Arteriograms Flashcards
Performed to treat disease; therapeutic
Interventional Radiography procedures
Performed to identify disease
Diagnostic arteriograms
No break in the skin occurs
Non-invasive
A small break in the skin occurs; needle puncture
Minimally invasive
Surgery; incision
Invasive
To put a catheter into
Catheterize
Which IV procedures are done with digital fluoroscopy?
All of them
A technique used in interventional radiography where everything is subtracted from the picture except the contrast filled blood vessels
Digital subtraction
Hypodermic needle
Access needle
Stainless-steel wire; is inserted first; the catheter is threaded over it; not hollow
Guide wires
A short catheter that maintains the blood vessel access
Sheath
Has a one-way valve and a dilator that is used to help with access
Sheath
A plastic hollow tube; transports contrast from outside the body to a location inside the body
Catheter
Which end is the tip of the catheter on?
The distal end
Which end is the hub of the catheter on?
The proximal end
When do you asses pulses?
Before and after the procedure
which 4 tests tells us the patient’s tendency to bleed?
PT
PTT
INR
ACT
what are the 4 risks of catheterization?
bleeding
dissection
infection
thrombus formation
blockage
occlusion
decreased blood supply
ischemia
tissue death due to decreased blood supply
infarction
a dead area of tissue
necrosis
a blood clot that travels to a smaller blood vessel and blocks it
embolism
percutaneous approach of accessing a blood vessel
Seldinger method
look for bright red blood; pulsatile
arterial access
look for darker red blood; not pulsatile
venous access
what is the only thing left in the body?
the sheath
how long do you keep pressure on an artery after the procedure?
how long for a vein?
20 minutes
10 minutes
recording blood pressures within a blood vessel or chamber of heart
hemodynamics
whats the normal hemodynmic for arteries?
veins?
120/80
5
what does RHC stand for?
right heart cath
how is the RHC accessed?
via a vein
what does LHC stand for?
left heart cath
how is the LHC accessed?
via an artery
what is another name for a RHC?
pulmonary arteriogram
