General Flashcards
What arteries produce a monophasic flow pulsed Doppler spectral waveform and why?
Arteries with low ressitance arterial flow will product monophase wave form. The arteries are: - Internal carotid - Vertebral - Renal - Celiac - Splenic - Hepatic
What are the effects of Unfractionated heparin other then anticoagulation?
Unfractionated heparin has been shown to modulate endothelial cell permeability and pH.
מה המדדים שמעידים על failing vein graft?
ירידה באינדקס זרוע קרסול ב-0.15
PSV>300
MRA vs CTA.
Who is overestimates and who is underestimates the degree of stenosis.
CTA Underestimate
MRA Overestimate
What is the most common location for Adventitial Cystic Disease?
Popliteal artery 80% of cases.
What is the content of Adventitial Cystic?
Filled with a gelatinous mucoid material.
Microscopic: simple cuboid cell lining in the adventitial layer, with absence of any atherosclerotic disease.
What is the content of Popliteal artery adventitial cysts?
Filled with a gelatinous mucoid material.
Microscopic: simple cuboid cell lining in the adventitial layer, with absence of any atherosclerotic disease.
What is the advantage of vein cuffs?
significantly improves patency for below the knee prostetic bypass.
2 years patency 52% with vs. 29% without vein cuff.
Also improves limb salvage (84% vs. 62%)
Still inferior to those of vein bypasses
How is the renal resistive index measured?
(PSV-EDV) / PSV of interlobular vessels of kidney
What is normal velocity in the intracranial vessels?
60 cm/sec
What are low resistance circulations in the body that would have persistence of flow throughout diastole?
brain, kidneys, spleen, liver
What kind of waveform would a ICA dissection have?
to and fro
Absolute Indications for fasciotomy
Tense compartment+
- Pain with passive motion of muscles traversing the same compartment
- Paresis or paresthesias refer able to the same component
- Tense compartment in a patient who cannot be examined serially due to obtundation or need for other operations
- ICP minus mean blood pressure
Potential indications for fasciotomy
- Acute ischemia >6 hrs with few collaterals
- Combined arterial and venous injuries
- Phlegmasia cerulean dozens
- Tense compartment after crush injury
- Tense compartment after fracture
Contraindications to fasciotomy
Extremity is nonviable
Crush injuries
What are the four diagnostic criteria for Marfan’s syndrome?
Ectopia lentis, pectus excavatum, height, evidence of dissection
What is the mutation in Marfan syndrome?
Fibrillin 1
What are the signs of malignant hyperthermia?
Early signs: Masseter rigidity Tachycardia Muscle rigidity Hypercarbia
Late signs:
Hyperthermia, hyperkalemia, arrhythmia, myoglobinuria
What is the treatment of malignant hyperthermia?
Discontinue volatile anesthetic agents
Administer dantrolene
Treat hyperkalemia
Monitor for DIC
What is the maximum dose of lidocaine and lidocaine with epi?
5 mg/kg for lidocaine plain
7 mg/kg for lidocaine with epi
So for a 70kg person, 35 ml plain or 49ml with epi
location of subclavian vein?
between anterior scalene and subclavius muscle
What’s the interscalene triangle
Between anterior and middle scalene
Subclsvian artery and brachial plexus are in it
What’s the classification for cervical rib and what are the stages
Gruber classification
- Less than 2.5 cm
- More than 2.5 cm
- Connected to the first rib with fibrous band
- Connected with an actual articulation joint
Adson test
Sitting with hands on the knees Turn head to concerned side Deep inhale Radical pulse disappears High false positive rate
What is Profunda-popliteal collateral index and what is it used for?
PPCI is calculated as the difference between the above-knee and below-knee blood pressure divided by the above-knee pressure.
Low index indicates good collateral development (little pressure drop across the knee)
An index < 0.25 predicts a good result from profundaplasty without infrainguinal bypass.
PPCI of greater than 0.50 predicts no improvement with profundaplasty alone.
What is the preferred treatment in Renal Artery Stenosis in atherosclerotic lesions (90% of cases)?
Most lesions are at the ostia (connecion to aorta).
ASTRAL and CORAL trials showed no advantage for stenting over medical treatment.
Intervention is in severe disease that fails to respond to aggressive medical therapy.
Open surgery in good risk patients with bilateral RAS or branched vessel disease who fali medical treatment and children with developmental RAS.
Balloon-expandable stents may be concidered, over open surgery, in low volume centers and for unilateral stenosis.
