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USIDMS Extracranial Carotid

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What is Eddy flow?   Color swirl of red and blue  
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What are the two types of stroke? Which is more common?   Ischemic- more common and hemorrhagic  
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What are the four stages of plaque formation?   ESIP Endothelial injury, Sub-endothelial lipid deposit, Inflammation response (smooth muscle proliferation), and Plaque formation  
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What are the five terms that can describe plaque?   Extent of plaque, severity, echogenicity, complicated plaque, smooth plaque  
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What are examples of low resistant flow vessels?   ICA, renal artery, intracranial vessels  
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What are examples of high resistant vessels?   ECA and extremity vessels  
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Sonographically, how can the ECA and ICA be distinguished?   ICA is low resistant waveform, usually larger in diameter, only contains intracranial branches ECA is high resistant waveform, smaller in diameter, contains extracranial branches  
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What does tardus parvus describe?   low velocity flow with delayed acceleration  
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What is the first branch off of the ECA?   Superior thyroid artery  
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How much of a difference in mmHG is a red flag for subclavian steal?   20 mmHg  
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What are the three forms of aneurysms?   Fusiform, saccular, and dissecting  
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What causes pseudoaneurysms?   Vessel trauma  
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What is a small ovular structure that can develop in the carotid bifurcation?   Carotid Body Tumor  
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What is the overgrowth of smooth muscle and fibrous tissue in the arterial wall?   Fibromuscualr dysplasia  
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What is the intimal thickening with plaque or FMD?   Neointimal hyperplasia  
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What layers of a vessel are affected with arterial dissection?   Initma and media  
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