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Peripheral Vascular Surgery

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1. What are pledgets used for
Basilic vein
To reinforce the anastomosis
SA node
Ascending aorta

2. sutures for common carotid or subclavian
Sarot clamp?
Arterial embolectomy
6-0
Femoral arteries

3. Which clamp is removed last
Ascending aorta
Internal carotid artery
Femoral arteries
Blood - fat - air - or portions of tumors that break free

4. What structure is the pacemaker of the heart
Saphenous vein
SA node
Suprarenal artery
4-0 or 5-0

5. What type of blade is used for an arteriotomy
The force that blood exerts on the internal walls of the vessels
Generally fusiform - below the origin of the renal arteries and end at the bifurcation of the iliac arties
#11 on a #7 handle
Rubber shods

6. What graft material is not used in the popliteal area
Incision into an artery
Knitted polyester - woven polyester
Vertebral arteries
Midabdomen to toes & leg circumferentially

7. Which artery feeds the adrenal glands
Suprarenal artery
5-0 or 6-0
Water
Esophagus

8. Which artery feeds the upper digestive tract - spleen - and liver
Splenic artery
Unpaired - just below the celiac trunk its branches feed the pancreas - duodenum - small intestine
Sodium heparin 1000/500mL saline - lidocaine with or without epi - papaverine - antibiotic irrigation - hemostatic agents
Vena cava

9. What is an atrial embolism
Blood - fat - air - or portions of tumors that break free
Right common carotid artery and external carotid artery
Arterial embolectomy
Femorofemoral bypass

10. How is the fogarty baloon catheter used
Sarot clamp?
Blood - fat - air - or portions of tumors that break free
Through the artery to compress the plaque against the wall of the artery
The force that blood exerts on the internal walls of the vessels

11. What medication is added to saline
Stainless steel mesh - titanium - polypropylene
Sodium heparin 1000/500mL saline - lidocaine with or without epi - papaverine - antibiotic irrigation - hemostatic agents
Internal carotid artery
Heparin and antibiotics for irrigation

12. What are the sutures for the aorta
Hyline cartilage
5-0 or 6-0
Stainless steel mesh - titanium - polypropylene
3-0 or 4-0

13. What structures keep the trachea from collapsing
6-0
Hyline cartilage
Heparin and antibiotics for irrigation
Cramping pain or a dull ache

14. What arteries supply the myocardium
Sarot clamp?
Generally fusiform - below the origin of the renal arteries and end at the bifurcation of the iliac arties
Internal carotid artery
Coronary arteries

15. What are some special conseriderations for patients undergoing peripheral vascular surgery
They have compromised circulation and poor vascularization - and may be diabetic or cigarette smokers
6-0 or 7-0
Internal carotid then the external carotid then the common carotid artery
The two internal carotid arteries and the basilar artery & the posterior cerebral artery

16. What is the sequence of clamping in an ateriotomy
Weitlaner self-retaining retractor
Incision into an artery
Flush then clamp proximal then distal
Basilic vein

17. What is the largest vein
Saphenous vein
The two internal carotid arteries and the basilar artery & the posterior cerebral artery
Unpaired - just below the celiac trunk its branches feed the pancreas - duodenum - small intestine
SA node

18. Where do the coronary arteries arise from
Left & right common iliac arteries are at the 4th lumbar
Ascending aorta
Vessels that are between the arteriols and venule
Arterial embolectomy

19. What factors influence blood pressure
Internal carotid artery
Weitlaner self-retaining retractor
Dorsal venus arch
Ventricular contraction - resistance - blood viscosity - and heart rate

20. What are the deep veins of the foot
Dorsal venus arch
Basilic vein
Ascending aorta
A closed system of vessels that transport blood from the heart to the body and back

21. What are the layers of the heart
Epicardium - myocardium - and endocardium
Dorsal venus arch
Supine with head turned 45 degrees to the unaffected side
Right common carotid artery and external carotid artery

22. What are the general characteristics of veins
Cramping pain or a dull ache
Arterial bypass
Thin tunica media - thicker tunica adventita - lumen is larger - have valves
5-0 or 6-0

23. What vein is on the lateral side of the arm
Basilic vein
Through the artery to compress the plaque against the wall of the artery
Stainless steel mesh - titanium - polypropylene
In the capillaries

24. What are delicate sutures tagged with
Unpaired - just below the celiac trunk its branches feed the pancreas - duodenum - small intestine
Vertebral arteries
The surgeons hands should be wet
Rubber shods

25. What are capillaries
3-0 or 4-0
Incision into an artery
Vessels that are between the arteriols and venule
Ascending aorta

