Vascular interventional radiology

Question 1

What does duplex scanning measure?

Answer 1

Velocity and volume of blood.

Question 2

What is CT scanning used for in vascular radiology? (3).

Answer 2

Assessing: Aortic aneurysms.
Bleeding.
Peripheral vessels.

Question 3

What is the gold standard for vascular assessment?

Answer 3

Contrast angiography.

Question 4

What s interventional radiology?

Answer 4

Use of imaging techniques to effect treatment.

Question 5

How does the colour of an acutely ischaemic leg change over time?

Answer 5

Initially: white.
6-12 hours: mottled.
Irreversible: blue.

Question 6

How are ischaemic leg’s classified?

Answer 6

I: tissue viable,
Ia: mod threatened,
IIb: immediately threatened, rest pain, muscle weakness
III: irreversible injury, anaesthesic, paralysis, inaudible doppler

Question 7

What are the treatment options for a critically ischaemic leg? (4).

Answer 7

Thrombolysis.
Thrombectomy.
Angioplasty.
Bypass.

Question 8

What is used in urgent thrombolysis?

Answer 8

tPA: tissue plasminogen activator.

Question 9

What is an aneurysm?

Answer 9

Expansion of an artery over 50%.

Question 10

Who gets aneurysm screens?

Answer 10

Men > 60.