Week 11 BPG duplex exam Flashcards
What are 4 LE BPG indications?
- Disabiling claudication
- Rest pain
- Ulceration
- Gangrene
What are the 5 treatments for LE arterial obstruction?
- Control risk factors
- Excersise mangement
- Thromboectomy/embolectomy
- Angioplasty & stents
- BPG
What are the 7 types of LE BPG?
- Aorto-bi-femoral
- Aorto-iliac
- Aorto-fem.
- Fem-Fem.
- Fem-pop
- Profunda fem-pop.
- Fem-distal.
What are the 4 types of grafts for an aorto-iliac obstruction?
- Aorto-bi-fem
- Aorto-fem
- Fem-fem
- Axillo-fem.
What is the most common type of graft?
fem-pop.
What is a jump graft?
If a graft becomes occluded, another graft is placed above occluded location.
What is an anastomosis?
Point where the native artery meets the graft.
What are the 3 types of anastomosis?
- end to end
- end to side
- side to side
What is an end to side anastomosis?
Bypass graft
What is a end to end anastomosis?
interposition graft
What is a side to side anastomosis?
It is used to connect an artery to vein for a dialysis fistula
What is a conduit?
A tube to channel fluid to another location.
What are the 4 types of conduits?
- Veins→GSV, arm veins, cytopresevered veins.
- Superficial fem. vein (extremely rare)
- PTFE doubline (polytetraflourthylene)
- Dacron
What are the 3 types of GSV bypass grafts?
- insitu
- reversed
- transposed
Describe “insitu” GSV BPG?
- Native course of GSV intact so superficial
- Tapered size: Large proximally to small distally.
- Valvutome: cuts valves
- Branches are tied off or AVF occurs
Describe “reversed” GSV bypass grafts:
- May be placed deeply along native course of artery
- Tapered size small proximally to large distally.
- Valves lay along the wall.
Describe “transposed” GSV BPG?
Not reversed, but moved.
What are the 3 basic principles of bypass graft patency?
- Good inflow
- Good conduit
- Good outflow.
What is the purpose of BPG survelliance?
To identify potentially fixable graft-threatening problems prior to graft failure.
What has fixing graft-threatening problms prior to failure proven?
Increase the patency rate of grafts over post-occlusion interventions.
Name 9 BPG problems:
- Intimal Hyperplasia
- Athersclerosis
- Poor inflow and outflow.
- Incomplete valve lysis
- Intimal flap
- Twist/kink in graft
- Extrinsic compression on graft
- Hypercoaguable state
- Infection.
What are the issues associated with PTFE?
- Athersclerosis in inflow & outflow vesseles
- Occlusions without warning.
Why are velocities typically lower in PTFE grafts?
B?C they are typically 6mm in diameter, which is larger than the typical 4 mm veins.
What are someimportant things to include in a BPG survellience patient history?
- Symptoms since last exam.
- Typer of graft placed.
- ANy known occluded graft
- Aprrox. age of graft