26. What is an ateriotomy
Incision into an artery
Right common carotid artery and external carotid artery
Left & right common iliac arteries are at the 4th lumbar
Vertebral arteries

27. What do the anterior and posterior tibial veins unite to become
Carotid endarterectomy
4-0 or 5-0
Ascending aorta
The popliteal vein

28. What type of retractor is used in an aortofemoral bypass
Hyline cartilage
Ascending aorta
Rubber shods
Weitlaner self-retaining retractor

29. What disease leads to atheroma formation
Flush then clamp proximal then distal
Weitlaner self-retaining retractor
Arteriosclerosis obliterans
Innominate (brachiocephalic) - left common carotid - and the left subclavian arteries

30. What should be done before tying polypropylene sutures
Incision into an artery
The surgeons hands should be wet
Basilic vein
Water

31. What is the location of the biforcation of the aorta and What vessels are involved
Suprarenal artery
Blood - fat - air - or portions of tumors that break free
Left & right common iliac arteries are at the 4th lumbar
Basilic vein

32. What procedure is the javid shunt used for
As the heart beats faster there is less blood volume
Sodium heparin 1000/500mL saline - lidocaine with or without epi - papaverine - antibiotic irrigation - hemostatic agents
Vena cava
Carotid endarterectomy

33. What are the layers of vessels
Tunica intima - tunica media - & tunica adventita
Internal carotid artery
A closed system of vessels that transport blood from the heart to the body and back
The popliteal vein

34. What drugs are used in vascular surgery
The surgeons hands should be wet
5-0 or 6-0
Ventricular contraction - resistance - blood viscosity - and heart rate
Sodium heparin 1000/500mL saline - lidocaine with or without epi - papaverine - antibiotic irrigation - hemostatic agents

35. In What procedure is a fogarty catheter used
Arterial embolectomy
Saphenous vein
Ascending aorta
Esophagus

36. Which arteries supply the spinal cord
Papaverine
6-0 or 7-0
Dorsal venus arch
Vertebral arteries

37. Where does gas exchange take place
#11 on a #7 handle
5-0 or 6-0
4-0 or 5-0
In the capillaries

38. sutures for posterior tibial - internal carotid - brachial - radial or ulnar
Knitted polyester - woven polyester
Thin tunica media - thicker tunica adventita - lumen is larger - have valves
6-0 or 7-0
Vertebral arteries

39. What are the sutures for the iliac artery
Weitlaner self-retaining retractor
6-0
Basilic vein
4-0 or 5-0

40. What drug is used for arterial vasospasms
Papaverine
Midabdomen to toes & leg circumferentially
Femorofemoral bypass
The surgeons hands should be wet

41. What is the best approach for an aortofemoral bypass
Left & right common iliac arteries are at the 4th lumbar
6-0
Arterial bypass
The two internal carotid arteries and the basilar artery & the posterior cerebral artery

42. What vessels are clamped during a carotid endarterectomy
Innominate (brachiocephalic) - left common carotid - and the left subclavian arteries
4-0 or 5-0
Internal carotid then the external carotid then the common carotid artery
6-0 or 7-0

43. What instrument is used to isolate an artery
Carotid endarterectomy
Sarot clamp?
Ascending aorta
Cramping pain or a dull ache

44. What is the prep area for a femoropopliteal bypass
Blood - fat - air - or portions of tumors that break free
They have compromised circulation and poor vascularization - and may be diabetic or cigarette smokers
Sodium heparin 1000/500mL saline - lidocaine with or without epi - papaverine - antibiotic irrigation - hemostatic agents
Midabdomen to toes & leg circumferentially

45. sutures for femoral - popliteal arteries
5-0 or 6-0
4-0 or 5-0
Knitted polyester - woven polyester
Epicardium - myocardium - and endocardium

46. What is claudication
Cramping pain or a dull ache
Epicardium - myocardium - and endocardium
5-0 or 6-0
Saphenous vein

47. What organs does the superior mesenteric artery feed
Internal carotid artery
SA node
Unpaired - just below the celiac trunk its branches feed the pancreas - duodenum - small intestine
Ascending aorta

48. What organ does the gastric artery feed
SA node
Ventricular contraction - resistance - blood viscosity - and heart rate
Esophagus
The popliteal vein

49. What is blood pressure
The force that blood exerts on the internal walls of the vessels
As the heart beats faster there is less blood volume
Incision into an artery
Right common carotid artery and external carotid artery

50. What solution is not used during grafting procedures
Water
Weitlaner self-retaining retractor
Ventricular contraction - resistance - blood viscosity - and heart rate
Arteriosclerosis obliterans