Deck 23: Vascular, Cardiac, and Interventional Radiography

Question 1

What is the injection site for a lower limb venogram?

A) Popliteal vein
B) External iliac vein
C) Common iliac vein
D) Superficial vein in the foot

Answer 1

Superficial vein in the foot

Question 2

Why is an introducer sheath used in many angiographic procedures?

A) To position guidewires
B) To reduce vessel trauma
C) For use only with angioplasty
D) For stent placement

Answer 2

To reduce vessel trauma

Question 3

The artery identified in the figure below is the:

A) left vertebral.
B) right vertebral.
C) right common carotid.
D) left internal carotid.

Answer 3

right vertebral.

Question 4

The lymphatic system drains into the:

A) aorta.
B) duodenum.
C) kidneys.
D) junction of the left subclavian and internal jugular veins.

Question 5

The most widely used method of catheterization for selective angiography is known as the _____ method.

A) Amplatz
B) Stecher
C) modified Seldinger
D) Schüller

Question 6

The artery in the figure labeled 1 below is the _____ artery.

A) celiac
B) inferior mesenteric
C) renal
D) hepatic

Question 7

The artery in the figure labeled 2 below is the _____ artery.

A) superior mesenteric
B) inferior mesenteric
C) splenic
D) renal

Question 8

The artery in the figure labeled 4 below is the _____ artery.

A) superior mesenteric
B) inferior mesenteric
C) renal
D) iliac

Question 9

Which of the following compose the circulatory system?
1)Central nervous system
2)Lymphatic system
3)Blood-vascular system

A) 1 and 2
B) 1 and 3
C) 2 and 3
D) 1, 2, and 3

Question 10

The muscular wall of the heart is called the:

A) myocardium.
B) epicardium.
C) endocardium.
D) pericardium.

Question 11

The central organ of the blood-vascular system is the:

A) brain.
B) lung.
C) heart.
D) aorta.

Question 12

What is the most common arterial site of catheterization for selective angiography?

A) Brachial
B) Femoral
C) Axillary
D) Carotid

Question 13

Guidewires come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and selection is based on:
1)injector pressure.
2)access needle size.
3)catheter.

A) 1 and 2
B) 1 and 3
C) 2 and 3
D) 1, 2, and 3

Question 14

Which of the following pumps deoxygenated blood into the pulmonary artery?

A) Right ventricle
B) Left ventricle
C) Inferior vena cava
D) Superior vena cava

Question 15

The artery in the figure labeled 3 below is the _____ artery.

A) celiac
B) inferior mesenteric
C) renal
D) hepatic

Question 16

The artery identified in the figure below is the:

A) brachiocephalic.
B) left subclavian.
C) right subclavian.
D) right common carotid.

Question 17

Blood is supplied to the myocardium by the:

A) atria.
B) right ventricle.
C) left ventricle.
D) coronary arteries.

Question 18

The radiographic recording of blood vessels on movie IR is termed:

A) angiography.
B) arteriography.
C) cinefluorography.
D) serial radiographic IRing.

Question 19

The computerized technique by which bone structures are removed from an image of bone and opacified vessels, leaving an unobscured image of the vessels, is termed:

A) digital subtraction angiography.
B) magnetic resonance imaging.
C) percutaneous transluminal angioplasty.
D) computed radiography (CR).

Question 20

The therapeutic radiologic procedure designed to dilate or reopen stenotic or occluded areas within a vessel is termed:

A) "gamma knife" therapy.
B) percutaneous transluminal angioplasty.
C) interventional radiology.
D) transcatheter embolization.

Question 21

Letter B in the abdominal aortogram image below is the _____ artery.

A) splenic
B) celiac
C) R renal
D) hepatic

Question 22

Letter C in the abdominal aortogram image below is the:

A) R common iliac artery.
B) abdominal aorta.
C) R femoral artery.
D) gonadal artery.

Question 23

A stent is used to:

A) open up a stenosis in a vessel.
B) reduce or stop blood flow.
C) remove plaque within artery walls.
D) filter emboli from the blood.

Question 24

Letter D in the abdominal aortogram image below is the _____ artery.

A) hepatic
B) splenic
C) L renal
D) superior mesenteric

Question 25

Potential complications of angiographic procedures include:
1)bleeding at the puncture site.
2)stroke.
3)death.

A) 1 and 2 only
B) 1 and 3 only
C) 2 and 3 only
D) 1, 2, and 3

Question 26

Letter F in the abdominal aortogram image below is the:

A) abdominal aorta
B) common iliac artery
C) superior mesenteric artery
D) inferior mesenteric artery

Question 27

According to the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association (ACC/AHA), all of the following are relative contraindications for cardiac catheterization except:

A) active gastrointestinal bleeding.
B) severe anemia.
C) diabetes.
D) recent stroke.

Question 28

Letter E in the angiographic image of the aortic arch and its branches below is the _____ artery.

A) innominate (brachiocephalic)
B) L common carotid
C) L subclavian
D) L vertebral

Question 29

Letter D in the angiographic image of the aortic arch and its branches below is the _____ artery.

A) innominate (brachiocephalic)
B) L common carotid
C) L subclavian
D) L vertebral

Question 30

Letter E in the abdominal aortogram image below is the _____ artery.

A) hepatic
B) splenic
C) L renal
D) superior mesenteric

Question 31

Letter G in the angiographic image of the aortic arch and its branches below is the _____ artery.

A) innominate (brachiocephalic)
B) L common carotid
C) L subclavian
D) L vertebral

Question 32

Letter B in the angiographic image of the aortic arch and its branches below is the _____ artery.

A) innominate (brachiocephalic)
B) R common carotid
C) R subclavian
D) R vertebral

Question 33

Letter A in the angiographic image of the aortic arch and its branches below is the _____ artery.

A) innominate (brachiocephalic)
B) R common carotid
C) R subclavian
D) R vertebral

Question 34

The artery identified in the figure below labeled 2 is the _____ artery.

A) left coronary
B) right coronary
C) circumflex
D) obtuse marginal

Question 35

The artery identified in the figure below labeled 1 is the _____ artery.

A) left coronary
B) right coronary
C) circumflex
D) obtuse marginal

Question 36

Letter C in the angiographic image of the aortic arch and its branches below is the _____ artery.

A) innominate (brachiocephalic)
B) R common carotid
C) R subclavian
D) R vertebral

Question 37

In what year was the first human cardiac catheterization performed?

A) 1896
B) 1926
C) 1952
D) 1978

Question 38

Which of the following has been identified as a major predictor of increased complication risk from a cardiac catheterization?

A) Cardiomyopathy
B) Diabetes
C) Deep vein thrombosis
D) Renal insufficiency

Question 39

Letter A in the abdominal aortogram image below is the _____ artery.

A) splenic
B) celiac
C) R renal
D) hepatic

Question 40

Letter F in the angiographic image of the aortic arch and its branches below is the _____ artery.

A) innominate (brachiocephalic)
B) L common carotid
C) L subclavian
D) L vertebral