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What is peripheral artery disease?
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Chronic lower extremity arterial occlusive disease; narrowing or obstruction of the lumen of peripheral arteries that eventually compromises normal metabolic processes in lower extremities.
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How is ABI ratio measured?
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It is measured at rest and after 5 minutes of walking on a treadmill, with the ankle systolic pressure and the brachial systolic pressure.
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What type of therapy does the sequence of images represent?
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Angiotherapy
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Symptoms of peripheral artery disease are ...
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Majority of patients present less or no symptoms. Symptomatic patients has mild intermittent claudication, rest pain, leg numbness or weakness, unilateral coldness in the limb, abnormal local skin pigmentation, change in normal hair growth and toenails process, shiny skin on legs, weak or no pulse in legs or feet, erectile dysfunction.
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Non-modified risk factors for PAD are ...
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Ageing
Gender Family history |
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A patient is diagnosed with PAD when the ABI ratio is ...
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<0.9
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What is intermittent claudication?
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Muscle pain or cramping in the legs or arms that is triggered by activity but realiaves after a few minutes of rest; frequently localized in the calf or thigh.
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What is DU used for?
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Used to determine the PAD site in patients with suspected.
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What is ABI?
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Ankle-Brachial Index, simple and non-invasive diagnostic test of choice when evaluating a patient for PAD.
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Describe bypass surgery.
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Doctor creates a graft bypass using a vessel from another part of the body or blood vessel made of synthetic fabric.
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Modified risk factors for PAD are ...
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Smoking
Diabetes Hypertension Obesity High cholesterol |
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How does DU work?
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Reflected sound waves to see how blood flows through a blood vessel.
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Non-invasive vascular test?
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Ankle Brachial Index - ABI
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In what stage of PAD do ulceration, gangrene, and amputation occur?
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Late/Severe stages
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Angioplasty, bypass surgery, thrombolytic therapy are...
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Methods of surgical revascularization.
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What happens with the ABI ratio when patients are exercising?
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A slight drop
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Pharmacotheraphy is used in patients with intermittent claudication to ...
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Improve ambulation
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Conservative measures such as lifestyle changes or institution of exercise program are therapheutics best indicated for ...
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Patients with mild or moderate claudication
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Surgical revascularization is indicated for ...
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Patients with chronic critical limb ischemia.
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The 3 stages of PAD are...
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1 - Endhotelial injury
2 - Formation of fatty streak 3 - Progression of the lesion |
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The primary symptom for PAD is...
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Intermittent claudication
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Doctor inject a clot-dissolving drug into the clogged artery at the point of the clot to break it up.
These is the description of ... |
Thrombolytic therapy
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Ischemic injury progression leads to...
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Necrosis
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The most common cause of PAD is...
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Atherosclerosis
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