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1
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What are we looking for in an arterial scan?

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Occlusion

2
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What are the symptoms of PAOD?

A

Intermittent claudication

3
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What is claudication?

A

Pain in large muscle groups caused by activity

4
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Where does claudication occur?

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distal to site of disease

5
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What is true claudication?

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when symptoms are relieved with quiet standing

6
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what is Ischemic rest pain?

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Symptoms are more serve and have diminish flow. Pain occurs when legs are at rest.

7
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What is advanced POAD? and symptoms?

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Most severe state with tissue loss causing thick toenails, scaliness, elevation pallor, gangrene, blue toes.

8
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How should a patient be positioned?

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Head raised and legs at the same level as the heart

9
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What happens if cuff isn’t right?

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narrow= false elevated pressure
wide= false low pressure
10
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What is a normal abi?

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about 1 *lower=worse POAD

11
Q

Explain a normal thigh pressure?

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30 m mHg higher than highest brachial. *higher = prox obstruction

12
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Contraindications for treadmill testing?

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Chest pain, Arrhythmias, Post myocardial infarction, unsteady, hypertension.

13
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What is recovery time and what does it suggest?

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ABI returns to normal within 5=single >10=multi

14
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What is Plethysmography?

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cuff is used to measure volume changes in limb

15
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With plethysmography what does a moderate to severe disease look like?

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delayed peak, round peak, and diastolic phase becomes convex.

16
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What is Photoplethysmography (PPG)?

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infrared light is used to detect variations in blood flow.

17
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What is a normal toe brachail index?

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> .8

18
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Common location for POAD in arms?

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sublavian to the prox axiallry

19
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What difference in ABI for arms indicates a disease?

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> 20

20
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How to detect Thoracic outlet syndrome?

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Any postion should be held for 30 secs. to see if symptoms happen. **TOA example when raising your arm

21
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What is Raynaud?

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from cold sensitivity or emotional stimuli that can be either primary or secondary.

22
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What id the difference between primary and secondary Reynaud?

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Primary= vasopspam only (younger)
secondary= fixed obstruction with associated vasospasm. (older)
23
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What is secondary reynauds associated with?

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tissue loss, trauma, and scleroderma, cancer, drug induced, autoimne.

24
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What is the Allen test?

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used to determine digital perfusion prior to certain surgical procedures

25
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Signs and symptoms of acute arterial insufficiency?

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Pallor, Pulselessness, Paralysis, Parthesia, Pain, Coolness

26
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Risk factors for lower extr. arterial insufficiency?

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Diabetes, Hypertension, Smoking, Obesity, Age, Heredity, Gender

27
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Normal findings for spectral analysis:

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PSV does not increase, High resistance=sharp upstroke, rapid deceleration, retrograde in early, Antegrade in late

28
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What is contrast arteriography?

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“GOLD STANDARD” for arterial stenosis.

29
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What are some limitations to using a arteriography?

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Delineates patent arterial lumen only. Missed thromobsis in pop. Low flow=poor. Radiation.

30
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What causes a upper extremity arterial disease?

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Mechanical obstruction. Embolism. Trauma. Raynaud. Occulsion.

31
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Where does most atherosclerotic disease in upper ex occur?

A

lt prox subclavian if extensive it is in aortic arch

32
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What is Takayasu arteritis?

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it is a auto imune disorder that affects the arteris of the aortic arch and visercal abdominal aorta. Result of long occlusion or stenosis.

33
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Who is common for takaysu?

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women 20-30’s

34
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Symptoms of takaysau?

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acutley: fever, malaise, arthralgias, and myalgias

35
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Who is common for giant cell?

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white women in 40

36
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What arteris are affected by giant cell?

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opthalmic, subclavian, axillary, superfical temporal.

37
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Who gets thromboangiitis (buerger)?

A

smokers under 50

38
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What vessels get buerger?

A

small vessels of hands and feet

39
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How to improve buerger?

A

stop smoking

40
Q

Patients with dialysis grafts or fistulas may have

A

gangrene from end stage renal disease

41
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Downfall to a prosthetic bypass graft

A

poor long termed patency rates

42
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Why are autogenous vein grafts preffered?

A

better long term patancy

43
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What is in situ bypass graft?

A

vein being used for bypass is left in its original anatomic position usually the great saphenous v. Lareg to small.