What is the preferred treatment in symptomatic Innominate Artery Stenosis?
Endovascular stenting.
What is the preferred treatment for thoracoabdominal aneurysems?
Endovascolar in degenerative aneurysems.
Open in connective tissue dessease.
What is the preferred treatment of acute aortic dissection type B?
Acute is up-to 14 days.
Id dissection is not complicated (pending rupture, endorgan malperfusion) conservative controling BP with BB in ICU to control symptoms.
If symptomatic in sub-acute (14-90 days): endovascular treatment.
What is the preferred treatment in Takayasu?
Steroids tretreatment.
What is the preferred treatment in symptomatic mid aortic syndrom (Life limitting cludication, severe stenosis, uncontroled hypertension) in Takayasu?
Open Aorto-Aortic bypass
What is the preferred treatment in renal stenosis due to Takayasu with uncontroled hypertension?
Endovascular with stent graft.
If failure, open bypasses.
What is the preferred treatment in symptomatic carotid stenosis (cerebelar ischemia or 70% symptomatic stenosis) due to Takayasu?
Open bypass from aortic arch.
What is the preferred treatment in symptomatic subclavian stenosis due to Takayasu?
Open bypass from aortic arch.
What is the preferred treatment in symptomatic coronary artery stenosis due to Takayasu?
CABG
What is the preferred treatment in Renal Artery Stenosis in fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD)?
This cases are less common.
Stenosis is usauly at the main renal artery (string of beads).
Treatment is PTA
What is the treatment of Adventitial Cystic Disease?
Resection and reconstruction in oclussion secondary to thrombosis. Posterior approach.
In none thrombosed artery, imaging-guided cyst aspiration or operative cyst evacuation and excision, offer good short-term outcomes (lowest recurrence in cyst recession).
What is the preferred treatment in case of Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury?
In case of stage 1-3 and stable patient, the 1st line is medical treatment to control BP and later definitive TEVAR.
In Stage 4 and unstable patient TEVAR is preferred when applicable and open surgery is an option.
What is the preferred treatment for popliteal artery aneurysm?
Open medial approch. bypass + exclusion/ligation of the aneurysm.
Posterior approch is preferred for large, confined to the popliteal space and aneurysms causing symptoms from compression.
What is the preferred treatment for cervical trauma with hard signs?
Open surgicl approach.
What is the preferred treatment for cervical trauma with soft signs?
Zone I and Zone 3 - endovascular
Zone II - Operative repair.
What is the preferred treatment for Symptomatic Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia?
Endovascular treatment with balloon expandable covered stent.
Name histological findings of scalene muscle in TOS?
a. Predominance of Type I fibres
b. Increase in connective tissue
c. Endomysial fibrosis
d. Mitochondrial changes
List causes of emboli in ALI.
Cardiac (80-90%)
Atrial fibrillation
Post MI
Valvular prosthesis
Intracardiac tumour
Septic embolus
Non-cardiac (10%)
Atheroembolism from aneurysm or proximal aortic disease
Non-cardiac tumour
Paradoxical embolism
Foreign body
Microemboli
Most commonly femoral artery origin
- Name 3 groups that should be screened for AAA according to the vascular society
All men 65-75 years of age
Women over 65 years with high risk (smoking, family history, CVD)
Men below 65 years with family history
Name 3 studies that support surgery for symptomatic stenosis
NASCET
ECST
VAST
Name 2 studies that support surgery for asymptomatic stenosis
ACAS
VA asympto trial
About carotid artery stenting. Name 4-5 studies on carotid stenosis and their results (inferior, superior, similar or results pending)
ICSS (inferior)
CREST (inferior or same)
EVA-3S (inferior)
SPACE (inferior or similar)
SAPPHIRE (superior)
CAVATAS (similar, poor study)
What are side effects of scelrotherapy.
Anaphylaxis, allergic reaction
Thrombophlebitis (superficial and DVT)
Cutaneous necrosis
Pigmentation
Neoangiogenesis
List ways to avoid hyper pigmentation after sclerotherapy.
