Alternative Testing Flashcards
Ionizing radiation to visualize contrast material injected into vessels describes
Angiography
What is the most common location for an angiography catheter to be inserted
Common femoral artery
True or False
Angiography is not functional
True
only anatomic/morphologic
Pinching or narrowing describes
Stenosis
Missing vessels/blunted loss of dye describes what filling defect
Occlusion
Dilatation of vessels describes what filling defect
Aneurysm
String of beads is what filling defect
Fibromuscular dysplasia
Radio frequency and magnetic fields that produce multiplanar views describes
MRI/MRA
Name 3 things MRI and MRA are good for
1) AAA
2) dissection
3) peripheral arterial disease
What modality can eval anatomic
MRI
What modality quantifies blood flow and creates angiograms like images and contrast is NOT neeed
MRA
What modality uses ionizing radiation to produce cross sectional images
CT/CTA
CTA requires what
contrast
Name 2 things CT and CTAs are good for
1) AAA
2) dissection
What are CT and CTAs NOT good for
peripheral
Name 4 control risk factors of medical management
1) stop smoking
2) reduce HTN
3) reduce cholesterol
4) control diabetes