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