Exam 23: Vascular Surgery

During an open femoropopliteal bypass with graft,an incision is made into the femoral artery with a #11 knife blade and extended with a Potts angulated scissors.What is the proper name of this surgical approach?

Patients with chronic venous insufficiency (CVI)are not typically treated surgically as often as patients with arterial disease because:

While arteriosclerosis is a natural part of the aging process and occurs when the walls of the arterial vasculature undergo changes such as increased thickness and hardening,reducing the elasticity of the arteries,certain risk factors for arteriosclerosis are modifiable by the individual.Select the dyad of modifiable risk factors that could minimize the potential for acute or chronic vascular insufficiency.

The Doppler transducer is the most widely used instrument for vascular study.What statement regarding a Doppler is true?

Patients with acute arterial insufficiency with occlusion usually present with the onset of the six P's:sudden severe pain,pulselessness,paresthesia,paralysis,pallor,and poikilothermia (coolness)of an extremity.This occlusion can be the result of which condition?