Use weaker concentration of sclerosing solution
Minimize intravascular pressure during injection
Remove postsclerotherapy coagula (use No 21 or 18 needle to allow expulsion of entrapped blood under pressure)
List technique to salvage stent deployment if balloon ruptures after 50% deployment.
a. Maintain wire access, replace balloon and deploy stent at original target
b. Maintain wire access, replace smaller balloon, “capture” stent and deploy in safe location (external iliac artery)
c. Snare stent and remove percutaneously or from surgically accessible location
List anomalies of IVC and renal vein.
retroaortic renal vein
cirumaortic renal vein
duplicated IVC
absent infrarenal IVC
Double IVC with Retroaortic Right Renal Vein and Hemiazygos Continuation of the IVC
Double IVC with Retroaortic Left Renal Vein and Azygos Continuation of the IVC
Azygos Continuation of the IVC
List causes of IC other then atheromatous.
Popliteal entrapment
Popliteal aneurysm
Cystic adventitial disease of popliteal artery
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
Thromboangiitis obliterans
Peripheral emboli
Aortic coarctation
Takayasu’s disease
Remote trauma or radiation injury
Arterial fibrodysplasia
Persistent sciatic artery
Iliac syndrome of the cyclist
Primary vascular tumors
Pseudoaneurysm with AVF (hemodialysis) List 4-5 reasons to repair
o Increase in size
o Distal ischemia
o Overlying skin changes (may predispose pseudoaneurysm rupture)
o Persistent bleeding from puncture site
o Rupture
o Cosmesis (if AV fistula no longer needed, ie post renal transplant)
List 5 pathogens involved in infected aneurysm
o Salmonella spp (30%)
o Staphylococcus spp (19%)
o Streptococcus spp (9%)
o E Coli (9%)
o Bacteroides spp (5%)
o Enterococcus group (3%)
o Clostridium spp (3%)
candida
mycobacterium
treponema pallidum
Name different types of infected aneurysm.
o Mycotic aneurysm (gr + cocci: Strep viridans and faecalis, Staph aureus and epidermidis, )
o Microbial arteritis (Salmonella, Staph spp, E Coli and Bacteroides fragilis)
o Infection of existing aneurysm (Staph spp)
o Post-traumatic infected false aneurysm (Staph aureus, polymicrobial – Staph aureus, e Coli, Strep fecalis, Pseudomonas, various Enterobacter)
List 6 ways to predict success of a profundaplasty
a. Significant profunda stenosis or occlusion
b. Rest pain or minimal tissue loss
c. Good inflow
d. Occluded SFA
e. Healthy distal profunda
f. Good collaterals to tibial vessels (preferably 2 out of 3)
List facts that favour AKA over BKA.
i. Physical exam (ie. lack of femoral pulse)
ii. Skin temperature < 90°F
iii. Absolute ankle pressure < 60 mmHg
iv. Skin perfusion pressure < 20 mmHg at BKA level
v. Trans-cutaneous O2 below 30 mmHg at BKA level
Name clinical differences b/w primary and secondary Raynauds
Primary
female
teens-20s
family history
live in colder climates
Attacks triggered by exposure to cold and/or stress
Symmetric bilateral involvement
Absence of necrosis
Absence of a detectable underlying cause
Normal capillaroscopy findings
Normal laboratory findings for inflammation
Absence of antinuclear factors
Secondary
male or female
40s
Single digit involved
Abnormal pulse examination
Vascular laboratory abnormalities
Positive autoantibodies
Renal artery aneurysm.
Most common presentation
Most common location
Most common morphological characteristic.
incidental
90% extraparynchymal
75% saccular
What is indication for intervention on RAA?
>2-3cm
pregnancy
rupture
HTN (DBP >90 despite 3 antihtn
dissection if viability treatened
What is the difference between first and second generation fibrinolytics?
List 2nd generation.
2nd are fibrin selective
avoid systemic depletion of circulating fibrinogen and plasminogen
tPA (alteplase)
pro-urokinase
What is a type I error?
Incorrect rejection of a true null hypothesis
What is a type II error?
Failure to reject a false null hypothesis
What is alpha error?
type I error
What is beta error?
type II error
How do you calculate Odds ratio?
AD/BC
How do you calculate PPV?
true positives/(#true positives + number of false positives)
How do you calculate NPV?
of true negatives/(# of true negatives + # of false negatives)
How to calculate NNT?
1/ARR
How to calculate ARR?
control event rate-experimental event rate
What is the definition of primary assisted patency?
time from access placement to access thrombosis with intervention designed to maintain functionality of an access
What is functional patency?
indicate patent start date of first successful cannulation
List the seven roles of the CanMEDS framework.
medical expert
scholar
professional
health advocate
manager
communicator
collaborator