Fluoroscopy is required for all of the following vascular procedures EXCEPT
(A) Greenfield filter
(B) endocardial pacing electrode
(C) myocardial pacing electrode
(D) AV arteriovenous fistula creation
What is (D) AV arteriovenous fistula creation
100
A low-molecular-weight protein that, when combined with heparin,causes a loss of anticoagulant activity postoperatively is
(A) papaverine
(B) protamine sulfate
(C) tromethamine
(D) Angiovis
What is
(B) protamine sulfate
100
Conservative treatment of occlusive disease involving recanalization to restore the lumen of a vessel is called
(A) PTFE
(B) percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA)
(C) Greenfield filter
(D) endarterectom
What is (B) percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA)
100
What is the most common acquired valvular lesion?
(A) Mitral regurgitation
(B) Mitral stenosis
(C) Tricuspid valve regurgitation
(D) Aortic insufficiency
What is (B) Mitral stenosis
100
Occluding peripheral vessels is achieved with the use of
(A) Glassman
(B) Leland jones
(C) bulldog
(D) Myergils
What is (C) bulldog
200
. Compression of subclavian vessels and brachial plexus at the superior aperture of the thorax is known as
(A) thymoma
(B) pectus excavatum
(C) thoracic outlet syndrome
(D) pectus carinatum
What is (C) thoracic outlet syndrome
200
What drug is used to effect coronary thrombolysis in the cardiac catheterization laboratory?
(A) Tissue plasminogen activator
(B) Heparin
(C) Streptokinase
(D) Both A and C
What is (D) Both A and C
200
What procedure is used intraoperatively and postoperatively to determine blood flow in a vessel?
(A) Arteriogram
(B) Swan–Ganz
(C) Doppler ultrasound
(D) Angioscop
What is
(C) Doppler ultrasound
200
The buildup of fat residue on a vessel wall is
(A) atherosclerosis
(B) lipidosis
(C) vasodilation
(D) vasoconstriction
What is (A) atherosclerosis
200
. When performing an arteriotomy, the surgeon will require a #11 blade and
(A) Potts Smith scissor
(B) Metzenbaum
(C) Lahey
(D) Stevens
What is (A) Potts Smith scissor
300
In vascular surgery, the term in situ graft references the use of a/an
(A) autogenous graft
(B) heterogeneous graft
(C) allograft
(D) synthetic graft
What is (A) autogenous graft
300
During dialysis the patients blood is shunted to the outside of the body. The term referring to outside the body is
(A) in situ
(B) angiogram
(C) extracorporeal
(D) intracorporeal
What is (C) extracorporeal
300
An abnormal localized dilatation of an artery resulting from
mechanical pressure of blood on a weakened wall is called
(A) atherosclerosis
(B) arteriosclerosis
(C) collateral circulation
(D) aneurysm
What is (D) aneurysm
300
The self-retaining retractor used when performing a fem–pop bypass is
(A) Debakey
(B) Finichetto
(C) Weitlaner
(D) Gelpi
What is (C) Weitlaner
300
Removal of plaque during a carotid endarterectomy requires
(A) Cobb elevator
(B) Hurd dissector
(C) Freer elevator
(D) None of the above
What is (C) Freer elevator
400
The surgery scheduled as “Greenfield filter insertion” indicates a
diagnosis of
(A) emboli formation
(B) venous stasis
(C) arteriovascular occlusion
(D) kidney failure
What is (A) emboli formation
400
A precipitous drop in the patients blood or fluid volume is
(A) hypovolemia
(B) hypervolemia
(C) hypertension
(D) ischemia
What is (A) hypovolemia
400
What intraoperative test determines the needed reversal or addition of heparin?
(A) Arterial blood gases (ABGs)
(B) Activated clotting time (ACT)
(C) Activated partial thromboplastin time (APPT)
(D) None of the above
What is (B) Activated clotting time (ACT)
400
. Chronic cerebral ischemia most often leads to
(A) femoral endarterectomy
(B) carotid endarterectomy
(C) electroencephalogram
(D) electrocardiogram
What is (B) carotid endarterectomy
400
The most commonly used incision for surgical procedures of the heart is
(A) right lateral
(B) left lateral
(C) anterior thoracotomy
(D) median sternotomy
What is (D) median sternotomy
500
During a vascular procedure, monitoring the activated clotting time
intraoperatively provides useful data for judging the need for reversal or addition of
(A) Angiovist
(B) papaverine
During a vascular procedure, monitoring the activated clotting time
intraoperatively provides useful data for judging the need for
reversal or addition of
(A) Angiovist
(B) papaverine
(C) heparin
(D) protamine sulfate
(D) protamine sulfate
What is
(C) heparin
500
Which of the following is the correct order from outermost to innermost layers of blood vessels:
(1) tunica adventia
(2) tunica media
(3) tunica intima
(A) 1, 2, 3
(B) 3, 2, 1
(C) 3, 1, 2
(D) 1, 3, 2
What is (A) 1, 2, 3
500
. The technique applied to the patient who is unable to be weaned from cardiopulmonary bypass is
(A) IAPB
(B) VADs
(C) Pacemaker
(D) Both A and B
What is (D) Both A and B
500
AAAs commonly occur
(A) above the renal arteries
(B) below the renal arteries
(C) above the iliac arteries
(D) below the iliac arteries
What is (B) below the renal arteries
500
The only arteries in the body that carry deoxygenated blood to the lungs are
(A) carotid
(B) subclavian
(C) coronary
The only arteries in the body that carry deoxygenated blood to the
lungs are
(A) carotid
(B) subclavian
(C) coronary
(D) pulmonary