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SVU Professional Performance DVD Series

Extracranial Cerebrovascular Duplex Examination

This test is based on the SVU Professional Performance DVD Series: ReExtracranial Cerebrovascular Duplex Examination

Before you take this test plese review the material on the DVD. If you do not have a copy of the DVD please order one at svunet.org/publications/DVDs.

Each SVU Professional Performance DVD is approved for 1 SVU-CME.

This DVDs are based in part on SVU’s Professional Performance Guidelines for vascular ultrasound studies. They extend and refine those general Guidelines, which reflect behavior and performance levels expected in clinical practice, to better reflect the day-to-day practice of vascular technology.

The SVU Vascular Technology Professional Performance Guidelines represent the minimal essential elements of performance as recommended by SVU. They are not designed to replace internally generated, laboratory specific protocols, but to serve as a basis for developing or updating the procedure(s) described.

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A common symptom of transient ischemic attack is:
1. dizziness
2. transient monocular blindness
3. headache
4. vertigo
A blood clot traveling from one source to another is referred to as:
1. a thrombus
2. a stenosis
3. an atheroma
4. an embolus
The first branch off the brachiocephalic artery is the:
1. right vertebral artery
2. right common carotid artery
3. left common carotid artery
4. left vertebral artery
A primary role of foams cells is to:
1. reduce atheroma
2. consume low density lipoproteins (LDL)
3. dissolve thrombus
4. cleanse the vessel intima
When performing follow-up studies to assess for progression of disease it is not recommended to use the same Doppler/beam angles as previous studies.
1. True
2. False
“Profiling” a stenosis is a helpful strategy to elicit the highest velocity within a suspected stenosis.
1. True
2. False
The presence of post stenotic turbulence signifies the presence of a hemodynamically significant stenosis.
1. True
2. False
Which of the following is not a typical contraindication when performing a Extracranial Cerebrovascular Duplex Evaluation:
1. Patients who are not NPO
2. Patients with dense calcific internal carotid artery plaque
3. Patients with short thick muscular necks
4. Patients who have had recent surgery to their neck
What type of transducer is typically used when performing a Extracranial Cerebrovascular Duplex Evaluation:
1. 20 MHz Curved linear array transducer
2. 2 MHz Phased array transducer
3. 5 MHz Linear array transducer
4. 15MHz Hockey stick(Intra-Op) transducer
The Common Carotid Artery bifurcates into what two arteries:
1. Inferior and superior carotid arteries
2. Internal and external carotid artery
3. Proximal and distal carotid arteries
4. Upper and lower carotid arteries