Peripheral Vascular Disease Flashcards
causes of chronic limb ischema
- ATheroSCLeroSIS
other rare
1. FMD
2. radiation induced vascular injury
vasculides (Bueger disease and takayasu )
Rutherford (Fontaine ) system e
I - asymptomatic II - I.C a - claudication >200m b - claudication <200 m III - rest pain IV - ulcers , gangrene
definition of rest pain
SEVERE pain, typically in the sole of foot that is relieved at night and relieved by swinging the foot over the edge of the bed
critical limb ischemia
patient with rest pain >2 weeks and ulcers and gangrene
Leriche syndrome
occlusion at bifurcation of aorta causing TRAID
- buttock/ thigh claudication
- absent reduced femoral pulses
- erectile dysfunction
what is the most common spot for I.C
distal superficial femoral artery - upper calf
Locations of I.C
distal superficial femoral artery - upper calf popliteal artery - lower calf common femoral - thigh pain Aortoiliac - buttock and thigh pain Tibial / peroneal - foot pain
DDX of I.C
- Spinal stenosis
- Osteoarthritis
- Nerve root compression - sciatica
investigation of i.C
- ABI - < 0.8 in the affect limb
- Duplex US
- CT angio
- MRA
- Digital subtraction angiography - GOLD STANDARD - used only if surgery or endovascular intervention is considered
- AAA
what type of surgery can be used to unresponsive medical management of I.C or if they develop critical ischemia
Endarterectomy - isolated common femoral occlusion
Fem - fem bypass graft - unilateral femoral occlusion
Fem-pop bipass
Fem- distal bypass
Porto-bifem bypass
definition of acute lower limb schema
abrupt decrease in perfusion that threatens viability to the lower limb
Blue toe syndrome
Painful ischemic lesions of LL with intact pulses
Paradoxical emboli
from intracardiac shunts *PFO or AV malformation
Causes of acute limb ischema
- EMBOLI
- direct arterial damage
- Intra-arterial drug injection
- popliteal aneurysm
- iatrogenic
complication of reperfusion in acute lower limb ischemia
- Reperfusion injury
- Rhabdomyolysis
- Compartment syndrome
- Complicatiosn related to catheter
- AV fistula
- pseudoanneurysm
- arterial dissection
- arterial perforation
AAA
abnormal localized dilatation of aorta extending normal diameter by >50% or diameter > 3cm
screening for AAA
<5.5cm - US every 6 months
>5.5cm - Diameter repaired electively
AAA investigation
- US
- X-ray - calcification
- CT abdo
what are the findings you see on CT angio
- IV contrast with highly accurate in determining size and extent of aneurysm
- relation to renal artery
- presence of a leak
- if suitable for endovascular repair
Open surgery repair for AA
Dacron graft to repair the aneurysm
- midline laparotomy
- Aorta is clamped BELOW the renal artery to prevent renal ischema
- graph is placed
Complication of AAA early
EARLY - death, haemorrhage - MI , cardiac arythmies, cardiac failure - BOWL ischemia , abdominal compartment syndrome - Atelectasis , LRTI , ARDS - Endoleak - Renal dysfunction Limb ischemia, foot emboli Would infection Sexual impairment
Late complication of AAA
- Graft infection
- Graph occlusion
- graph migration
- Aortoembolic fistula
- Endoleak