Cath Unit 2

Question 1

Amount of time for injection into a vessel

Answer 1

2 seconds usually

Question 2

RCA injection amount

Answer 2

2-4 ml

Question 3

LCA injection amount

Answer 3

4-10 ml

Question 4

Hemoglobin normal range

Answer 4

12.00-18.00

Question 5

Hematocrit normal range

Answer 5

35-45%

Question 6

Platelets norm

Answer 6

150-400 (thousands)

Question 7

Potassium norm

Answer 7

3.5-4.5

Question 8

BUN norm

Answer 8

8.00 - 20.00

Question 9

BUN stands for

Answer 9

Blood Urea Nitrogen

Question 10

Creatinine norm

Answer 10

0.8 - 1.00

Question 11

Prothrombin time (PT)

Answer 11

10-13 sec

Question 12

Partial thromboplastin time (PTT)

Answer 12

25-41 sec

Question 13

Int’l Normalized Ratio (INR)

Answer 13

0.8 - 1.2

Question 14

Lab values included in CBC

Answer 14

Hgb, Hct, platelets

Question 15

Lab values included in Chemistry panel

Answer 15

BUN, creatinine, potassium

Question 16

Coagulation panel

Answer 16

PT, PTT, INR

Question 17

High/low _____ can cause vtach/vfib

Answer 17

Potassium

Question 18

2 lab values that are indicators of renal health

Answer 18

BUN and creatinine

Question 19

% blockage required for intervention

Answer 19

> 70% or 50% in LM

Question 20

Ability to draw water across cell membrane

Answer 20

Osmolarity

Question 21

Water solubility

Answer 21

Hydrophilicity

Question 22

Thickness of the solution.

Answer 22

Viscosity

Question 23

Desired osmolarity in contrast

Answer 23

Low

Question 24

Desired hydrophilicity in contrast

Answer 24

High

Question 25

Desired viscosity in contrast

Answer 25

Low

Question 26

Osmolarity of blood

Answer 26

270

Question 27

Osmolarity of HOCM

Answer 27

1000-2100

Question 28

HOCM side effects

Answer 28

Hypotension, Brady, burning sensation

Question 29

CIN DX

Answer 29

Elevation of creatinine 20% or more 48-72 hours post procedure

Question 30

What identifies presence of a chronic total occlusion?

Answer 30

Collateral flow

Question 31

Competitive flow identifies presence of what?

Answer 31

An open bypass graft

Question 32

What happens w/myocardial bridging?

Answer 32

Collapsing of artery; muscle contracts, squeezing artery shut; little significance since arteries fill in diastole.

Question 33

Elastic membrane and muscle in artery

Answer 33

Tunica media

Question 34

Part of the artery that contrast is injected into

Answer 34

Lumen

Question 35

4 layers of an artery (inner to outer)

Answer 35

Lumen, tunica intima, tunica media, tunica adventitia

Question 36

Difference between vein and artery structure

Answer 36

Vein lacks elastic membrane and is oval shaped with a bigger diameter

Question 37

Capillary is composed of what

Answer 37

Just the intima

Question 38

What is a concentric lesion

Answer 38

Entire circumference is covered by lesion

Question 39

What is an eccentric lesion

Answer 39

More oblong, not seen in all views

Question 40

If the II is over the head, the view is ___

Answer 40

Cranial

Question 41

If the II is over the abdomen/pelvis, the view is _____

Answer 41

Caudal

Question 42

if the II is on the left side, the view is ____

Answer 42

LAO

Question 43

Where is the LAD in LAO?

Answer 43

Left

Question 44

____ usually lies closest to spine

Answer 44

Circumflex

Question 45

If spine is on the right, it's ____

Answer 45

LAO

Question 46

If spine is on the left, it's

Answer 46

RAO

Question 47

In LAO, the ____ resembles a C shape

Answer 47

RCA

Question 48

In RAO, the apex of the heart points to the

Answer 48

right

Question 49

TIMI 0 indicates what

Answer 49

No flow, completely occluded vessel

Question 50

TIMI 3 indicates what

Answer 50

Normal flow and emptying; all anatomy seen

Question 51

With the pressure injector, what do the 2 numbers indicate

Answer 51

High number = volume, low number = rate

Question 52

PSI range on pressure injector

Answer 52

400 - 1200

Question 53

What is rise

Answer 53

The amount of time machine takes to reach chosen PSI