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Peripheral Vascular Surgery

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1. What type of needle is used for vessels
Vessels that are between the arteriols and venule
Double armed needles - tapered
Femorofemoral bypass
As the heart beats faster there is less blood volume

2. What are the layers of vessels
Dorsal venus arch
The popliteal vein
Tunica intima - tunica media - & tunica adventita
Hyline cartilage

3. What solution is not used during grafting procedures
Weitlaner self-retaining retractor
Coronary arteries
Blood - fat - air - or portions of tumors that break free
Water

4. How is the fogarty baloon catheter used
Vessels that are between the arteriols and venule
The force that blood exerts on the internal walls of the vessels
Ascending aorta
Through the artery to compress the plaque against the wall of the artery

5. What is blood pressure
The surgeons hands should be wet
Coronary arteries
5-0 or 6-0
The force that blood exerts on the internal walls of the vessels

6. What instrument is used to isolate an artery
Coronary arteries
Sarot clamp?
Femoral arteries
Saphenous vein

7. What are the general characteristics of veins
Papaverine
Thin tunica media - thicker tunica adventita - lumen is larger - have valves
Midabdomen to toes & leg circumferentially
Coronary arteries

8. What organs does the superior mesenteric artery feed
Through the artery to compress the plaque against the wall of the artery
Unpaired - just below the celiac trunk its branches feed the pancreas - duodenum - small intestine
Esophagus
3-0 or 4-0

9. What do the anterior and posterior tibial veins unite to become
Heparin and antibiotics for irrigation
Blood - fat - air - or portions of tumors that break free
Internal carotid artery
The popliteal vein

10. What factors influence blood pressure
Heparin and antibiotics for irrigation
Ventricular contraction - resistance - blood viscosity - and heart rate
Carotid endarterectomy
Innominate (brachiocephalic) - left common carotid - and the left subclavian arteries

11. What type of retractor is used in an aortofemoral bypass
Weitlaner self-retaining retractor
Vena cava
As the heart beats faster there is less blood volume
To reinforce the anastomosis

12. What is claudication
Cramping pain or a dull ache
5-0 or 6-0
SA node
Femoral arteries

13. sutures for posterior tibial - internal carotid - brachial - radial or ulnar
Carotid endarterectomy
6-0 or 7-0
Left & right common iliac arteries are at the 4th lumbar
Ascending aorta

14. What medication is added to saline
Weitlaner self-retaining retractor
Heparin and antibiotics for irrigation
Internal carotid artery
4-0 or 5-0

15. What arteries supply the brain - head - and neck
Right common carotid artery and external carotid artery
3-0 or 4-0
Innominate (brachiocephalic) - left common carotid - and the left subclavian arteries
The surgeons hands should be wet

16. What are the characteristics of abdominal aneurysms
Generally fusiform - below the origin of the renal arteries and end at the bifurcation of the iliac arties
Hyline cartilage
Carotid endarterectomy
Weitlaner self-retaining retractor

17. When is arterial blood volume decreased
Internal carotid then the external carotid then the common carotid artery
#11 on a #7 handle
As the heart beats faster there is less blood volume
Ventricular contraction - resistance - blood viscosity - and heart rate

18. sutures for common carotid or subclavian
Double armed needles - tapered
Sodium heparin 1000/500mL saline - lidocaine with or without epi - papaverine - antibiotic irrigation - hemostatic agents
6-0
Ascending aorta

19. What is an ateriotomy
Suprarenal artery
Unpaired - just below the celiac trunk its branches feed the pancreas - duodenum - small intestine
Incision into an artery
Dorsal venus arch

20. Which artery feeds the upper digestive tract - spleen - and liver
A closed system of vessels that transport blood from the heart to the body and back
Dorsal venus arch
Basilic vein
Splenic artery

21. What is the sequence of clamping in an ateriotomy
Rubber shods
Hyline cartilage
Flush then clamp proximal then distal
Generally fusiform - below the origin of the renal arteries and end at the bifurcation of the iliac arties

22. What does the external iliac artery biforcate into
6-0 or 7-0
Femoral arteries
Weitlaner self-retaining retractor
Generally fusiform - below the origin of the renal arteries and end at the bifurcation of the iliac arties

23. What are pledgets used for
To reinforce the anastomosis
Suprarenal artery
A closed system of vessels that transport blood from the heart to the body and back
Left & right common iliac arteries are at the 4th lumbar

24. In What procedure is a fogarty catheter used
Carotid endarterectomy
The popliteal vein
3-0 or 4-0
Arterial embolectomy

25. What is the location of the biforcation of the aorta and What vessels are involved
3-0 or 4-0
Thin tunica media - thicker tunica adventita - lumen is larger - have valves
Left & right common iliac arteries are at the 4th lumbar
To reinforce the anastomosis

