Infrapopliteal Arterial Anatomy

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A: just below the knee                    B:mid calf                        C: Foot            

Some of the arteries are labelled more than once on the images above. HINT: this is a left leg angiogram

Questions:
If the patient is complaining of pain or a non-healing ulcer in the right foot which side of the groin would you prep for the procedure?

If you were palpating a patient's pulses, which artery are you feeling on the medial aspect of the ankle posterior to the medial malleolus? Which artery are you feeling on the dorsal (top) surface of the foot?

If you were doing a step down perivision runoff in room 11, what settings would you use on the MedRad to visualize arteries all the way down to the toes?

Images from Darthmouth Medical School

Femoral Artery Anatomy

Name the anatomy

Question:
What anatomical landmark delineates between the external iliac artery and the common femoral artery?

What bifurcation delineates between the common femoral artery and the superficial femoral artery?

A Fem-Fem bypass uses what type of material? Is it accessible?

What purpose does the Profunda femoris artery often serve?

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IMAGES COURTESY OF:
https://www.dartmouth.edu/~anatomy/Lowerextremity/vessels/angiograms/angio-index.htm
and Grey's Anatomy

Pelvic Artery Anatomy

Name the anatomy:

Abdominal/Pelvic Runoff

Questions:

What oblique view would you use to separate the left internal and external iliacs?

If a patient has an iliac occlusion what typical symptoms are seen?

If you were doing an abdominal/pelvic angiogram what would your settings be on the MedRad? (rate & volume)

If access is obtained above the inferior epigastric artery, which arises from the external iliac artery, what complication is more likely?

Oblique pelvic angiogram

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Abdominal Aorta Anatomy

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Question: If you were going to position a pigtail for an angiogram of the renal arteries, what would your bony landmark be?

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