Term
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Definition
| pulsatile mass slightly left of midline, between the umbilicus and xiphoid process |
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Term
- over 60 years of age
- smokers
- hypertension
- other vascular disease
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Definition
| Risk factors of abdominal aneurysms |
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Term
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Definition
| 2 types of aneurysms are? |
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Term
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Definition
What is the most common type
of aneurysm? |
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Term
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Definition
| Most common cause of aneurysms |
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Term
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Definition
| Disease of the arterial vessels marked by thickening, hardening, and loss of elasticity in the arterial wall |
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Term
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Definition
| Conditon in which the aortic wall becomes irregular from plaque formation |
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Term
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Definition
| Common iliacs should measure? |
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Term
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Definition
| localized dilation of any vessel, not just aorta |
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Term
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Definition
- a progressive stretching disorder exists in all arterial vessels
- cystic medial necrosis- connective tissue
- Pts are extremely tall, lanky, and double-jointed
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Term
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Definition
| below the level of the renal arteries |
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Term
- Variable
- Back pain
- Drop in hematocrit!
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Definition
| Clinical symptoms of atherosclerosis |
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Term
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Definition
Most important thing to evaluate on
aneurysms? |
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Term
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Definition
| Aneurysms under what show a very slow growth pattern? |
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Term
- Fusiform
- Saccular
- Berry
- Cylindrical
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Definition
| Classification of aneurysms |
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Term
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Definition
| "flap" or recent channel within the aortic wall, pt has chest pain radiating to the back |
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Term
| Beginning at the root of the aorta and extending the entire length of the arch |
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Definition
| Most dangerous dissection |
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Term
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Definition
| Dissection may be secondary to what? |
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Term
| Lateral wall below the renal vessels |
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Definition
| most common siter for dissection |
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Term
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Definition
- A pulsitile hematoma
- results fro leakage of blood into the soft tissue
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Term
- Double IVC
- IVC dilation
- IVC tumor
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| Most comon IVC tumor is what? |
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Term
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Definition
| Thrombosis within the IVC sonographically appears? |
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Term
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Definition
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Term
Venous thrombosis from
lower extremities |
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Definition
| Most common origin of pulmonary emboli is? |
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