26. From What vein is the blood taken to pre-clot the graft
Coronary arteries
#11 on a #7 handle
Left & right common iliac arteries are at the 4th lumbar
Vena cava

27. What are delicate sutures tagged with
Internal carotid artery
Rubber shods
Carotid endarterectomy
Basilic vein

28. What type of blade is used for an arteriotomy
Unpaired - just below the celiac trunk its branches feed the pancreas - duodenum - small intestine
Femorofemoral bypass
#11 on a #7 handle
They have compromised circulation and poor vascularization - and may be diabetic or cigarette smokers

29. What are capillaries
The force that blood exerts on the internal walls of the vessels
Vessels that are between the arteriols and venule
Double armed needles - tapered
Rubber shods

30. What drug is used for arterial vasospasms
Vessels that are between the arteriols and venule
Supine with head turned 45 degrees to the unaffected side
Right common carotid artery and external carotid artery
Papaverine

31. What materials are used for stents
In the capillaries
SA node
Stainless steel mesh - titanium - polypropylene
Generally fusiform - below the origin of the renal arteries and end at the bifurcation of the iliac arties

32. What arteries supply the myocardium
Rubber shods
The surgeons hands should be wet
Vessels that are between the arteriols and venule
Coronary arteries

33. What are the layers of the heart
SA node
Sodium heparin 1000/500mL saline - lidocaine with or without epi - papaverine - antibiotic irrigation - hemostatic agents
6-0
Epicardium - myocardium - and endocardium

34. What are the deep veins of the foot
Ventricular contraction - resistance - blood viscosity - and heart rate
Coronary arteries
Through the artery to compress the plaque against the wall of the artery
Dorsal venus arch

35. What is the pt position for carotid endoarterectomy
Weitlaner self-retaining retractor
3-0 or 4-0
Supine with head turned 45 degrees to the unaffected side
Innominate (brachiocephalic) - left common carotid - and the left subclavian arteries

36. What structure is the pacemaker of the heart
SA node
Stainless steel mesh - titanium - polypropylene
Sodium heparin 1000/500mL saline - lidocaine with or without epi - papaverine - antibiotic irrigation - hemostatic agents
A closed system of vessels that transport blood from the heart to the body and back

37. Which arteries supply the spinal cord
Sarot clamp?
Blood - fat - air - or portions of tumors that break free
Splenic artery
Vertebral arteries

38. What procedure is the javid shunt used for
SA node
Rubber shods
Double armed needles - tapered
Carotid endarterectomy

39. What structures keep the trachea from collapsing
6-0 or 7-0
Vertebral arteries
Vena cava
Hyline cartilage

40. What is an atrial embolism
Generally fusiform - below the origin of the renal arteries and end at the bifurcation of the iliac arties
Blood - fat - air - or portions of tumors that break free
Stainless steel mesh - titanium - polypropylene
Papaverine

41. What drugs are used in vascular surgery
The popliteal vein
Midabdomen to toes & leg circumferentially
Sodium heparin 1000/500mL saline - lidocaine with or without epi - papaverine - antibiotic irrigation - hemostatic agents
Cramping pain or a dull ache

42. What communicate in the circle of willis
The force that blood exerts on the internal walls of the vessels
The two internal carotid arteries and the basilar artery & the posterior cerebral artery
Internal carotid artery
Papaverine

43. What is the best approach for an aortofemoral bypass
Flush then clamp proximal then distal
Splenic artery
Cramping pain or a dull ache
Arterial bypass

44. Which artery feeds the adrenal glands
Papaverine
Suprarenal artery
Left & right common iliac arteries are at the 4th lumbar
Femoral arteries

45. What are the sutures for the iliac artery
4-0 or 5-0
Thin tunica media - thicker tunica adventita - lumen is larger - have valves
Vertebral arteries
6-0

46. What should be done before tying polypropylene sutures
A closed system of vessels that transport blood from the heart to the body and back
Left & right common iliac arteries are at the 4th lumbar
Weitlaner self-retaining retractor
The surgeons hands should be wet

47. What is the prep area for a femoropopliteal bypass
Vena cava
Sarot clamp?
Midabdomen to toes & leg circumferentially
SA node

48. What is the largest vein
A closed system of vessels that transport blood from the heart to the body and back
Saphenous vein
Papaverine
Thin tunica media - thicker tunica adventita - lumen is larger - have valves

49. What vessels are clamped during a carotid endarterectomy
4-0 or 5-0
Midabdomen to toes & leg circumferentially
Dorsal venus arch
Internal carotid then the external carotid then the common carotid artery

50. sutures for femoral - popliteal arteries
5-0 or 6-0
Weitlaner self-retaining retractor
#11 on a #7 handle
Incision into an artery