ARDMS RVT [2026] | UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | VERIFIED SOLUTIONS | COMPLETE PREP
• Venous stasis -✓✓ANSWER: Slowed blood flow in veins. Caused by immobility,
myocardial infarction, CHF, hypotension, COPD, obesity, pregnancy, previous DVT,
extrinsic compression, SVC syndrome, paraplegia, surgery associated conditions.
• 2 types of Trauma/endothelial damage -✓✓ANSWER: Intrinsic and extrinsic
• Intrinsic trauma is -✓✓ANSWER: Damage to the vessel wall from intravenous
drugs or a catheter. Increased use of PICC line results in higher incidence of upper
extremity thrombus, usually developing at most proximal portion of PICC line.
• Extrinsic trauma is -✓✓ANSWER: Damage caused by an accident, which can
occur at any site of the body.
• Hypercoagulability is associated with -✓✓ANSWER: Pregnancy, cancer, oral
contraceptives and/or hormone replacement therapy, inherited states,e.g., factor
V Leiden or protein C, protein S, or Antithrombin III deficiency
• Sensitivity, and
How to calculate? -✓✓ANSWER: -Ability of a test to detect disease, how many
tests are correctly called positive.
- # of true positives divided by # of all positive tests by gold standard, or TP/TP+FN
• Specificity, and how to calculate? -✓✓ANSWER: -Ability of a test to identify
normality, or how many results were correctly called negative.
, - # of true negative divided by # of all negative tests by gold standard, or
TN/TN+FP
• Positive predictive value, and how to calculate? -✓✓ANSWER: -percentage of
test results that accurately predict abnormality, or what % correctly predicted
disease.
- # of true positive test divided by # of all positive tests, or TP/TP+FP
• Negative predictive value, and how to calculate? -✓✓ANSWER: - percentage of
test results that accurately predict normality, or what % correctly predicted
absence of disease.
- # of true negatives divided by # of all negative tests, or TN/TN+FN
• Accuracy, and how to calculate? -✓✓ANSWER: - % of correct tests, or how well
does the test both detect and rule out disease.
- total # of correct tests divided by total # of all tests, or TP+TN/TP+FP+FN+TN
• Brachiocephalic/ Innominate vien formed from confluence of? -✓✓ANSWER:
Subclavien and Internal jugular vein
• Vascular disease more common in women? -✓✓ANSWER: Takayasu's arteritis-
tennage to young women more common.
FMD- younger women.
Celiac band syndrome- young athletic women.
• Vascular disease more common in men? -✓✓ANSWER: Obliteritis
angitis(bergers disease)- younger <40 men, heavy smokers.
ANSWERS | VERIFIED SOLUTIONS | COMPLETE PREP
• Venous stasis -✓✓ANSWER: Slowed blood flow in veins. Caused by immobility,
myocardial infarction, CHF, hypotension, COPD, obesity, pregnancy, previous DVT,
extrinsic compression, SVC syndrome, paraplegia, surgery associated conditions.
• 2 types of Trauma/endothelial damage -✓✓ANSWER: Intrinsic and extrinsic
• Intrinsic trauma is -✓✓ANSWER: Damage to the vessel wall from intravenous
drugs or a catheter. Increased use of PICC line results in higher incidence of upper
extremity thrombus, usually developing at most proximal portion of PICC line.
• Extrinsic trauma is -✓✓ANSWER: Damage caused by an accident, which can
occur at any site of the body.
• Hypercoagulability is associated with -✓✓ANSWER: Pregnancy, cancer, oral
contraceptives and/or hormone replacement therapy, inherited states,e.g., factor
V Leiden or protein C, protein S, or Antithrombin III deficiency
• Sensitivity, and
How to calculate? -✓✓ANSWER: -Ability of a test to detect disease, how many
tests are correctly called positive.
- # of true positives divided by # of all positive tests by gold standard, or TP/TP+FN
• Specificity, and how to calculate? -✓✓ANSWER: -Ability of a test to identify
normality, or how many results were correctly called negative.
, - # of true negative divided by # of all negative tests by gold standard, or
TN/TN+FP
• Positive predictive value, and how to calculate? -✓✓ANSWER: -percentage of
test results that accurately predict abnormality, or what % correctly predicted
disease.
- # of true positive test divided by # of all positive tests, or TP/TP+FP
• Negative predictive value, and how to calculate? -✓✓ANSWER: - percentage of
test results that accurately predict normality, or what % correctly predicted
absence of disease.
- # of true negatives divided by # of all negative tests, or TN/TN+FN
• Accuracy, and how to calculate? -✓✓ANSWER: - % of correct tests, or how well
does the test both detect and rule out disease.
- total # of correct tests divided by total # of all tests, or TP+TN/TP+FP+FN+TN
• Brachiocephalic/ Innominate vien formed from confluence of? -✓✓ANSWER:
Subclavien and Internal jugular vein
• Vascular disease more common in women? -✓✓ANSWER: Takayasu's arteritis-
tennage to young women more common.
FMD- younger women.
Celiac band syndrome- young athletic women.
• Vascular disease more common in men? -✓✓ANSWER: Obliteritis
angitis(bergers disease)- younger <40 men, heavy smokers.
