Diagnostic invasive exam RCIS

Poiseuille's Law - doulble the catheter lenght then you should - Answer- Double the injection pressure. Angiographic flood catheters the injector pressure should not exceed...... - Answer- 1200 psi Which catheter wires are less kink resistant... - Answer- NITINOL core to tip wires Platinum is valuable in an angioplasty wire because of its .... - Answer- Radiopacity Visible in the coronary. An elderly pt with a hx of frequent pericarditis and angina needs.. - Answer- A rt & left heart cath The average mortality risk to PTCA is - Answer- 0.3% Pallor, hypotension, tachy, & abdo pain in a pt suggests ...... - Answer- Retroperitoneal hematoma ACT of 250-300 seconds is an acceptable clotting time for - Answer- Angioplasty What is the most perforated chamber in bilateral heart catheterization? - Answer- RV Inflating a balloon catheter and pulling it back while still inflated describes a - Answer- FOGARTY What is the minimum caseload a cath lab must perform to maintain official competency - Answer- 300 cases After a radial PCI case when should you pull the sheath? - Answer- At the conclusion of the case. Pt position of head for right internal jugular vein access.? - Answer- Turn 30 degrees to the left. Why do we use a blunt tip obturator that is inserted into the sheath. - Answer- Prevent sheath kinking. The perclose hemosttic closure device uses - Answer- Nonabsorbable surure Establishing hemostasis post cath who hard venous and arterial sheaths. Pulling arterial first ........, - Answer- Reduces risk of an arterio-venous fistula. Which hemostatic closure device uses extravascular collagen to its descriptikn and company. - Answer- Angioseal The best indicatof of heart trasant rejection is: - Answer- Lymphocytic infiltration and presence of myocytic necrosis Hypaque injection contrast injection causes ST - Answer- Depresssion and bradycardia. In radial cases what drugs are given to prevent and reduce arterial spasm and forearm pain? - Answer- Verapamil & nitroglcerine Coronary spasm, odtial plaque dislodgement and blockage are all problems associated with - Answer- Catheter dampening The CX is the nearest to the - Answer- Diaphragm in most views Ergonovine and methergine - Answer- Require nitroglycerine on hand Increase iodine in contrast makes it more - Answer- Radiopaque A high osmolar contrast media is - Answer- Hypaque An LV wall motion that contracts in regions of one following the next is called..... - Answer- Asynchronous Transseptal cath is indicated to obtain LV pressures in a patient who has: - Answer- A St Jude aortic calve If a LEFT atrial myxoma is suspected. Imaging the tumor should be done with: - Answer- Pulmonary artery angiography During a trans septal heart cath, full heparinization is: - Answer- Contraindicated during transeptal cath. During a cardiac cath, a child with a R-L shunt is at risk of stroke from.... - Answer- AIR EMBOLISM A person with a Qp/Qs of 0.5 h