All things Arterial
What is considered the ‘gold standard’ for diagnosing giant cell arteritis?
Biopsy
Which of the following is the smallest classification of blood vessels?
capillary
Which vessel’s waveform will oscillate when using the “temporal tap” technique?
What is a subarachnoid hemorrhage?
bleeding between the skull and brain
Where does the axillary artery begin?
at the outer boarder of the 1st rib
Which vessels are most commonly affected by FMD?
renal
What is considered the ‘gold standard’ for imaging the peripheral arterial system?
CTA
What TAMV would you expect for the MCA
55 +/- 12
Which pathology typically presents as a “macaroni sign”?
takayasu arteritis
The ICA is typically located ______ to the ECA.
lateral
The SFA becomes the popliteal artery distal to:
adductor canal
Which artery serves as a major collateral pathway from the meandering mesenteric artery to the inferior mesenteric artery?
marginal artery of Drummond
A tardus parvus waveform is typically found _______ to (of) the site of disease?
proximal
An ABI change from the previous exam of ______ is indicative of pathology in the lower extremity.
>0.15
The ATA terminates into which vessel?
DPA
What is the typical FMD patient demographic?
Caucasian females
When conducting segmental pressures, the width of the blood pressure cuff should be at least _______ than the diameter of the underlying limb?
20% wider
Using the orbital window, what is the depth of the OA? and what is the direction of flow?
35-55mm, toward
Which one of the following collateral arterial systems typically develops when the proximal celiac artery becomes occluded?
Name a truly lateral branch of the abdominal aorta?
Renal arteries left
Most visceral artery aneurysms occur in which artery?
splenic artery
Which one of the following arteries does Takayasu arteritis most commonly affect?
subclavian
Staccato waveform, blunted PSV, minimal forward flow in systole with NO DIASTOLIC FLOW
this indicates distal occlusion
__________ should be suspected in young patients who present with stroke symptoms.
dissection
Name all of the branches of the ECA
•Superior thyroid
•Lingual
•Facial
•Occipital
•Posterior auricular
•Ascending pharyngeal
•Maxillary
•Superficial temporal