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DVT423_CA3
Mesenteric Doppler
Question | Answer |
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What can help when trying to locate a stent? | Turning color off. |
What does color on the top half of the color scale represent? | Flow towards the transducer. |
What type of resistance will the hepatic and splenic artery have post prandial? | Low resistance. |
What would be the normal resistance for the SMA with a patient who has been fasting? | High resistance. |
Where should the SMA be scanned during a mesenteric Doppler? | As far distally as possible. |
Where does the IMA originate? | Anteriorly off the aorta slightly to the left. |
What type of flow will you see in the IMA when fasting? | High resistance. |
Should you try to obtain an image of the celiac artery and SMA in the same duplex image or in multiple images? | In the same image to confirm correct identification. |
What is the most probable diagnosis of a person with true retrograde flow in the common hepatic artery? | Celiac artery stenosis. |