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SB82 Vascular Surgery from Fiser's ABSITE review

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Most common congenital hypercoagulable disorder ___________   Factor V Leiden  
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Problem seen in Factor V Leiden is resistance to ____________   Activated Protein C  
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Most common acquired hypercoagulability disorder ____________   Smoking  
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The first stage of atherosclerosis involves these cells ___________   Foam cells  
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What are foam cells?   Macrophages that have absorbed fat and lipids in the vesel wall  
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Describe the second stage of atherosclerosis.   Smooth muscle cell proliferation; caused be GFs released from foam cells; causes vessel wall injury  
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What is the third stage of atherosclerosis?___________   Intimal disruption  
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What is the pathophysiology of the third stage of atherosclerosis?   Smooth muscle cell proliferation causes exposure of collagen in vessel wall, which leads to eventual thrombus formation with fibrous plaques overlying atheromas  
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Third most common cause of death in the US is due to _______________   Stroke  
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Most important risk factor for stroke in asymptomatic patients _________   Hypertension  
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Carotid arteries supply _____________% of the blood flow to the brain   Eighty-five  
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The most common site of carotid stenosis is at the ______________   Bifurcation  
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Describe the flow in the ECA vs. the ICA.   ECA has triphasic flow; ICA has continuous forward flow.  
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First branch of the external carotid artery: _______________   Superior Thyroid Artery  
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First branch of the internal carotid artery: _______________   Ophthalmic Artery  
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Communication between the ICA and the ECA occurs through these 2 vessels.   Ophthalmic artery (off ICA) and internal maxillary artery (off ECA)  
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Most commonly diseased intracranial artery ________________   MCA  
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Most common cause of cerebral ischemic events ____________   arterial embolization from ICA  
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Occlusion of ophthalmic branch of ICA causing transient visual changes is called _____________   Amaurosis fugax  
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Carotid endarterectomy should be considered in patients with > _________ % stenosis and _________   Seventy, symptoms  
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When should you place a shunt during carotid endarterecomy?   hen stump pressures are below 50  
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If a patient has bilateral carotid stenosis, which side should you repair first? _________   The tighter side  
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The cranial nerve most commonly injured in CEA is the ____________ nerve   Vagus  
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Patient has difficuly swallowing following CEA. Which nerve was likely injured? ____________   Glossopharyngeal  
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This nerve may be injured during CEA and cause paralysis of strap muscles. ________   Ansa Cervicalis  
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Post-CEA patients may develop hypertension 20% of the time due to injury of ___________   Carotid Body  
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Most common non-stroke morbidity and mortality following CEA ____________   Myocardial Infarction  
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The restenosis rate following CEA is _____%   Fifteen  
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Criterion 1 for carotid stenting rather than CEA is age greater than ______ years old   Eighty  
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Criterion 2 for carotid stenting rather than CEA is ______   CAD  
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Criterion 3 for carotid stenting rather than CEA is acute MI in past _______ weeks or CABG in prior ______ months   four, six  
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Criterion 4 for carotid stenting rather than CEA is _______________   CHF  
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Criterion 5 for carotid stenting rather than CEA is ___________   Dialysis-dependent renal failure  
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Criterion 6 for carotid stenting rather than CEA is ___________   Severe COPD  
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Symptomatic vertebral disease usually occurs at this location _______________   Bilaterally at origins  
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Symptoms of vertebrobasilar insufficiency   Diplopia, dysarthria, vertigo, tinnitus, drop attacks, incoordination, binocular vision loss  
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Painless neck mass near bifurcation of carotids ______   Carotid body tumor  
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Carotid body tumors are composed of this cell type _________   Neural crest cells  
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Treatment of carotid body tumors ________   Resection  
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Thoracic aortic transection is usually caused by _________________ injury   Deceleration  
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Thoracic aorta transection usually tears at the location of the _______   Ligamentum arteriosum  
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This percentage of patients with thoracic aorta transection die at the scene ______   Ninety  
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Mediastinal widening may occur after thoracic aorta transection due to ___________ injury rather than leaking directly from the aorta   Bridging vessels  
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