UEA

In an Allen’s test the technologist is checking the flow in the?

Radial and Ulnar artery, this makes sure the palmar arch is fed

Upper extremity arterial mapping is to see if

Vessels are patent and if they are >2mm in diameter

Vascular disease that affects more females than males and has long segments of occlusion

Takayasu arteritis

Also called Temporal arteritis a vascular abnormality that can cause blindness

giant cell arteritis

During arterial duplex imaging of the upper extremities, Doppler signals are obtained using a _____________ angle

60 degree

Raynauds’s disease patients have characteristic color changes in their digits

white, blue, red

The normal peak systolic in a subclavian artery is?

80 to 120 cm/sec

A difference between arms of greater than 20mmHg pressure usually indicates disease of what artery

subcalvian

Usually involves males between the ages of 20 to 40, cigarette smoking can increase the
diseases affects

Thromboangitis Obliterans (Buerger's disease)

If you have a right brachial systolic pressure of 152 and a left brachial systolic pressure of 110 where would you suppose the disease of the arteries is?

left subclavian

All of these can cause a patient to have signs of TOS EXCEPT: cervical rib impingement, thoracic rib impingement, abnormal fibrous bands, compression of scalene muscles

thoracic rib impingement

Symptoms of Giant cell arteritis are all the following EXCEPT: scalp pain, fever, weight gain, and or jaw pain

Weight gain

____________________percent of normal people can have subclavian compression
syndrome

20

An alternative method for stressing extremities peripheral circulation. This is called

Reactive hyperemia

Buerger disease impacts the arteries of the

hands and feet

What can cause optic nerve ischemia and as such can be considered a medical emergency

temporal arteritis

The “halo” observed surrounding a blood vessel with giant cell arteritis is caused by

Accumulation of white blood cells

The term “macaroni sign” is associated with

Takayasu arteritis

This disease affects small and medium sized arteries and often results in digital ischemia

Thromboangiitis obliterans

What is a common symptom associated with an arteriovenous fistula?

palpable thrill

The normal spectral waveform from an upper extremity artery has

A sharp upstroke with a brief period of flow reversal in early diastole

The most common anatomic variant in the upper arm is

The radial artery originates in the mid to upper arm

The typical plethysmography waveform seen with cold sensitivity syndrome is described as

Peaked

The pulsatility index is defined as

Peak systolic to peak end diastolic velocity divided by mean velocity

Anatomically, the digital arteries of patients with Raynard’s disease appear

normal

a normal pulse volume waveform contains

diacrotic notch

composition of the arteries does not include

internal capsule

the innominate artery is a branch of the

aortic arch

secondary Raynaud’s can be due to all of the following except

DVT

a ppg waveform is obtained from the UEA digits that reveals a round systolic peak, loss of dichroitic notch _________ waveform

obstructive

the typical plethysmography waveform seen with cold sensitivity syndrome is described as

peaked

maturity for an AV fistula is defined as dilated, easily palpable, and useable fistula with a flow rate of > ________ ml/min

350

anatomically, the digital arteries of patients with Raynard’s disease appear

normal

a pulsatile encapsulated hematoma that communicates with the adjacent artery is called

pseudoaneurysm

the terminal branches of the brachial artery are the

radial and ulnar

primary raynaud’s syndrome is a vasospastic condition where the arteries are

normal

the 2nd main branch of the aortic arch is which one of the following arteries

left common cartoid