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Peripheral Vascular Surgery

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1. What solution is not used during grafting procedures
4-0 or 5-0
Water
Left & right common iliac arteries are at the 4th lumbar
Vertebral arteries

2. What are the characteristics of abdominal aneurysms
Double armed needles - tapered
Generally fusiform - below the origin of the renal arteries and end at the bifurcation of the iliac arties
To reinforce the anastomosis
As the heart beats faster there is less blood volume

3. What materials are used for stents
4-0 or 5-0
Ascending aorta
Stainless steel mesh - titanium - polypropylene
Carotid endarterectomy

4. What structures keep the trachea from collapsing
Femorofemoral bypass
SA node
Hyline cartilage
Epicardium - myocardium - and endocardium

5. What is the largest vein
Saphenous vein
Heparin and antibiotics for irrigation
Sodium heparin 1000/500mL saline - lidocaine with or without epi - papaverine - antibiotic irrigation - hemostatic agents
Water

6. What are the sutures for the iliac artery
Splenic artery
Incision into an artery
Through the artery to compress the plaque against the wall of the artery
4-0 or 5-0

7. What instrument is used to isolate an artery
Hyline cartilage
Arteriosclerosis obliterans
Sarot clamp?
Internal carotid artery

8. How is the fogarty baloon catheter used
Through the artery to compress the plaque against the wall of the artery
Heparin and antibiotics for irrigation
Cramping pain or a dull ache
Arteriosclerosis obliterans

9. What type of needle is used for vessels
6-0
6-0 or 7-0
5-0 or 6-0
Double armed needles - tapered

10. What is the location of the biforcation of the aorta and What vessels are involved
Left & right common iliac arteries are at the 4th lumbar
Hyline cartilage
The two internal carotid arteries and the basilar artery & the posterior cerebral artery
Epicardium - myocardium - and endocardium

11. What are pledgets used for
To reinforce the anastomosis
Suprarenal artery
Left & right common iliac arteries are at the 4th lumbar
Water

12. sutures for posterior tibial - internal carotid - brachial - radial or ulnar
Knitted polyester - woven polyester
6-0 or 7-0
Double armed needles - tapered
5-0 or 6-0

13. What vessels are clamped during a carotid endarterectomy
Water
6-0
Internal carotid then the external carotid then the common carotid artery
In the capillaries

14. What vein is on the lateral side of the arm
Basilic vein
Femorofemoral bypass
Vessels that are between the arteriols and venule
Left & right common iliac arteries are at the 4th lumbar

15. From What vein is the blood taken to pre-clot the graft
The force that blood exerts on the internal walls of the vessels
Arterial embolectomy
Incision into an artery
Vena cava

16. What disease leads to atheroma formation
6-0 or 7-0
Arteriosclerosis obliterans
A closed system of vessels that transport blood from the heart to the body and back
Weitlaner self-retaining retractor

17. What are the deep veins of the foot
4-0 or 5-0
Ventricular contraction - resistance - blood viscosity - and heart rate
Vessels that are between the arteriols and venule
Dorsal venus arch

18. What procedure is used for an iliac artery obstruction
Internal carotid artery
Epicardium - myocardium - and endocardium
Femorofemoral bypass
Ascending aorta

19. What organ does the gastric artery feed
Unpaired - just below the celiac trunk its branches feed the pancreas - duodenum - small intestine
Esophagus
Generally fusiform - below the origin of the renal arteries and end at the bifurcation of the iliac arties
Heparin and antibiotics for irrigation

20. Where do the coronary arteries arise from
Dorsal venus arch
Vena cava
Ascending aorta
5-0 or 6-0

21. What is an atrial embolism
Ventricular contraction - resistance - blood viscosity - and heart rate
Epicardium - myocardium - and endocardium
Blood - fat - air - or portions of tumors that break free
The surgeons hands should be wet

22. Which clamp is removed last
Esophagus
Hyline cartilage
Internal carotid artery
Coronary arteries

23. What is the pt position for carotid endoarterectomy
Supine with head turned 45 degrees to the unaffected side
The surgeons hands should be wet
Papaverine
The two internal carotid arteries and the basilar artery & the posterior cerebral artery

24. What procedure is the javid shunt used for
Knitted polyester - woven polyester
Carotid endarterectomy
Arterial embolectomy
6-0 or 7-0

25. What arteries supply the myocardium
Knitted polyester - woven polyester
Right common carotid artery and external carotid artery
Coronary arteries
Arterial bypass

