Vascular system
Conveys blood back toward the heart.
What is a vein?
The most widely used or preferred catherization method.
What is the Seldinger technique?
An immediate life-threatening systemic hypersensitivity reaction to ROCM.
What is Anaphylaxis?
This is used to repair aneurysm in the aorta and iliac region.
What is Endograft?
An angiographic exam done in the OR performed by a diagnostic radiographer.
What is peripheral angiography?
The main terminal trunk of the lymphatic system.
What is the Thoracic duct?
Conveys blood away from the heart.
What is an artery?
The femoral, axillary, brachial, and radial arteries.
What are the most commonly accessed/punctured vessels for angio procedures?
A machine used during cardiac catheterization to pump contrast directly into the rt or lt ventricle.
What is the auto/pressure injector?
Device placed to trap an embolism moving towards the pulmonary arteries.
What is an IVC filter?
The radiologic exam of the vessels following injection of contrast media.
What is Angiography?
The membrane that encloses the heart.
What is the pericardium?
These veins join to empty into the left atrium and ventricle.
What are pulmonary veins?
A device positioned inside the catheter to help guide and manipulate.
What is a guide wire?
Causes less intense sensations, fewer physiologic cardiovascular side effects, and fewer allergic reactions.
What is nonionic contrast?
The thin hollow tube used to access and move throughout the vascular system for angiographic procedures.
The procedure used to dissolve blood clots.
What is thrombolytic therapy?
A blood clot that has formed deep in a vein.
What is a DVT or deep vein thrombosis?
This circuit takes blood to the lungs for CO2 exchange and for reoxygenation.
What is the pulmonary circulation?
What is the French?
Daily double!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lame
A small device implanted in a patient to control their heartbeat.
What is a pacemaker?
Often performed to evaluate traumatic injury, atherosclerotic disease, or vascular lessions.
What is upper limb arteriography?
The heart chambers that have a low pressure.
What is the atria?
This circuit of vessels transports oxygenated blood to the organs and tissues.
What is systemic circulation (arterial circuit).
The amount of time required to hold pressure on a site post angiography catheter removal.
What is 20 minutes?
Alternative contrast media for pt with severe reaction to contrast or compromised renal function and only used below the diaphragm to avoid emboli.
What is CO2?
A fixed fluoroscopic system contained within a suite that has two c-arms.
What is a biplane?
Fluoroscopic procedure that has a low dynamic range and uses built in compensating filters to achieve.
What is digital subtraction angiographic procedures?
The largest artery in the body traversing the left side of the spine.
What is the thoracic aorta?