Vascular

Question 1

What is carotid endarterectomy?

Answer 1

A procedure to treat carotid artery disease to remove the fatty deposits narrowing the artery.

Question 2

What is coronary artery disease?

Answer 2

Damage or disease in the heart’s major blood vessels, usually caused by a build-up of plaque.

Question 3

Carotid-subclavian bypass

Answer 3

TBC

Question 4

Left iliac aneurysm

Answer 4

TBC

Question 5

Aortic Aneurysm

Answer 5

TBC

Question 6

Aortic arch replacement

Answer 6

TBC

Question 7

Aoritis

Answer 7

TBC

Question 8

Thoracic Stent

Answer 8

TBC

Question 9

Aortic graft

Answer 9

TBC

Question 10

Aortic Valve Replacement

Answer 10

TBC

Question 11

Aortic stenosis

Answer 11

TBC

Question 12

What is a haemangioma?

Answer 12

A non-cancerous tumour derived from blood vessels, commonly presenting as birthmarks.

Question 13

Deep Vein Thrombosis

Answer 13

TBC

Question 14

What program do the vascular team use for handover?

Answer 14

Oacis.

Question 15

What is an aneurysm?

Answer 15

A dilatation in the wall of an artery supplying blood to a specific area.

Question 16

What are 7 symptoms of an aneurysm?

Answer 16

1. Pain
2. Dizziness
3. Nausea
4. Vomiting
5. Rapid heart rate
6. Low blood pressure
7. Shock

Question 17

What is an endarectomy?

Answer 17

Surgical procedure to remove the plaque in arteries that obstructs blood flow, causing heart disease.

Question 18

What is angiography?

Answer 18

Angiography or arteriography is a medical imaging technique used for the inside (lumen) of blood vessels and organs of the body, particularly the arteries, veins, and heart chambers.

Question 19

What is peripheral vascular disease?

Answer 19

A circulatory condition in which narrowed blood vessels reduce blood flow to the limbs.

Question 20

What is carotid artery stenosis?

Answer 20

Narrowing of the large arteries on either side of the neck.

Question 21

What is a consideration with blood thinners in patients who have had an aneurysm?

Answer 21

This increases the risk of aneurysm rupture

Question 22

If a patient has a stent, what should you always question?

Answer 22

How long ago the stent was inserted.

Question 23

What do Sequential Compression Devices do?

Answer 23

They are a method of DVT prophylaxis that improve blood circulation in the legs. They wrap around the legs and inflate one at a time.

Question 24

What is calciphylaxis?

Answer 24

A serious, uncommon disease in which calcium accumulates in small blood vessels of the fat and skin tissues.

Question 25

What are the complications of calciphylaxis?

Answer 25

Calciphylaxis causes blood clots, painful skin ulcers and may cause serious infections that can lead to death.

Question 26

What is extravasation?

Answer 26

When a vesicant drug leaks out of the vein and into the surrounding tissue.

Question 27

What is a vesicant drug?

Answer 27

Drugs that can result in tissue necrosis or formation of blisters when accidentally infused into tissue surrounding a vein

Question 28

What is usually the consequence of extravasation?

Answer 28

When this happens, a person will likely experience serious tissue damage, including ulceration and tissue death

Question 29

What is peripheral vascular disease?

Answer 29

Narrowed blood vessels reducing blood flow to the limbs.