salvage
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If you are going to perform distal bypass on the leg, what do you need to ensure?
Bypassed vessel needs to have run-off below the ankle for this to be successful
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Dx: early swelling following lower extremity bypass
Reperfusion injury and compartment syndrome
Tx: fasciotomies
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Dx: late swelling following lower extremity bypass
DVT
Dx: US
Tx: heparin, coumadin
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Complications of reperfusion of ischemic tissue
Compartment syndrome, lactic acidosis, hyperkalemia, myoglobinuria
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#1 cause of early failure of reversed saphenous vein grafts
Technical problem
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#1 cause of late failure of reversed saphenous vein grafts
Atherosclerosis
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Noninfectious, can allow to autoamputate if small or just toes.
Dry gangrene
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Management of dry gangrene
- Large lesions should be amputated
| - See if patient has a correctable vascular lesion
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Infectious, need to remove infected necrotic material ; antibiotics
Wet gangrene
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- At metatarsal heads
| - Diabetics, can have osteomyelitis
Mal perforans ulcer
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MC'ly involved joint in mal performs ulcer
2nd MTP joint most common
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Tx: mal perforans ulcer
Non-weightbearing, debridement of metatarsal head (need to remove cartilage), antibiotics; assess need for revascularization
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What causes compartment syndrome?
Is caused by reperfusion injury to the extremity (mediated by PMNs; occurs with cessation of blood flow to extremity and repercussion > 4-6 hours later).
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Symptoms of compartment syndrome
Pain with passive motion; extremity feels tight and swollen
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Where is compartment syndrome most likely to occur?
Most likely to occur in the anterior compartment of leg (get foot drop)
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Dx / Tx: compartment syndrome
Dx: often based on clinical suspicion; compartment pressure > 20 - 30 mmHg abnormal
Tx: fasciotomies (get all 4 compartments if in lower leg) -> leave open 5-10 days
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- Most present with mild intermittent claudication
| - Men, 40s, loss of pulses with plantar flexion
Popliteal entrapment syndrome
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What leads to popliteal entrapment syndrome?
Have medial deviation of artery around medial head of gastrocnemius muscle
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Tx: popliteal entrapment syndrome
Resection of medial head of gastrocnemius muscle; may need arterial reconstruction
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- Men, 40s, popliteral fossa most common area
| - Symptoms: intermittent claudication, changes in symptoms with knee flexion / extension
Adventitial cystic disease
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Why is adventitial cystic disease most often bilateral?
Ganglia originate from adjacent joint capsule or tendon sheath
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Dx / Tx: adventitial cystic disease
Dx: angiogram
Tx: resection of cyst; vein graft if the vessel is occluded
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What are arterial autografts?
Radial artery grafts for CABG, IMA from CABG
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Rate of mortality within 3 years for leg amputation
50% mortality
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BKA:
- ___% heal
- ___% walk again
- ___% mortality
80% heal
70% walk again
5% mortality
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AKA:
- ___% heal
- ___% walk again
- ___% mortality
90% heal
30% walk again
10% mortality
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Indications for emergency amputation
Systemic complications or extensive infection
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Embolism or Thrombosis?
- Arrhythmia
- No prior claudication or rest pain
- Normal contralateral pulses
- No physical findings of chronic limb ischemia
Embolism
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Embolism or thrombosis?
- No arrhythmia
- History of claudication or rest pain
- Contralateral pulses absent
- Physical findings of chronic limb ischemia
Thrombosis
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- Usually do not have collaterals, signs of chronic limb ischemia, or history of claudication with emboli (do have collaterals with thrombosis)
Acute arterial emboli
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Contralateral leg in acute arterial emboli
Contralateral leg usually has no chronic signs of ischemia and pulses are usually normal
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Symptoms: pain, paresthesia, poikilothermia, paralysis
Acute arterial emboli
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Extremity ischemia evolution in acute arterial emboli
Pallor (white) -> cyanosis (blue) -> marbling
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MCC acute arterial emboli
Atrial fibrillaiton
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Common causes of acute arterial emboli
A fib (MCC), recent MI with LV thrombus, myxoma, aorto-iliac disease
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MC site of peripheral obstruction from emboli
Common femoral artery
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Tx: acute arterial emboli
Embolectomy usual; need to get pulses back; post op angiogram
- Consider fasciotomy is ischemia > 4-6 hours
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When do you consider fasciotomy in acute arterial emboli?