44
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What is the difference in orthograde and retrograde by pass grafts both can be freed from natural postion

A

Orthograde=lyzing valves
retrograde= flipping vein
both= large to small

45
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When do you have problems with bypass grafts and what are they?

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technical occurs within 30 days

problems = retained valve, intimal flap, problems at suture, graft intapment, thrombosis

46
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Between 1-24 months what can occur with a bypass graft?

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myointimal hyperplasi creating stenosis or a stenosis..

47
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After 24 months what can occur?

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progression of atherosclerotic disease in inflow or outflow vessel. OR aneurysmal dialation

48
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What images are needed for a bypass graft check up?

A
infow
prox anastomosis
mid graft
sistal anasomosis
outflow
49
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How do PTFE grafts appear?

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double line

50
Q

What is myometrial hyperplasia?

A

rapid proliferation of cells into intimal layer

51
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Normal bypass waveform?

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multiphasic. high resistance. reversal may be absent in earlt period.

52
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What an foward flow in diastol be a sign of?

A

indication of hyperemia or arteriovenous fistula

53
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Stenosis categorization

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Normal below 150 cm/s…… Above 180=abnormal

54
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Treatments for PAD:

A

Medical treatment
surgical reconstruction/ graft
endovascular therapy

55
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Types of endovascular treatments:

A

PTA,
Subintmal angio
mechanical atherectomy
stent graft angio

56
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Nonatherosclerotic disease include

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inflammatory,,, congenital abnormalities,,,, aquird,,, injuries

57
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What is Vascular arteritis?

A

Inflammatory that affects vessels

58
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W/ arteritis inflammatory process involves?

A

media cells infiltrated w/ white blood cells
muscular and elastic portions are eroded
fibrosis develops
weak wall and necrosis

59
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Symptoms of arterisi

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claudication
decreased asymmetrical bp
TIA/ STROKE symptoms

60
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ANother name for giant cell arteritis

A

temporal arteritis

61
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Symptoms of Giant cell arteritis

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temporal headaches
tenderness over superfical temp artery
decreased pulse
asymmetrical bps
cord-like structure over temporal artery
aching/stiffness in neck
jaw claudication
visulal disturbances
62
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Labs for Giant cell =

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elevated erythrocyes sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein

63
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Symptoms of Takayasu arteritis

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absent peripeheral pulse
brachial bp difference
light headednes
amaurosis fugax
diplopia
tias
hemiparesis
upper extemity claudication
64
Q

Does Buerger affect one side or both?

A

both but one is worse

65
Q

Radiation Induced arteritis???

A

rare from radiation therapy for cancer…. results in perivascular fibrosis, inflammation, and acceleraion of atherosclerosis

66
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What is embolic disease?

A

occlusion or obstruction of an artery by a transported clot of blood or mass, bacteria, or other foreign substance

67
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Where do most arterial emboli come from?

A

80-90% cardic source

68
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What causes cardiac emboli?

A
arterial fib********most common
post myocardial infarction lt ventricle 
mechanical heart valves
intracardiac tumors
vegetation
paradoxical emboli
69
Q

What % of emboli arises from outside of the heart

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10-20%

70
Q

Other sources for emboli rather than the heart

A

subclavian
atherosclerotic disease in the aorta, iliac, femoral, pop
mural thrombosus from aneurysms in these vessels

71
Q

Where does most pseudoanerysms, injurys occcur?

A

femoral artery as a result of catheter based procedur

72
Q

Pseudoaneurysms symptoms

A

mass
ecchymosis
pain
extrinsi compressing that causes nerve irriation and venous compression swelling

73
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AV fistula injury???

A

abnormal connection b/w artery and vein from trauma or catherization

74
Q

signs and symptoms of av fistula injury

A

bruit
papable thrill
hematoma

75
Q

Arterial occlusions trauma ????

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occurs after various interventions or cannulations

76
Q

With a arterial occlusion injury a pt may present with

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partial to complete thrombosis

cold, pulseless leg

77
Q

What is popliteal artery entrapment syndrome?

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occurs when pop artery is compressed by medial head of gastrocnemius muscle or adjacent tendons result of congenital deformity

78
Q

repeated compression of pop artery can produce?

A

aneurysm formation
thromboembolism
thrombosis

79
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Symptoms of pop artery entrapment syndrome

A
claudication in young 
may occur after extensive exercise
may be chronic
may occur with walking not running
parasthesia and numbness have been recorded