Vascular 25 & 32 Flashcards
What percent of patients of HYPERtension have underlying renal disease
6%, test will say hypo and that is wrong
Renal artery stenosis should be suspected with (4)
sudden onset or worsening chronic HYPERtension, azotemia, unexplained renal insufficiency/pulmonary edema, hypertensive children
What is azotemia
high nitrogen compounds in the blood
What is the average kidney length
8-13cm (BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY A # WITHIN THIS RANGE)
Renal arteries are _____ to the _____ renal vein
inferior, left (KNOW THAT IT IS INFERIOR TO THE LEFT RENAL VEIN)
Renal arteries have ______ segmental branches ____ to the hilum
2-5, proximal
Duplicate renal arteries often arise from
aortic wall below main renal artery
Duplicate renal arteries usually occur on the
left side
Medial FMD and non-atherosclerotic disease affects
mid-to -distal segment of artery (MAY SAY SOMETHING ELSE ON TEST, KNOW THIS SEGMENT)
What produces “string of beads” appearance on ultrasound or angiogram
medial FMD (FMD ALWAYS MEANS STRING OF BEADS)
What is the sonographic appearance of FMD
string of beads, MULTIPLE segmental concentric narrowing and dilations
Renal arteries lie
INFERIOR TO LEFT RENAL VEIN
Normal renal length
9-13cm
Renal length >cm compared to contralateral kidney indeicates
compromised flow in smaller kidney
PSV of normal renal artery
90-120 cm/s
In normal renal artery, normal range for distal renal artery is
70-90cm/s
Flow0Reducing Renal Artery stensosis, PSV increases significantly above
180 cm/s (MORE THAN 180, VELOCITY INCREASES)
Characteristics of flow reducing renal artery stenosis are (3):
elevated velocity, post stenotic turbulence, dampened distal waveforms
Dampening parvus tardus signal distally showing greater than
60% renal artery stenosis
In renal artery occlusion, low velocity doppler signals are usually noted in the
renal medullary signals (ABSENCE OF FLOW)
PSV ______ and length _____ consistent with CHRONIC renal artery occlusion
<10cm/s, <9cm
Normal renal parenchymal signals demonstrate
continuous high diastolic flow
Normal renal parenchymal is ______ of systolic velocity
40-50%
Elevated renovascular resistance is
not a consideration (WITH 40-50% HIGH DIASTOLIC FLOW)
Parenchymal disease results in impedance to arterial inflow, diastolic-to-systolic velocity ration ____ or resistive index ______ indicates increased ____
<0.3, >0.8, renovascular resistance/medical renal disease
Acceleration index (AI) of ____ indicates proximal flow limiting lesion
<3.78