ARRT Vascular Interventional
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Which of the following aortic arch variations has the highest incidence of
occurrence?
a.) coarctation
b.)duplicated arch
c.) common origin innominate and left common carotid arteries
d.) left vertebral arising from the aorta - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔️c.) common
origin innominate and left common carotid arteries
Which of the following supplies the structures of the neck, face and scalp?
a.) internal carotid
b.) small cervical branches of common carotid
c.) vertebral arteries
d.) external carotid arteries - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔️d.) external carotid
arteries
Which of the following guidelines regarding the use of a coil as an embolic agent
is least appropriate?
a.) Match the diameter of the coil wire to the catheter lumen.
b.) The final diameter of the coil should be the same as the target vessel.
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c.) Gentle forward pressure on the catheter helps the coil to "pack".
d.) Platinum coils are softer and easier to see than steel coils. - CORRECT
ANSWERS.✔️✔b ️ .) The final diameter of the coil should be the same as the target
vessel.
A device that is used to deliver a bolus of contrast medium to a specific site during
angiography or other radiological procedures is known as which of the following?
a.) Catheter
b.) Port
c.) Stent
d.) Line. - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔️a.) catheter
The access indicated only when the thoracic veins and the infrarenal inferior vena
cava are occluded is which of the following?
a.) subclavian vein
b.) upper extremity veins
c.) transhepatic access
d.) translumbar access - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔️c.) transhepatic access
The embolic agent that is supplied in small sterile bricks or a fine powder, is
compressible, and is absorbed over a period of 4-6 weeks is which of the
following?
a.) autologous clot
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b.) vascular plug
c.) gelfoam
d.) polyvinyl alcohol - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔️c.) gelfoam
Peripherally inserted central catheter line placement guidelines would include all
of the following EXCEPT:
a.) surgical arm prep
b.) basilic or cephalic vein preferred
c.) access vein with micropuncture needle
d.) tip of catheter should be in low left atrium - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔️d.) tip
of catheter should be in low left atrium
Dissections are the most common with which type of guidewire?
a.) Terumo
b.) Rosen
c.) Straight
d.) 3J. - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔️c. straight
An arrangement of columns or rows of cells, or pixels, forming a digital image is
called a(n):
a.) image matrix
b.) dynamic range
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c.) digital image subtraction
d.) data range - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔️a.) image matrix
Which of the following types of catheters has the lowest coefficient of friction?
a.) Polyethylene.
b.) Teflon.
c.) Polyurethane.
d.) Plastic. - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔b
️ .) teflon
Which type of guidewire is used for tortuous and diseased veins?
a.) Straight wire
b.) Rosen
c.) Amplatz stiff
d.) 3J - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔d
️ .) 3J
Which of the following is a classification of stents that are the most flexible, but
can "shingle" or "fish scale" when deployed in tight curves?
a.) open-celled
b.) closed-celled
c.) drug-eluting
d.) expandable - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔️a.) open-celled
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