Peripheral arterial disease — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Guillain-Barre syndrome is associated with _____ DTRs beginning in the lower extremities

Answer: decreased

Flashcard 2: Raynaud phenomenon may result in digital _____ due to critical ischemia

Answer: ulceration

Flashcard 3: Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease present with claudication, _____, and numbness distally to occlusion

Answer: rest pain

Flashcard 4: Statins reduce risk of future vascular events in patients with a history of TIA or _____

Answer: stroke

Flashcard 5: Vascular dementia is characterized by presence of multiple cortical and/or subcortical _____ on MRI or CT

Answer: infarcts

Flashcard 6: One complication of atherosclerosis is _____, which may result from stenosis of the popliteal artery

Answer: peripheral vascular disease

Flashcard 7: Statin therapy may be used to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events and mortality in high-risk _____

Answer: diabetics

Flashcard 8: Symptoms of atherosclerosis generally present when >_____% of a vessel has been occluded (stenosis)

Answer: 70

Flashcard 9: What is Ebstein's anomaly?

Answer: atrialized right ventricle

Flashcard 10: Arteries involved in Medial Medullary Syndrome

Answer: stroke in paramedian branches of ASA and/or vertebral arteries

Extra: Features: 1. Ipsilateral hypoglossal nerve palsy (tongue deviation to side of lesion) 2. Contralateral hemiparesis (pyramidal tract) 3. Contralateral loss of proprioception/vibration (medial lemniscus)