Abdominal Flashcards
In 40% of people, the Hepatic artery arises from what artery rather than the Celiac?
Superior Mesenteric Artery (SMA)
Which artery can be identified by its surrounding triangle of fat: Celiac, SMA, or IMA?
SMA
Does the Right Renal Artery pass superficial or deep to the IVC?
Deep
Loss of the Early Systolic Peak is the first indication of disease in which arteries?
Renal Arteries
Which two veins join to form the Portal Vein?
Superior Mesenteric vein and Splenic vein.
What percentage of the blood is supplied to the liver by the Portal vein (versus the Hepatic artery)?
70-80% from the Portal vein.
List the segments of the Portal vein.
External Hepatic Portal Vein
Internal Hepatic Portal Vein
Right Portal Vein (Anterior and Posterior branches)
Left Portal Vein (Transverse and Umbilical branches)
The Doppler signature of the Portal venous system normally has these three attributes:
Low velocity
Subtle phasicity
Hepatopedal flow direction
Portal flow away from the liver is given this term:
Hepatofugal
The normal diameter of the Portal vein is:
< 13mm
Portal vein diameter larger than 13mm and diminished phasicity are signs of:
Portal Hypertension
What is the normal effect of deep inspiration on the Portal, Splenic, and Superior Mesenteric veins?
Increased diameter
Differentiate hepatic from portal veins in their orientation; where they converge; their change in diameter; and their margins.
Hepatic longitudinal, Portal transverse.
Hepatic to IVC, Portal to porta hepatis.
Hepatic larger to IVC, Portal larger to porta hepatis.
Hepatic no sheath, Portal echogenic fibrous sheath.
The normal diameter of the aorta is:
< 3 cm
The normal diameter of the iliac arteries is:
1.3 cm females, 1.5 cm males.
List three risk factors for abdominal aortic aneuryism:
Sex (male)
Age
Smoking
The renal arteries are probably not involved with a AAA if the proximal portion of the aneurysm is how far from the SMA?
2 cm
List four potential problems with endovascular grafts.
Endoleak (perigraft flow into aneurysm sack)
Endotension (sack diameter increases w/o leak)
Migration/Kinking
Disassociation (graft separates from native vessel)
What are the four types of Endoleaks?
Type 1: from anastomosis (1a: prox; 1b: distal)
Type 2: from Aorta branch
Type 3: From graft junctions or fabric tears
Type 4: From graft pores
What is meant by the “Two artery rule” regarding mesenteric ischemia?
Two of the three mesenteric (splanchnic) arteries need to be diseased in order to cause mesenteric ischemia.
Compression of the Celiac artery causing pain during exhalation is termed:
Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome
During which phase of respiration does Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome cause pain?
Exhalation
What is the normal fasting waveform of these three arteries: Celiac; SMA; IMA.
Celiac: Low resistance
SMA & IMA: High resistance