RCIS Darrens Boards Prep Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
How long to hold a cutting balloon at nominal pressure? -
correct answer ✅60-90 seconds
What is initial treatment for a cold limb? -
correct answer ✅Fibrinolytic
Characteristics of guiding catheter? -
correct answer ✅Larger lumens, thinner walls, propensity towards
kinking, torquability, flexibility
no-reflow phenomenon -
correct answer ✅the inability of restoring oxygenation and blood
pressure to restore perfusion to the cortex after an anoxic episode
of 4 to 6 minutes or more. It is caused by irreversible spasm of the
arterioles
What stent to use for tortuous vessels? -
correct answer ✅Open cell stents
Drugs we commonly used post PCI? -
correct answer ✅Aspirin, Plavix and reopro
,RCIS Darrens Boards Prep Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Where to place ICV filter -
correct answer ✅Below renal vein
How often to monitor a sedated patient? -
correct answer ✅every 15 minutes for 60-90 minutes
Which of the following types of devices are used to
macerate/breakdown a clot?
-stent
-angiojet
-cleaner
-embolization
-balloon angioplasty
-thrombolytic infusion -
correct answer ✅angiojet, cleaner and balloon angioplasty
What catheter is used for the LCA in the case of a dilated aortic
root?
a. JL5
,RCIS Darrens Boards Prep Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
b. AL2
c. Multipurpose B
d. Arani -
correct answer ✅a.
In PTCA balloons, what is meant by nominal pressure?
a. Initial pressure needed to inflate balloon
b. Atmospheres at which 50% of balloons burst
c. Atmospheres at which balloon reaches labeled size
d. The pressure at which the balloon grows 10% in diameter -
correct answer ✅Answer: Atmospheres at which balloon reaches
labeled size
If a patient has a rigid lesion and the physician asks you to
recommend a high pressure PTCA balloon. What type of
angioplasty balloon would you recommend?
a. Monorail balloon
b. Perfusion balloon
c. Over-the-wire balloon
, RCIS Darrens Boards Prep Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
d. Noncompliant balloon -
correct answer ✅d.
Catheters with side-holes (e.g., Pigtails) provide better injection
dynamics and pressure measurement than single end-hole
catheters. The chief DISADVANTAGE of multiple side-holes in
angiographic flood catheters is that they:
a. Are weakened at the side holes and may rupture on injection
b. Cause guide wires to hang-up on the side holes
c. Tend to clot unless flushed frequently
d. Cannot be used with a leading guidewire -
correct answer ✅c.
What is the most common complication of guidewire handling in
coronary angiography?
a. Coronary dissection
b. Coronary perforation
c. Thrombus formation
d. Coronary spasm -
correct answer ✅a.
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
How long to hold a cutting balloon at nominal pressure? -
correct answer ✅60-90 seconds
What is initial treatment for a cold limb? -
correct answer ✅Fibrinolytic
Characteristics of guiding catheter? -
correct answer ✅Larger lumens, thinner walls, propensity towards
kinking, torquability, flexibility
no-reflow phenomenon -
correct answer ✅the inability of restoring oxygenation and blood
pressure to restore perfusion to the cortex after an anoxic episode
of 4 to 6 minutes or more. It is caused by irreversible spasm of the
arterioles
What stent to use for tortuous vessels? -
correct answer ✅Open cell stents
Drugs we commonly used post PCI? -
correct answer ✅Aspirin, Plavix and reopro
,RCIS Darrens Boards Prep Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Where to place ICV filter -
correct answer ✅Below renal vein
How often to monitor a sedated patient? -
correct answer ✅every 15 minutes for 60-90 minutes
Which of the following types of devices are used to
macerate/breakdown a clot?
-stent
-angiojet
-cleaner
-embolization
-balloon angioplasty
-thrombolytic infusion -
correct answer ✅angiojet, cleaner and balloon angioplasty
What catheter is used for the LCA in the case of a dilated aortic
root?
a. JL5
,RCIS Darrens Boards Prep Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
b. AL2
c. Multipurpose B
d. Arani -
correct answer ✅a.
In PTCA balloons, what is meant by nominal pressure?
a. Initial pressure needed to inflate balloon
b. Atmospheres at which 50% of balloons burst
c. Atmospheres at which balloon reaches labeled size
d. The pressure at which the balloon grows 10% in diameter -
correct answer ✅Answer: Atmospheres at which balloon reaches
labeled size
If a patient has a rigid lesion and the physician asks you to
recommend a high pressure PTCA balloon. What type of
angioplasty balloon would you recommend?
a. Monorail balloon
b. Perfusion balloon
c. Over-the-wire balloon
, RCIS Darrens Boards Prep Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
d. Noncompliant balloon -
correct answer ✅d.
Catheters with side-holes (e.g., Pigtails) provide better injection
dynamics and pressure measurement than single end-hole
catheters. The chief DISADVANTAGE of multiple side-holes in
angiographic flood catheters is that they:
a. Are weakened at the side holes and may rupture on injection
b. Cause guide wires to hang-up on the side holes
c. Tend to clot unless flushed frequently
d. Cannot be used with a leading guidewire -
correct answer ✅c.
What is the most common complication of guidewire handling in
coronary angiography?
a. Coronary dissection
b. Coronary perforation
c. Thrombus formation
d. Coronary spasm -
correct answer ✅a.
