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Peripheral Vascular Surgery

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What factors influence blood pressure






2. sutures for femoral - popliteal arteries






3. What drug is used for arterial vasospasms






4. How is the fogarty baloon catheter used






5. What organ does the gastric artery feed






6. What type of blade is used for an arteriotomy






7. Which artery feeds the adrenal glands






8. Where does gas exchange take place






9. What structure is the pacemaker of the heart






10. What are the sutures for the aorta






11. What is claudication






12. What is the peripheral vascular system






13. What solution is not used during grafting procedures






14. What are capillaries






15. What do the anterior and posterior tibial veins unite to become






16. What should be done before tying polypropylene sutures






17. What materials are used for stents






18. What is the pt position for carotid endoarterectomy






19. What are the layers of vessels






20. What vein is on the lateral side of the arm






21. What arteries supply the myocardium






22. From What vein is the blood taken to pre-clot the graft






23. What are pledgets used for






24. What arteries supply the brain - head - and neck






25. What drugs are used in vascular surgery






26. What are the general characteristics of veins






27. What are the deep veins of the foot






28. What type of retractor is used in an aortofemoral bypass






29. What is the sequence of clamping in an ateriotomy






30. What organs does the superior mesenteric artery feed






31. sutures for common carotid or subclavian






32. sutures for posterior tibial - internal carotid - brachial - radial or ulnar






33. What instrument is used to isolate an artery






34. Which artery feeds the upper digestive tract - spleen - and liver






35. What is the best approach for an aortofemoral bypass






36. Which arteries supply the spinal cord






37. What procedure is used for an iliac artery obstruction






38. What type of needle is used for vessels






39. What structures keep the trachea from collapsing






40. What procedure is the javid shunt used for






41. What does the external iliac artery biforcate into






42. In What procedure is a fogarty catheter used






43. What are the layers of the heart






44. What are delicate sutures tagged with






45. When is arterial blood volume decreased






46. What is the location of the biforcation of the aorta and What vessels are involved






47. What medication is added to saline






48. What is an ateriotomy






49. What is blood pressure






50. What is an atrial embolism