RCIS CCI Exam Review Questions and Answers (Verified Answers

RCIS CCI Exam Review Questions and Answers
(Verified Answers)


1. 1. When intervening in the mid/distal right leg from a radial approach, which
is the best wire choice?

- .038 x 150 cm
- .035 x 180 cm
- .038 x 180 cm
- .035 x 260 cm




ANS .035 x 260 cm


2. 2. Which of the following BEST describes a balloon's ability to yield to
changes in pressure?


- flexibility
- pushability
- trackability
- compliance




, ANS compliance


3. 3. What is the PRIMARY therapeutic reason for using rotational atherectomy
as an adjunctive therapy for PCI?


- to score fibrotic plaque
- to remove calcific atherosclerotic plaque
- to pulverize plaque using electromagnetic energy
- to remove thrombus using the Bernoulli/Venturi effect




ANS to remove calcificatherosclerotic plaque


4. 4. A Forgarty balloon is commonly used to -.


- dilate a stenotic lesion
- push plaque downstream
- pull clot back into a vein
- measure right heart pressure




ANS pull clot back into a vein


5. 5. Select the methods used to treat flow limiting dissections (select three)



,- stent
- angioplasty
- atherectomy
- covered stent
- thrombectomy
- retractable coil




ANS stent
- angioplasty
- covered stent






, 6. 6. When using a rotational atherectomy device in the RCA, what else should
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you consider using? (choose 3)
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- stiff wire s




- large size burr s s




- vasodilator drug s




- guide with side holes s s s




- temporary pacing wire s s




ANS vasodilator drug
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- guide with side holes s s s




- temporary pacing wire s s




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7. 7. What information is required prior to prepping the patient for the proce-
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dure? (choose 4)
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- NPO status s




- patient allergies s




- patient identifiers s




- advance directives s




- last H&P 40 days ago
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- last visit to primary physician
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ANS NPO status
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- patient allergies s