If ischemia > 4-6 hours
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Treatment possibility in aortoiliac emboli (loss of both femoral pulses)
Can be treated with bilateral femoral artery cutdown and bilateral embolectomies
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Cholesterol clefts that can lodge in small arteries
Atheroma embolism
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Most common site of atheroma embolization
Renals
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Flaking atherosclerotic emboli off abdominal aorta or branches
- Patients typically have good distal pules
Blue toe syndrome
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MC source of blue toe syndrome
Aortoiliac disease
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Dx: atheroma embolism
Chest/abdomen/pelvis CT scan (look for aneurysmal source) and ECHO (clot or myxoma in heart)
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Tx: atheroma embolism
May need aneurysm repair or arterial exclusion with bypass
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Do patients with acute arterial thrombosis usually have arrhythmia?
No. These patients usually do not have arrhythmias.
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What is the usually history in acute arterial thrombosis?
Do have a history of claudication and have signs of chronic limb ischemia and poor pulses in the contralateral leg.
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Tx: acute arterial thrombosis
Threatened limb (loss of sensation or motor function) -> give heparin and go to OR for thrombectomy
If limb is not threatened: angiography for thrombolytics
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Treatment: thrombosis of PTFE graft
Thrombolytics and anticoagulation; if limb threatened -> OR for thrombectomy
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Where does the right renal artery run?
Posterior to IVC
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Rate of accessory renal arteries in humans
Accessory renal arteries in 25%
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Bruits. Diastolic blood pressure > 115, HTN, in children or premenopausal women, HTN resistant to drug therapy.
Renovascular HTN (renal artery stenosis)
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Renovascular HTN:
- Left side
- Proximal 1/3
- Men
Renal atherosclerosis
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Renovascular HTN:
- Right side
- Distal 1/3
- Women
Fibromuscular dysplasia
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Dx: renovascular HTN (renal atherosclerosis, fibromuscular dysplasia)
Angiogram
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Tx: renovascular HTN (renal atherosclerosis, fibromuscular dysplasia)
PTA (percutaneous transluminal angioplasty); place stent if due to atherosclerotic disease
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Indications for nephrectomy with renal HTN
Atrophic kidney
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Occlusive disease in the upper extremity: why are proximal lesions usually asymptomatic?
Secondary to increased collaterals
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Most common site of upper extremity stenosis
Subclavian artery
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Tx: occlusive disease of the upper extremity
PTA with stent; common carotid to subclavian artery bypass if that fails.
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Proximal subclavian artery stenosis resulting in reversal of flow through ipsilateral vertebral artery into the subclavian artery
Subclavian steal syndrome
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When do you operate in subclavian steal syndrome?
Operate with limb or neurologic symptoms (usually vertebrabasilar symptoms)
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Tx: subclavian steal syndrome
PTA with stent to subclavian artery, common carotid to subclavian artery bypass if that fails.
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Course of the subclavian vein
Passes over the first rib anterior to the anterior scalene muscle, then behind clavicle
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Course of the brachial plexus and subclavian artery
Passes over the first rib posterior to the anterior scalene muscle and anterior to the middle scalene muscle
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General symptoms: back, neck, and/or arm pain / weakness / tingling (often worse with palpation / manipulation)
Thoracic outlet syndrome
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Dx: thoracic outlet syndrome
Cervical spine and chest MRI, duplex US (vascular etiology), electromyelogram (EMG; neurologic etiology)
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If neurologic or vascular involvement more common in thoracic outlet syndrome?
Neurologic involvement - much more common than vascular
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#1 anatomic abnormality in thoracic outlet syndrome
Cervical rib
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#1 cause of pain in thoracic outlet syndrome
Brachial plexus irritation
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How does the exam look in thoracic outlet syndrome?
Usually have normal neurologic exam; tapping can reproduce symptoms (Tinsel's test)
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Most common nerve distribution causing pain in thoracic outlet syndrome
Ulnar nerve distribution (C8-T1) - inferior portion of brachial plexus
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Symptoms of ulnar nerve distribution involvement in thoracic outlet syndrome
Tricep muscle weakness and atrophy, weakness of intrinsic muscles of hand, weak wrist flexion.
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Tx: thoracic outlet syndrome
Cervical rib and 1st rib resection, divide anterior scalene muscle
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Usually presents as effort-induced thrombosis of subclavian vein (Paget-von Schrotter disease; baseball pitchers) - acutely painful, swollen, blue limb
Subclavian vein TOS
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What type of thrombosis is involved in subclavian vein TOS
Venous thrombosis is much more common than arterial
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Dx: subclavian vein causing TOS
Venography is the gold standard for diagnosis, but duplex US makes the diagnosis and is quicker to get.
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Rate of thoracic outlet problem in subclavian vein problem causing TOS
80% have associated thoracic outlet problem.
