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DVT398-BL6
USIDMS Mesenteric Arteries
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is collateral flow? | relating to additional vessels that aid or add to circulation |
| What is splanchnic? | relating to or affecting the viscera |
| What does postprandial mean? | occurring after a meal |
| What is the most common application in the noninvasive vascular laboratory ? | evaluation of the celiac and super mesenteric arteries for chronic mesenteric ischemia |
| What is the first abdominal branch arising from the aorta? | celiac artery |
| Where is the origin of the celiac artery? | anterior aspect of the aorta about 1 to 2 cm below the diaphragm |
| What plane is the SMA best visualized? | in a sagittal plane |
| What plane is the IMA most easily identified? | in a transverse view by locating the aortic bifurcation and then scanning proximally |
| What does a color bruit frequently give an instant clue to? | significant stenosis |
| What does the normal SMA doppler waveform appear like? | sharp systolic upstroke with a narrow band of frequencies or velocities (clear systolic window) |