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USI DMS DVT 423 KN-3
Mesenteric Doppler
Question | Answer |
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what are some risk factors of an AAA? | tobacco abuse hereditary/family history advanced age male gender high cholesterol obesity |
what are some limitations to imaging the abdominal vessels? | size of patient bowel gas scar tissue breathing motion patient must be fasting |
what is the most cephalad mesenteric vessel? | celiac axis |
what does the celiac branch into? | hepatic artery splenic artery left gastric artery |
a branch of the gastroduodenal that allows communication between the celiac artery and the SMA | pancreaticoduodenal artery |
this vessel is 1 cm distal to celiac axis | SMA |
arises from the aorta inferior to the renal arteries | IMA |
signs presented with mesenteric ischemia? | abdominal pain and cramping after eating presence of an abdominal bruit |
what is the pecentage of stenosis that meets the interpretation criteria for mesenteric ischemia? | greater than or equal to 70 percent |
the SMA supplies the _____ side of the gut while the IMA supplies blood to the _____ side of the gut | right left |