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1
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Risk factors for peripheral arterial disease.

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Diabetes, HTN, hyperlipidemia, CAD, previous CVA or MI, smoking, age, male, family history, obesity, sedentary lifestyle, history of radiation, elevated homocysteine, excessive C-reactive protein

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Physical signs

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Skin changes, palpations (pulses), auscultation (bruit), limb pressure differences

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Pallor

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Pale colour due to deficient blood supply

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Rubor

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Red or discoloured skin from dilated or damaged vessels

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Dependent rubor

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Pallor when elevated, rubor when hanging

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Cyanosis

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Blueish colour of the skin

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Trophic changes

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Due to lack of nourishment, shiny, scaly skin with thick toenails and hair loss

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What difference in pressure could indicated disease?

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20mmHg

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9
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What are some signs and symptoms of peripheral arterial disease?

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Intermittent claudication, Ischemic rest pain, necrosis, paralysis (weakness), parasthesia, poikilothermia (cold limbs), gangrene/ulceration, previous therapeutic vasc procedure

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How would you differentiate claudication and pseudoclaudication?

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Claudication is reproducible, pseudo is not

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11
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What are 3 mechanisms of disease?

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Atherosclerosis, embolism, aneurysm

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12
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What are the uses of peripheral arterial duplex testing?

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Determine if there is a stenosis/occlusion or aneurysms, evaluate bypass graft, locate stenotic lesions pre-surgery, follow up post-surgery

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What arteries are assessed in an LE arterial duplex protocol?

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Distal external iliac, common femoral, common femoral bifurcation, superficial femoral, popliteal, bifurcation of the tibial-peroneal trunk and anterior tibial

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What arteries are asses in an UE protocol?

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Subclavian, axillary, brachial, radial, ulnar, palmar if needed

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15
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What are normal peak systolic velocities of the UE arteries?

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Subclavian and axillary- 70-120cm/s
Brachial- 50-120cm/s
Radial and ulnar- 40-90 cm/s
Palmar and digits- lower

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16
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When a stenosis is seen, where do you obtain your waveforms?

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  • 2cm prox
  • highest PSV
  • distal to the stenosis
17
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What are normal PSV of the LE arteries?

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Triphasic flow
External iliac: 120 +/- 22 cm/s
Common femoral: 114 +/- 25 cm/s
Superficial femoral (SFA) prox: 91 +/- 14
SFA distal: 94 +/- 14
Popliteal: 69 +/- 13
18
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What is a biphasic arterial signal?

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Strong forward flow in systole, loss of flow in early diastole, decrease in late diastole

19
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What is a monophasic arterial signal?

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Decreased pulsatility and no reversed flow in late systole, diastolic flow may or may not be seen, blunted systolic part

20
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When is a monophasic signal commonly seen?

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Distal to a hemodynamically significant stenosis or occlusion

21
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What % stenosis causes a velocity increase of more than double?

22
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What % stenosis causes a velocity increase to triple?

23
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What type of waveform is seen with a distal occlusion?

24
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What are some medical treatment for arterial disease?

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Change lifestyle factors, exercise, antiplatelets, anticoagulants, antithrombolytics

25
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What are some surgical treatments for arterial disease?

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Bypass grafting, artherectomy, resectioning, sympathectomy, amputation

26
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What are some endovascular treatments for arterial disease?

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Angioplasty, stent, intra-arterial directed thrombolysis

27
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Pulsating hematoma from a leaking artery and confined by surrounding tissue and has a communicating channel between the main artery and pulsating mass

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False (pseudo) aneurysm

28
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Inflammation of the arterial

29
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Most common arteritis?

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Buerger’s disease

30
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Congenital narrowing of the thoracic aorta that may result in LE ischemia

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Aorta coarctation

31
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Two types of Raynaud’s

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  1. Primary (idiopathic, spastic Raynaud’s syndrome)

2. Secondary (obstructive)

32
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Swelling within the osteofascial compartments that causes a comprise of blood flow

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Compression/entrapment syndromes

33
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Focal stenosis or occlusion of the popliteal artery compressed by a cyst

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Adventitious cystic disease

34
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Compression of the subclavian artery/vein/nerves that lead to hand and arm ischemia and pain/weakness

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Thoracic outlet syndrome

35
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Communication between an artery and an adjacent vein

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AV fistula

36
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Toe ischemia due to micro-emboli

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Blue toe syndrome

37
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  1. Establish baseline hemodynamics post revasccularization
  2. Identify correctable lesions before graft thrombosis
  3. Provide info to aid in decisions regarding treatment alternatives
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Role of Doppler in the study of bypass grafts

38
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What are the 4 graft locations?

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  1. Aorto-iliac
  2. Aorto-fem
  3. Ax-fem
  4. Fem-fem
39
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Mean PSVs in LE arteries:

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External iliacs: 120 +/- 22 cm/s
Common femoral: 114 +/- 25 cm/s
SFA (prox): 91 +/- 14 cm/s.

SFA (dist): 94 +/- 14 cm/s

Pop: 69 +/- 13 cm/s

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