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What is DVT? - Correct AnswersDeep Vein Thrombosis
Where does DVT occur? - Correct AnswersA blood clot that forms in a deep vein within the body
What is the most common reason for the clinical evaluation of the extremity vein? - Correct
AnswersSuspected DVT
Up to _______ of patients with LE DVT are asymptotic, but this is very variable, depending on the
specific reported series, the patient population, and the techniques used to identify or screen for DVT. -
Correct Answers2/3
DVT usually originates in the ______________. It usually begins around the ______________ of venous
valves. - Correct Answerscalves; leaflets
What tests are used to detect DVT? - Correct Answers- look, feel, interview patient
- D-dimer test
- Serial Compression Ultrasound (CUS)
- CT (if impossible to perform CUS)
- MRI
- Venogram
What is the gold standard for judging diagnostic imaging for DVT? - Correct Answerscontrast
venography
Conventional catheter diagnostic venography is limited to specific scenarios: - Correct Answers- prior
placement of IVC filters
- evaluation of central DVT in the proximal arms and thorax
- prelude to interventions, such as thrombolysis, thrombectomy, and stent placement
, - in obese patients or patients with a markedly swollen leg
- when other modalities don't or can't solve a specific problem
_________ __________________ ___________________ is the noninvasive imaging examination of
choice for suspected PE. - Correct AnswersCT pulmonary angiography
MRV (Magnetic Resonance Venography) has ___________ accuracy compared with conventional
venography for the pelvic and thigh veins, but is _________ accurate for the calves. - Correct
Answershigh; less
Virchow's triad: - Correct Answers- venous stasis
- endothelial damage
- hypercoagulability
Define thrombogenesis. - Correct AnswersThe formation of a thrombus
What are the clinical conditions that influence venous thrombosis? - Correct Answers- inherited
prothombotic
- antithrombin III deficiency
- pregnancy and the postpartum period
- oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy
- antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
- protein C and protein S are vitamin-K dependent
- factor V Leiden
Inherited prothombotic: - Correct Answers- describes any agent or condition that leads to thrombosis.
- states have increased in frequency over the past 20 years
- considered nonreversible
- patient keeps their increased risk for developing venous thrombotic disease throughout life