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Tx: subclavian vein TOS
Thrombolytics initially; repair at that admission (Cervical rib and 1st rib resection, divide anterior scalene)
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Least common cause of TOS
Subclavian artery
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What is the cause of subclavian artery involvement in TOS?
Compression usually secondary to anterior scalene hypertrophy (weight lifters)
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Symptoms: subclavian artery TOS
Hand pain from ischemia
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Test used to confirm subclavian artery TOS
Adson's test: absent radial pulse with head turned to ipsilateral side
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Dx / Tx: subclavian artery TOS
Dx: duplex US or angiogram (gold standard)
Tx: surgery -> cervical rib and 1st rib resection, divide anterior scalene muscle; possible bypass graft if artery is too damaged or aneursymal
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Why can motor function be preserved in digits after prolonged hand ischemia?
Motor function can remain in digits after prolonged hand ischemia because motor groups are in the proximal forearm.
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- Overall mortality 60%
- Usually involve SMA
- CT findings: vascular occlusion, bowel wall thickening, intramural gas, portal venous gas
Mesenteric ischemia
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MCC of visceral ischemia
- Embolic occlusion: 50%
- Thrombotic occlusion: 25%
- Nonocclusive: 15%
- Venous thrombosis: 5%
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MC location of SMA embolism
Most commonly occurs near origin of SMA
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- Pain out of proportion to exam; pain usually of sudden onset; hematochezia and peritoneal signs are late findings
- May have h/o a fib, endocarditis, recent MI, recent angiography
SMA embolism
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Dx / Tx: SMA embolism
Dx: angiogram or abdominal CT with IV contrast
Tx: embolectomy, resect infarcted bowel if present
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How do you expose the SMA?
Divide ligament of Treitz, SMA is to the right of this near the base of the transverse colon mesentery
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- Often history of chronic problems (food fear, weight loss)
- Possible history of vasculitis or hyper coagulable state
- Symptoms: similar to embolism, may have developed some collaterals
SMA thrombosis
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Tx: SMA thrombosis
thrombectomy (open or catheter directed; thrombolytics may have a role) ; may need PTA with stent or open bypass after the vessel is opened for any residual stenosis; resection of infarcted bowel
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- Usually short segments of intestine involved; bloody diarrhea, crampy abdominal pain
- May have a history of vasculitis, hyper coagulable state, portal HTN
Mesenteric vein thrombosis
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Dx / Tx: mesenteric vein thrombosis
Dx: abdominal CT scan or angiogram with venous phase
Tx: heparin usual; resection of infarcted bowel if present
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- Spasm, low-flow states, hypovolemia, hemoconcentration, digoxin -> final common pathway is low cardiac output to visceral vessels
- Symptoms: bloody diarrhea, pain
Nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia
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Final common pathway of nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia
Low cardiac output to visceral vessels
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Risk factors of nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia
Prolonged shock, CHF, prolonged cardiopulmonary bypass
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What areas are most vulnerable to nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia?
Watershed areas (Griffith's - splenic flexure and Sudak's - upper rectum)
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Watershed area: splenic flexure
Griffith's
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Watershed area: upper rectum
Sudak's
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Tx: nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia
Volume resuscitation, catheter-directed nitroglycerin can increase visceral blood flow; also need to increase cardiac output (dobutamine); resection of infarcted bowel if present
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- Causes celiac artery compression
| - Bruit near epigastrium, chronic pain, weight loss, diarrhea
Median arcuate ligament syndrome
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Tx: median arcuate ligament syndrome
Transect median arcuate ligament; may need arterial reconstruction
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Weight loss secondary to food fear (visceral angina 30 minutes after meals)
Chronic mesenteric ischemia
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Dx: chronic mesenteric ischemia
Get lateral visceral vessel aortography to see origins of celiac and SMA
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Tx: chronic mesenteric ischemia
PTA and stent; bypass if that fails
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Important collateral between the SMA and celiac
Arc of Riolan
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Most common complication of aneurysms above the inguinal ligament
Rupture
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Most common complications of aneurysms below inguinal ligament
Thrombosis and emoli
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Risk factors for visceral artery aneurysms
Medial fibrodysplasia, portal HTN, arterial disruption secondary to inflammatory disease (eg, pancreatitis)
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Repair guidelines for visceral artery aneursyms
Repair all splanchnic artery aneurysms (>2cm) when diagnosed (50% risk for rupture) except splenic
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MC visceral aneurysm
- More common in women
- 2% risk of rupture
Splenic artery aneurysm
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When do you repair splenic artery aneurysms?
If symptomatic, if patient is pregnant, if occurs in women of childbearing age, or is > 3-4 cm
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Splenic artery aneurysm: what is concerning in pregnants?
