5014 Interventional/Angiography

Why do patients have an angiography procedure?

• Used in adjunct to another procedure in the operating theatre

• Convenience: shorter procedure time + recovery time

• Alternative to invasive procedures including open surgery

There is an alarm every __ mins that goes off as a reminder to keep an eye on regulating dosage in fluoroscopy

• 3

• 5

• 6

• 10

Coming off the abdominal aorta at the L1 level, blue is

• Cerebral Arteries

• Inferior Mesenteric Arteries

• Celiac Trunk

• Renal Arteries

In fluoroscopy, the pulse rate is generally _-_ pulses per second

• 1-10

• 10.5-15

• 7.5-15

• 5.5-10

T/F: with a bi-plane system, an AP and lateral plane can be done at the same time

• True

• False

Bi plane angio systems are usually used in ________ procedures

• Vascular surgery

• Vascular angiography

• Paediatric Intervention

• Neuro-interventional and some cardiac cath labs

DSA stands for ______ _______ Angiography

The first initial image in DSA is called a _____

What does the mask image show?

A______

Contrast is now injected and we take subsequent images. The mask image is then subtracted from these subsequent images. What can we now see?

• Opacified vessels

• Radiolucent organs

• Echoegenic bones

• Transparent soft tissue