26. What does the external iliac artery biforcate into
Femoral arteries
Saphenous vein
Through the artery to compress the plaque against the wall of the artery
Right common carotid artery and external carotid artery

27. What type of blade is used for an arteriotomy
Rubber shods
#11 on a #7 handle
Thin tunica media - thicker tunica adventita - lumen is larger - have valves
Through the artery to compress the plaque against the wall of the artery

28. Where does gas exchange take place
Coronary arteries
Stainless steel mesh - titanium - polypropylene
#11 on a #7 handle
In the capillaries

29. What is the peripheral vascular system
The popliteal vein
Sarot clamp?
The two internal carotid arteries and the basilar artery & the posterior cerebral artery
A closed system of vessels that transport blood from the heart to the body and back

30. What graft material is not used in the popliteal area
Water
Knitted polyester - woven polyester
Papaverine
Coronary arteries

31. What structure is the pacemaker of the heart
SA node
Rubber shods
6-0
The two internal carotid arteries and the basilar artery & the posterior cerebral artery

32. What is an ateriotomy
Incision into an artery
3-0 or 4-0
The popliteal vein
Epicardium - myocardium - and endocardium

33. What are some special conseriderations for patients undergoing peripheral vascular surgery
Right common carotid artery and external carotid artery
Cramping pain or a dull ache
They have compromised circulation and poor vascularization - and may be diabetic or cigarette smokers
Ascending aorta

34. What is claudication
Cramping pain or a dull ache
The two internal carotid arteries and the basilar artery & the posterior cerebral artery
Rubber shods
Knitted polyester - woven polyester

35. When is arterial blood volume decreased
Tunica intima - tunica media - & tunica adventita
Epicardium - myocardium - and endocardium
Hyline cartilage
As the heart beats faster there is less blood volume

36. What drug is used for arterial vasospasms
Saphenous vein
Double armed needles - tapered
Ventricular contraction - resistance - blood viscosity - and heart rate
Papaverine

37. What are the sutures for the aorta
Hyline cartilage
Vena cava
Blood - fat - air - or portions of tumors that break free
3-0 or 4-0

38. In What procedure is a fogarty catheter used
Suprarenal artery
Flush then clamp proximal then distal
Arterial embolectomy
4-0 or 5-0

39. Which artery feeds the adrenal glands
Heparin and antibiotics for irrigation
Arterial bypass
Suprarenal artery
Dorsal venus arch

40. What are delicate sutures tagged with
To reinforce the anastomosis
Weitlaner self-retaining retractor
3-0 or 4-0
Rubber shods

41. Which arteries supply the spinal cord
Suprarenal artery
4-0 or 5-0
Vertebral arteries
Coronary arteries

42. sutures for femoral - popliteal arteries
Right common carotid artery and external carotid artery
6-0
Vertebral arteries
5-0 or 6-0

43. What communicate in the circle of willis
The two internal carotid arteries and the basilar artery & the posterior cerebral artery
Suprarenal artery
The popliteal vein
Double armed needles - tapered

44. sutures for common carotid or subclavian
Splenic artery
Sarot clamp?
Vena cava
6-0

45. What organs does the superior mesenteric artery feed
The two internal carotid arteries and the basilar artery & the posterior cerebral artery
The popliteal vein
Unpaired - just below the celiac trunk its branches feed the pancreas - duodenum - small intestine
Vessels that are between the arteriols and venule

46. What are the 3 branches of the aortic arch
Tunica intima - tunica media - & tunica adventita
Saphenous vein
Innominate (brachiocephalic) - left common carotid - and the left subclavian arteries
Splenic artery

47. What should be done before tying polypropylene sutures
The surgeons hands should be wet
They have compromised circulation and poor vascularization - and may be diabetic or cigarette smokers
Innominate (brachiocephalic) - left common carotid - and the left subclavian arteries
Internal carotid then the external carotid then the common carotid artery

48. What are the layers of vessels
The force that blood exerts on the internal walls of the vessels
Tunica intima - tunica media - & tunica adventita
#11 on a #7 handle
Arterial embolectomy

49. What do the anterior and posterior tibial veins unite to become
Epicardium - myocardium - and endocardium
Vertebral arteries
#11 on a #7 handle
The popliteal vein

50. Which artery feeds the upper digestive tract - spleen - and liver
SA node
Papaverine
Splenic artery
5-0 or 6-0