Vascular Interventionl Procedures

Question 1

What are the 4 categories of interventional procedures?

Answer 1

1. Decreased blood flow
2. Increase blood flow
3. Remove foreign bodies
4. Other

Question 2

nose bleed

Answer 2

epistaxis

Question 3

coughing up blood

Answer 3

hemoptysis

Question 4

why are IR procedures used to decrease blood flow?

Answer 4

to stop hemorhage
to block blood flow to an aneurysm
to block blood flow to an AVM
to block blood flow to a tumor

Question 5

what causes a decrease of blood flow?

Answer 5

stenosis or occlusion that causes ischemia

Question 6

ballooning of an artery

Answer 6

angioplasty

Question 7

a device that supplies support to a tubular structure

Answer 7

stent

Question 8

actual removal of plaque using a rotoblator

Answer 8

atherectomy

Question 9

to dissolve a blood clot

Answer 9

thrombolysis

Question 10

to remove a blood clot

Answer 10

thrombectomy

Question 11

stent lined with fabric

Answer 11

stent-graft

Question 12

inserted to “catch” emboli so they won’t travel to the pulmonary arteries

Answer 12

vena cava filter

Question 13

gives the heart an extra beat

Answer 13

balloon pump

Question 14

when does a balloon pump inflate?

Answer 14

during the hearts diastole(resting phase)