Arteriograms Flashcards

0
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Performed to treat disease; therapeutic

A

Interventional Radiography procedures

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1
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Performed to identify disease

A

Diagnostic arteriograms

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2
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No break in the skin occurs

A

Non-invasive

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3
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A small break in the skin occurs; needle puncture

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Minimally invasive

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4
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Surgery; incision

A

Invasive

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5
Q

To put a catheter into

A

Catheterize

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6
Q

Which IV procedures are done with digital fluoroscopy?

A

All of them

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7
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A technique used in interventional radiography where everything is subtracted from the picture except the contrast filled blood vessels

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Digital subtraction

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8
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Hypodermic needle

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Access needle

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9
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Stainless-steel wire; is inserted first; the catheter is threaded over it; not hollow

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Guide wires

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10
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A short catheter that maintains the blood vessel access

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Sheath

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11
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Has a one-way valve and a dilator that is used to help with access

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Sheath

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12
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A plastic hollow tube; transports contrast from outside the body to a location inside the body

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Catheter

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13
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Which end is the tip of the catheter on?

A

The distal end

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14
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Which end is the hub of the catheter on?

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The proximal end

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16
Q

When do you asses pulses?

A

Before and after the procedure

17
Q

which 4 tests tells us the patient’s tendency to bleed?

A

PT
PTT
INR
ACT

18
Q

what are the 4 risks of catheterization?

A

bleeding
dissection
infection
thrombus formation

19
Q

blockage

A

occlusion

20
Q

decreased blood supply

A

ischemia

21
Q

tissue death due to decreased blood supply

A

infarction

22
Q

a dead area of tissue

A

necrosis

23
Q

a blood clot that travels to a smaller blood vessel and blocks it

A

embolism

24
Q

percutaneous approach of accessing a blood vessel

A

Seldinger method

25
Q

look for bright red blood; pulsatile

A

arterial access

26
Q

look for darker red blood; not pulsatile

A

venous access

27
Q

what is the only thing left in the body?

A

the sheath

28
Q

how long do you keep pressure on an artery after the procedure?

how long for a vein?

A

20 minutes

10 minutes

29
Q

recording blood pressures within a blood vessel or chamber of heart

A

hemodynamics

30
Q

whats the normal hemodynmic for arteries?

veins?

A

120/80

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31
Q

what does RHC stand for?

A

right heart cath

32
Q

how is the RHC accessed?

A

via a vein

33
Q

what does LHC stand for?

A

left heart cath

34
Q

how is the LHC accessed?

A

via an artery

35
Q

what is another name for a RHC?

A

pulmonary arteriogram