Vascular Registry TESTS COMPILATION BUNDLE

what is a normal RI for the kidney? CORRECT ANSWERS: < .8 when does rest pain occur? CORRECT ANSWERS: night how is rest pain relieved? CORRECT ANSWERS: by placing the leg in the dependent position what is the most common cause of unilateral claudication in a young person? CORRECT ANS...

What is the first branch off of the aortic arch? CORRECT ANSWERS: Innominate or brachiocephalic Which branch off of the arortic arch arises only off of the right side? CORRECT ANSWERS: Innominate What does the innominate artery divide into? CORRECT ANSWERS: right common carotid and subclavi...

what is the formula for resistance and what does each stand for? CORRECT ANSWERS: R= 8nL/pie r^4 R= resistance n= viscosity L= vessel length r=radius what is the formula for poiseulli's equation and what does each stand for? CORRECT ANSWERS: Q= P/R Q= volume flow P= pressure R= resista...

What does IMA, stand for CORRECT ANSWERS: Inferior mesenteric artery T or F some pts will have duplicated renal arteries CORRECT ANSWERS: True _ = vasospasm with underlying autoimmune disease or connective tissue. The digital or palmer arteries have a fixed obstruction CORRECT ANSWERS: Rayn...

What are the first branches of the ascending aorta? CORRECT ANSWERS: coronary arteries What is the first branch of the aortic arch? CORRECT ANSWERS: innominate or brachiocephalic What is the second branch of the aortic arch? CORRECT ANSWERS: left common carotid What is the third branch o...

What is the 3rd leading cause of death in the US (after CAD and cancer)? CORRECT ANSWERS: Stroke What is the most common site of hemodynamically significant atherosclerosis lesions in the cerebrovascular system? CORRECT ANSWERS: Carotid Bifurcation The growth of lumen-restricting lesions at ...

most important component of a venous exam CORRECT ANSWERS: compressibility 5 components of normal venous flow CORRECT ANSWERS: spontaneous, phasic, augmentable, nonpulsatile, unidirectional insonation point CORRECT ANSWERS: where transducer is how should you set doppler for venous flow ...

The innominate artery is the branch of the CORRECT ANSWERS: Aortic Arch When the external iliac artery passes underneath this structure it becomes the common femeral artery CORRECT ANSWERS: inguinal ligament This artery passes forward above the interosseous membrane and distally comes to lie...

Where could the stenosis be located based on this signal obtained in the distal left CCA? CORRECT ANSWERS: Left CCA Origin Arterial pressures can be ____________ distally if the patient has developed good collateralization. CORRECT ANSWERS: Normal Spectral Doppler of a carotid exam can defin...

What are the 5 main components of a protocol? (ABI) CORRECT ANSWERS: Purpose Indications/Contraindications Logistics Evaluate Review/Interpret What is the Purpose for an exam? CORRECT ANSWERS: Determine; Presence, Severity, Location of pathology What are some Indications for an exam? CO...

The most common anatomic variant of the aortic arch is: a. an origin of the left vertebral from the aortic arch b. an origin of the right subclavian from the aortic arch c. a common origin of the innominate and left common carotid arteries d. an origin of the right common carotid from the ao...

When did Vascular Technology begin? CORRECT ANSWERS: The late 1960's The earliest methods of testing began with this physiologic testing modality, utilizing blood pressure cuffs to measure the change in volume of a limb which occurs when normal conditions in the circulatory system change, larg...

Tortuous Arteries CORRECT ANSWERS: 1. An artery that is full of turns or twisting 2. May cause blood flow disturbances including increased velocity 3. Doppler imaging may be difficult 4. Post-stenotic turbulence must be demonstrated if narrowing is suspected Stroke CORRECT ANSWERS: Brain dea...

Detect the presence/absence of blood flood, direction of flow, disturbance of flow, tissue characterization, doppler waveform analysis CORRECT ANSWERS: What is the blood flow analysis? To know the course of blood and analyze the spectrum/color map CORRECT ANSWERS: What is the purpose of knowing...

THE ECA PROVIDES AN ANASTOMOTIC LINK TO THE ICA THROUGH THE ORBIT VIA WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING VESSELS CORRECT ANSWERS: SUPERFICIAL TEMPORAL ARTERY MAJOR BRANCHES OF THE OPHTHALMIC ARTERY ARE: CORRECT ANSWERS: FRONTAL, SUPRAORBITAL AND NASAL ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARISE FROM THE INTRACRANIAL ICA...