High rate of pregnancy-related rupture -> usually in 3rd trimester
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Tx: visceral artery aneurysm
Covered stent (best); exclusion with bypass if that fails
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Treatment splenic artery aneurysms
Splenic artery aneurysms can just be ligated if open procedure is required (have good collaterals)
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When do you treat renal artery aneurysms?
> 1.5 cm
Tx: covered stent
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When do you treat iliac and femoral artery aneurysms?
Iliac: > 3.0 cm
Femoral: > 2.5 cm
Tx: covered stent
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Most common peripheral aneurysm
Popliteal artery aneurysm
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- Leg exam reveals prominent popliteal pulses
- 1/2 are bilateral
- 1/2 have another aneurysm elsewhere (AAA, femoral, etc)
- Most likely to get thrombosis or emboli with limb ischemia
- Can also get leg pain from compression of adjacent structures
Popliteal artery aneurysm
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Dx: popliteal artery aneurysm
Ultrasound
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Surgical indications for repair of popliteal artery aneurysm
Symptomatic, > 2cm, or mycotic
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TX: popliteal artery aneurysm
Exclusion and bypass of all popliteal aneurysms; 25% have complication that requires amputation if not treated; covered stent not recommended for these
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Collection of blood in continuity with the arterial system but not enclosed by all 3 layers of the arterial wall
Pseudoaneurysm
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Treatment pseudo aneurysm if it occurs after percutaneous intervention
Ultrasound-guided compression with thrombin injection (surgical repair if flow remains in the pseudo aneurysm after thrombin injection)
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Treatment pseudo aneurysm if it occurs at a suture line early after surgery
Need surgical repair
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What do pseudo aneurysms that occur at suture lines late after surgery (months to years) suggest?
Suggests graft infection
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- Young women; HTN if renal involved; headaches or stroke if carotids involved
- String of beads appearance
Fibromuscular dysplasia
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Most commonly involved vessel in fibromuscular dysplasia
Renal artery, followed by carotid and iliac
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Most common variant of fibromuscular dysplasia
Medial fibrodysplasia
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- young men, smokers
| - severe rest pain with bilateral ulceration; gangrene of digits, especially fingers
Buerger's disease
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What do you see on arteriogram of Buerger's disease?
Corkscrew collaterals on angiogram and severe distal disease; normal arterial tree proximal to popliteal and brachial vessels (i.e., a small vessel disease)
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Treatment: Buerger's disease
Stop smoking of will require continued amputations
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Cystic medial necrosis syndromes
Marfan's, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
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Fibrillin defect (connective tissue elastic fibers); marfanoid habitus, retinal detachment, aortic root dilatation
Marfan's disease
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- Many types of collagen defects are identified
- Easy bruising, hypermobile joints; tendency for arterial rupture, especially abdominal vessels
- Get aneurysms and dissections
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
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Angiogram protocol for Ehlers Danlos syndrome
No angiograms -> risk of laceration to vessel
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What is important to consider in Ehlers Danlos syndrome cystic medial necrosis?
Often too difficult to repair and need ligation of vessels to control hemorrhage
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- Women, age > 55, headache, fever, blurred vision (risk of blindness)
- Inflammation of large vessels (aorta and branches)
- Long segments of smooth stenosis alternating with segments of larger diameter
Temporal arteritis (large artery)
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What do you see on temporal artery biopsy in temporal arteritis?
Giant cell arteritis, granuloma
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Tx: temporal arteritis (large artery)
Steroids, bypass of large vessels if needed; no endarterectomy
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- Weight loss, rash, arthralgias, HTN, kidney dysfunction
- Get aneurysms that thromboses or rupture
- Renals most commonly involved
Polarteritis nodosa (medium artery)
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What organ is most commonly involved in polyarteritis nods?
Renals
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Tx: polyarteritis nodosa (medium artery)
Steroids
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- Children; febrile viral illness with erythematous mucosa and epidermis
- Get aneurysms of coronary arteries and brachiocephalic vessels
- Die from arrhythmias
Kawasaki's disease (medium artery)
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What do people with Kawasaki's die from?
Arrhythmias
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Tx: Kawasaki disease
Steroids, possible CABG
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- Often secondary to drug / tumor antigens
| - Symptoms: rash (palpable purpura), fever, symptoms of end-organ dysfunction
Hypersensitivity angiitis (small artery)
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Tx: hypersensitivity angiitis (small artery)
Calcium channel blockers, pentoxifylline, stop offending agent
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Radiation arteritis:
- Early
- Late
- Late late
- Early: sloughing and thrombosis (obliterative endarteritis)
- Late: (1-10 years) - fibrosis, scar, stenosis
- Late late (3-30 years) - advanced atherosclerosis
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- Young women
| - Pallor -> cyanosis -> rubor
Raynaud's disease
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Tx: Raynaud's disease
Calcium channel blockers, warmth
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Joins femoral vein near groin; runs medially
Greater saphenous vein
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Why no clamps on the IVC?
