Clinical Examination - Cardiovascular System (V) - Peripheral Arterial and Venous System

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  • Created on: 10-10-20 17:45

1. What is the correct answer regarding PAD?

  • Majority of patients progress to critical limb ischaemia
  • Leriche's syndrome is commonly in female patients with bilateral common iliac or internal iliac artery occlusion
  • Claudication is not life threatening, although it is a marker for widespread atherosclerosis
  • Recovery in patients with the best medical therapy and supervised exercise programs have only 30% of patients who improve
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2. Which of the following are not skin changes associated with peripheral venous disease?

  • Lipodermosclerosis
  • Petechiae
  • Atrophie blanche
  • Haemosiderin deposition
  • Discolouration
  • Chronic venous ulceration

3. Which of the following is applies to characteristics apply to which underlying cause in acute limb ischaemia: "Onset is insidious, within hours or days, with pre-existing collaterals. Previous claudication is present, but contralateral leg pulses are abse

  • Neurogenic claudication
  • Thrombosis in situ
  • Venous claudication
  • Thromboembolism

4. What best describes the following description from the options presented: "Muscles and usually calf site of pain, may be unilateral or bilateral in nature, recovering from pain within a few minutes from stopping to walk, and when raising the leg, it is no

  • Atrial claudication
  • All of the above
  • Neurogenic claudication
  • Venous claudication

5. What best describes the following description from the options presented: "Ill defined or whole leg site of pain, often bilateral in nature, relieved from bending forwards or sitting down, and pulses are normal"

  • Venous claudication
  • None of the above
  • Neurogenic claudication
  • Atrial claudication
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