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Question 1

What is the most common type of flow?

Answer 1

parabolic

Question 2

What is the most common type of arterial disease?

Answer 2

chronic peripheral arterial disease
(AKA atherosclerosis or arteriosclerosis)

Question 3

What is the most common location of chronic PAD?

Answer 3

• distal SFA in general population
• tibial vessels in diabetics

Question 4

Out of all the risk factors for chronic PAD, what is the most contributing factor?

Answer 4

smoking

Question 5

What is the most severe symptom of chronic PAD?

Answer 5

tissue loss/ necrosis

Question 6

What is the most common source of embolism?

Answer 6

the heart

Question 7

What is the most common arteritis?

Answer 7

Bueger’s disease AKA thromboangitis obliterans

Question 8

What is the most common location of an aneurysm?

Answer 8

infrarenal aorta

Question 9

What is the most common cause of aneurysm?

Answer 9

atherosclerosis

Question 10

What is the most common type of aneurysm?

Answer 10

fusiform

Question 11

What is the most likely complication of AAA?

Answer 11

rupture
(especially when aneurysm is >5cm)

Question 12

What is the most likely complication of a peripheral aneurysm?

Answer 12

embolization

(of a little piece of clot that forms inside of the aneurysm)

Question 13

False aneurysm is most often found in what location and what type of patient?

Answer 13

thoracic aorta in hypertensive pt with severe back/chest pain

Question 14

What is the most common cause of pseudoaneurysm?

Answer 14

post procedure such as catheterization or angiogram

Question 15

What is the most common region in the body that has compartment syndrome?

Answer 15

anterior tibial region