Will tear
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Can be ligated near the IVC in emergencies because of collaterals (left gonadal vein, left adrenal vein); right renal vein does not have these collaterals
Left renal vein
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Most common failure of AV grafts for dialysis
Venous obstruction secondary to intimal hyperplasia
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Dialysis access grafts:
- Radial artery to cephalic vein
- Wait 6 weeks to use -> allows vein to mature
Cimino
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Dialysis access grafts
- eg brachiocephalic loop graft
- wait 6 weeks to allow fibrous scar to form
Interposition graft
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Two types of dialysis access graft
Cimino, interposition graft
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- Usually secondary to trauma; can get peripheral arterial insufficiency, CHF, aneurysm, limb-length discrepancy
- Most need repair -> lateral venous suture; arterial side may need patch or bypass graft; try to place interposing tissue so it does not recure
Acquired AV fistula
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- Causes: smoking, obesity, low activity
| - Tx: sclerotherapy
Varicose veins
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- Secondary to venous valve incompetence (90%)
| - Ulceration occurs above and posterior to malleoli
Venous ulcers
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Venous ulcers: size that often heal without surgery
Ulcers > 3cm often heal without surgery
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Tx: venous ulcers
Unna boot compression cures 90%
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What do you need to consider in the treatment of venous ulcers?
May need to ligate perforators or have vein stripping of greater saphenous vein
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- Aching, swelling, night cramps, brawny edema, venous ulcers
- Elevation brings relief
Venous insufficiency
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Tx: venous insufficiency
Leg wraps, ambulation with avoidance of long standing
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Treatment of venous ulcers: for severe symptoms or recurrent ulceration despite medical treatment
Greater saphenous vein stripping (for saphenofemoral valve incompetence) or removal or perforators (if just perforator valves are incompetent; stab avulsion technique)
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Nonbacterial inflammation
| - Tx: NSAIDs, warm packs, ambulation
Superficial thrombophlebitis
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- Pus fills vein; fever, increased WBCs, erythema, fluctuant; usually associated with infection following a peripheral IV
- Tx: resect entire vein
Suppurative thrombophlebitis
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What is associated with migrating thrombophlebitis?
Pancreatic CA
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MOA: Sequential compression devices (SCDs)
Help prevent blood clots by decreasing venous stasis and increasing tPA release
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Why is the left leg 2x more involved than right in DVT?
Longer left iliac vein compressed by right iliac artery
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Tenderness, pallor (whiteness), edema
| - Tx: heparin
Phlegmasia alba dolens
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IVC filter indications
Contraindication to anticoagulation; PE while on coumadin; free-floating ileofemoral thrombi; after pulmonary embolectomy
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Etiology of pulmonary embolism with filter in place
Comes from ovarian veins, inferior vena cava superior to filter, or from upper extremity via the superior vena cava
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Treatment: venous thrombosis with central line
Pull out central line if not needed, then heparin; can try to treat with systemic heparin or TPA down line if the access site is important
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- Do not contain a basement membrane
| - Not found in bone, muscle, tendon, cartilage, brain, or cornea
Lymphatics
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Are lymphatics valveless?
Deep lymphatics have valves
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- Occurs when lymphatics are obstructed, too few in number, or nonfunctional
- Leads to woody edema secondary to fibrosis in subcutaneous tissue (toes, feet, ankle, leg)
Lymphedema
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What are big problems in lymphedema?
Cellulitis and lymphangitis secondary to minor trauma are big problems
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Most common infection in lymphedema
Strep
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Laterality of congenital lymphedema
L > R
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Tx: lymphedema
Leg elevation, compression, antibiotics for infections
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Raised blue/red coloring; early metastases to lung
Lymphangiosarcoma
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Lymphangiosarcoma associated with breast axillary dissection and chronic lymphedema
Stewart-Treves syndrome
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- Usually after dissection in the groin (e.g. after femoral to popliteal bypass)
- Leakage of clear fluid
Lymphocele
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Tx: lymphocele
Percutaneous drainage (can try a couple of times); resection if that fails
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How can you identify the lymphatic channels supplying a lymphocele?
Can inject isosulfan blue dye into foot to identify the lymphatic channels supplying the lymphocele if having trouble locating.
