Vascular Access for Hemodialysis — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Most common cause of early small vessel graft failure is?_____

Answer: Thrombosis

Flashcard 2: The _____ internal mammary artery is the preferred vessel for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).

Answer: left

Extra: The **Internal Mammary Artery (IMA)** is also known as the **Internal Thoracic Artery (ITA)**. The **Left Internal Mammary Artery (LIMA)** is the preferred conduit for CABG (especially when bypassing the Left Anterior Descending [LAD] artery) because of its superior long-term patency (>90% at 10 years) compared to saphenous vein grafts.

Flashcard 3: The most commonly involved artery in pseudoaneurysm formation is the _____ artery

Answer: femoral

Flashcard 4: In aortic injury, for hemodynamically unstable patients investigation of choice is _____

Answer: Transoesophageal echocardiography

Flashcard 5: According to the 2020 update of CEAP classification, Telangiectases or reticular veins are classified as _____

Answer: C1

Flashcard 6: _____ syndrome is an aortoiliac occlusive disease (AIOD) that presents with the triad of intermittent claudication, erectile dysfunction, and absent femoral pulses.

Answer: Leriche

Flashcard 7: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) of size less than _____ cm have no risk of rupture.

Answer: 4

Flashcard 8: The most common peripheral aneurysm is the _____ aneurysm

Answer: popliteal

Flashcard 9: Abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture presents with a triad of _____, a pulsatile abdominal mass, and flank pain

Answer: hypotension